James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

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New report reveals tech freelancers are raking in the cash, but not without risks

By James Farrell Sep 27, 2017

For a few years now, a number of reports have documented that more and more people are deciding to go freelance. That may mean forgoing the two-week paid holiday in the Caribbean, but for some workers,…

Apps

Tweet inflation: Twitter tests doubling up to a 280-character limit

By James Farrell Sep 26, 2017

Twitter Inc. announced today a giant step toward allowing people to better express themselves: It’s doubling the character limit on tweets from 140 to 280 characters. The new limit will be tested on only…

Apps

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg admits failure over racist ads, promises more human oversight

By James Farrell Sep 20, 2017

Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has promised to change the social network’s ad policies following last week’s controversy in which it was allowing hate speech terms in ad categories. In a post…

Apps

Twitter removes 300K terrorism-related accounts in a matter of months

By James Farrell Sep 19, 2017

Twitter Inc. released a new transparency report Tuesday that reveals how busy it has been weeding out extremism on its platform. The report follows mounting pressure from governments for social media platform to get tougher…

Apps

Uber could be facing a massive license fee hike in London

By James Farrell Sep 18, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. could be looking at paying £2.9 million, or about $3.9 million, to continue its operations in London –a huge jump from the £2,826 the city’s transport regulator charged the ride-hailing giant…

Apps

Facebook, Google and Twitter allowed advertisers to target with hate terms

By James Farrell Sep 14, 2017

Updated with Facebook, Google and Twitter responses: It’s common knowledge that advertisers can find niche target audiences on Facebook, but a recent investigation found some of those advertisers could use hate speech terms including…

Apps

Facebook will stop running ads on, well, just about anything controversial

By James Farrell Sep 14, 2017

Facebook Inc. is taking more steps to make its social network a cleaner, more well-lighted site for advertisers, this time not by removing certain content, but by not allowing content it deems inappropriate to…

Apps

Google’s power is again under fire as Yelp seeks help from FTC

By James Farrell Sep 13, 2017

Review site Yelp Inc. is hoping the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will take action against Google Inc. regarding its accusation that the search engine giant is violating a 2013 agreement not to scrape images…

Emerging Tech

GM is about to start mass-producing the first ‘real’ self-driving cars

By James Farrell Sep 12, 2017

General Motors Co. and its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise Automation said today that they’re ready to mass-produce vehicles that already have fully autonomous hardware built in, meaning once the software is fully up to…

Apps

Russian-based operation likely paid Facebook $100K for political ads during U.S. election

By James Farrell Sep 6, 2017

In another possible sign of attempted foreign interference in the U.S. presidential election, Facebook Inc. revealed on Wednesday that it’s likely a Russian operation spent $100,000 on ads to promote certain views to targeted U.S.…

James Farrell

New report reveals tech freelancers are raking in the cash, but not without risks

Tweet inflation: Twitter tests doubling up to a 280-character limit

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg admits failure over racist ads, promises more human oversight

Twitter removes 300K terrorism-related accounts in a matter of months

Uber could be facing a massive license fee hike in London

Facebook, Google and Twitter allowed advertisers to target with hate terms

Facebook will stop running ads on, well, just about anything controversial

Google’s power is again under fire as Yelp seeks help from FTC

GM is about to start mass-producing the first ‘real’ self-driving cars

Russian-based operation likely paid Facebook $100K for political ads during U.S. election

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