YouTube

YouTube’s Recommendations Are Leading Kids To Gun Videos

YouTube’s recommendations are leading young kids to videos about school shootings and other gun-related content, according to a new report, Engadget reported. According to the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a nonprofit watchdog group, YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is “pushing boys interested…

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Twitter

CNBC Had A “Sprawling” Interview With Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down for a sprawling interview with CNBC anchor David Faber on Tuesday following Tesla’s 2023 annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, CNBC reported. During the course of their approximately hour long conversation, Musk reflected on:…

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Meta

WhatsApp Announces Chat Lock

WhatsApp posted on its blog “Chat Lock” Making your most intimate conversations even more private”. The purpose of this new feature appears to give users a more secure way to protect their intimate conversations behind one more layer of security.…

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Gaming

EU Approves Microsoft’s $75 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal

The European Union’s antitrust watchdog approved Microsoft’s planned $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, giving the two companies a win after the deal hit a regulatory roadblock the U.K., The Wall Street Journal reported. The European Commission, the bloc’s competition…

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Legal

U.S. Department of Treasury Sanctions Russian Ransomware Actor

The U.S. Department of the Treasury posted a press release titled: “Treasury Sanctions Russian Ransomware Actor Complicit in Attacks on Police and U.S. Critical Infrastructure”. From the press release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…

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google

Google Is Updating Its Inactive Account Policies

Google’s VP, Product Management, Ruth Kricheli, posted on The Keyword about “Updating our inactive account policies” From the post: People want the products and services they use online to be safe and secure. Which is why we have invested in…

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