New investigation by Associated Press shows how iPhone and Android users’ location data is still recorded even when they have been misled to believe it isn’t. (CD) — Android and iPhone users may be under the impression that Google is not tracking their location data if they’ve turned off “Location History” on their devices. After all, the […]
(ZHE) — Silicon Valley’s coordinated purge of all things Infowars from social media has had an unexpected result; website traffic to Infowars.com has soared in the past week, according to Amazon’s website ranking service Alexa. Infowars was recently banned by YouTube, Facebook, iTunes, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, MailChimp, Disqus, LinkedIn, Flickr, Pinterest and several others – leading many to wonder […]
(ZHE) — One day after what appeared to be a coordinated attack by media giants Facebook, Apple, Spotify and Google on Alex Jones, whose various social media accounts were banned or suspended in a matter of hours, the crackdown against alternative media figures continued as several Libertarian figures, including the Ron Paul Institute director, found their Twitter […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — The elephant in the room of the blockchain industry is energy usage. Financial pundits love to compare its intake to national consumption. For example, earlier this year Forbes pointed out that Bitcoin’s proof of work mechanism uses the same amount of electricity in a year as the entire nation of Switzerland. Ars Technica compared Bitcoin usage to the nation […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — The biggest coffee chain in the world will soon begin accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Starbucks has partnered with Microsoft, Intercontinental Exchange, the Boston Consulting Group, and others to form a new company that will a “enable consumers and institutions to buy, sell, store and spend cryptocurrencies on the global network by November,” CNBC reported Friday. The […]
(ZHE) — Thanks in part to an incessantly shrinking float, Apple just became the first publicly-traded company to be worth more than $1 trillion… The line in the sand was $207.05 (based on Apple’s most recently updated share count). And once it tagged $207.05, the sellers hit… And thanks to global ETF demand combined with a buyback-driven shrinking float and rising […]
(OD) — A US evangelical Christian group has used Facebook and YouTube to target LGBT young people with ‘dehumanising’ video ads. The social media giants’ sophisticated advertising capabilities have allowed the tax-exempt charity Anchored North, based in California, to “pay to reach secular world views”, said founder Greg Sukert in a recent webinar. The group says it uses “media and […]
(CD) — In a move human rights groups are warning could have grave implications for internet freedom across the globe, Google is reportedly preparing to launch a “censored version” of its search engine in China that will automatically blacklist terms and websites related to peaceful dissent, free expression, and democracy. According to The Intercept‘s Ryan Gallagher, who first reported on the […]
(ZHE) — Facebook will announce on Tuesday afternoon that it has identified a “coordinated political influence campaign,” comprised of “dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages that are believed to be engaging in political activity ahead of November’s miderm elections,” reports the New York Times, citing three people briefed on the matter. While they aren’t sure it’s those pesky Russians, company officials […]
