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FB Is Sending Out Creepy Notifications About Using Face Recognition on You

(ANTIMEDIA) San Francisco, CA — Stinging from a recent court decision, Facebook now appears to be making an effort toward self-preservation with regard to its users’ personal privacy. On Tuesday, many Facebookers noticed an odd notification from the company in their news feeds. The post informed users that the social media juggernaut was expanding its use of facial recognition software, […]

The Next Prescription Drug Epidemic Is Already Here — and Nobody’s Talking About It

(ANTIMEDIA) — For years, the opioid addiction and overdose crisis has been headline news across the United States, and rightly so. In 2012, 241,000 privately insured patients had an “opioid dependency diagnosis.” By 2016, that number had ballooned to 1.4 million, not including individuals on state-sponsored healthcare. Also in 2016, over 14,000 people died as a result of overdosing […]

New Social Network That Pays People to Use It Could Be the Facebook Killer

(ANTIMEDIA) — Facebook’s dwindling popularity is no secret, as users and organizations alike have criticized its ever-changing algorithms and lodged claims of censorship. In light of the most recent algorithmic changes, which have prioritized users’ friends’ posts over posts from public pages, even Facebook has acknowledged a decrease in the amount of time people are spending on the site. Though there is currently no major alternative […]

Video of Shooting Survivor Slamming CNN for Giving Him Script Goes Viral, CNN Denies Claims

(ANTIMEDIA) — On Thursday, CNN denied claims from a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who said the network expected him to ask scripted questions during a televised town hall meeting in Sunrise, FL, that focused on last week’s shooting. “CNN had originally asked me to write a speech and questions, and it ended up being all scripted,” Colton […]

Split From Paypal Will Enable eBay to Begin Accepting Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies

(ANTIMEDIA) — Internet giant eBay made headlines this week over its decision to drop Paypal as a payment processor on its site. While this was news in itself as Paypal’s stock price took a dive, perhaps more interesting are the potential options that come with eBay’s new processor, a Dutch company called Adyen. Adyen, which processed roughly $25 billion worth […]

Made in Russia: RD-180 Rocket Engines unaffected by sanctions

Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
A significant portion of the American space program depends on Russia.  Most of us know that with the absence of an American launch vehicle, American astronauts to the ISS currently hitch rides with their Russian counterparts.  What may not be as widely known is that Russia is actually an exporter of rocket engines for a widely-used American launch vehicle.

Watch: Fox News Hosts Meltdown Over Super Bowl Protests That Haven’t Happened Yet

(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Fox News snowflakes are melting in anticipation of the Super Bowl, where they fear NFL players may take a knee in ongoing protests against police brutality and institutional racism.
On the Outnumbered morning show, the panel expressed their dismay and fragility over the possibility that the apparent disrespect would be televised.