Google Changing Search Engine to Combat ‘Fake News’ and ‘Hate Speech’
Google has tweaked their search engine in a new effort to combat “fake news” and “hate speech.”

Google has tweaked their search engine in a new effort to combat “fake news” and “hate speech.”

Attorney Harmeet Dhillon branded former Vermont governor Howard Dean and California congresswoman Jackie Speier as “amateurs” at law and the Constitution during a press conference on Monday.

Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma claimed this weekend that a robot “will likely be on the cover of Time Magazine as the best CEO,” in 30 years.

The New York Times reports that Uber was nearly kicked off the Apple App Store after the ride-hailing company was caught breaking privacy rules.

Google has launched a new series of workshops which aim to teach teenagers how to tackle “fake news” and “hate speech.”

The UC Berkeley College Republicans and Young America’s Foundation have demanded in a legal letter to college administrators that Ann Coulter’s upcoming event follows its original schedule.

The U.S. Army has reportedly field-tested vehicle-mounted anti-drone lasers in an effort to combat ISIS-piloted drones, according to Stars and Stripes.

More Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 live with their parents than with a spouse, according to a new study.

Posting nude pictures of servicemen and women without consent is now a crime in the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy following a nude photo sharing scandal.

The campus of the historical free speech movement, UC Berkeley, has banned conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter, citing security threats.

Netflix identified mankind’s need for sleep as its primary competitor this week, branding it as the company’s “greatest enemy.”

Using electrical muscle stimulation can mimic the feeling of lifting objects and touching walls in virtual reality, according to a report from Motherboard.

Facebook admitted in a statement that they “need to do better,” after a violent video of the Easter Sunday Cleveland shooting remained on the platform for hours without removal.

Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered home assistant Amazon Echo records every voice command you give to it. Here’s how you can listen to and delete everything your device has recorded.

The Huffington Post removed an article arguing for banning white men from voting after they discovered that the author of the piece didn’t actually exist.

A Google Chrome browser extension titled “Drop United” allows users to easily filter out United Airlines flights while browsing online.

Tourists aboard Blue Origin’s upcoming commercial “New Shepard” space flights won’t find accommodations onboard if they need to use the restroom or feel sick, according to CEO Jeff Bezos.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland has debuted a 1,000-year-long GIF, hoping to keep the exhibition going until 3017.

Facebook will stop “fake news” using a similar algorithm as the platform’s one against “click-bait,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Photos from the “Marines United” scandal, which saw U.S. Marines sharing nude images of female troops in a private Facebook group, are now reportedly up for sale on the dark web.

Customers of YouTube TV, the upcoming television cable package from YouTube, will be forced to watch commercials even on recorded shows, according to a report.

Five prisoners have been identified and sanctioned after two working computers were discovered hidden in the ceiling of Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution in 2015.

An Australian robot known as the “stabbing machine” is helping forensic experts to study the different factors and variables of violent knife crime.

Facebook and The Poynter Institute have partnered on a new “three-course” certificate program for journalists.

The more you use Facebook, the worse you feel, according to a new comprehensive study.

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory will test “palm-sized” CICADA surveillance drones by dropping them from an airplane, according to recent reports.

Hater, a 2016-launched rival dating app to Tinder, wants to help you find a partner based on mutual dislikes.

Potentially thousands of Pornhub users could be exposed by a court order which seeks to reveal the identities of those who uploaded copyrighted pornographic material to the site.

YouTube videos will now have to reach at least 10,000 views before the creators earn any advertisement revenue, according to a new blog post from the company.

PolitiFact has pulled a 2014 fact-check on remarks about Syria by former Secretary of State John Kerry after the claim the Obama administration “got ‘100 percent’ of chemical weapons out of Syria” turned out to be false.

37 percent of men don’t think using dating apps while in a relationship is cheating, according to a new survey of over 3,500 college students by ABODO.

One in four people fantasize about A.I. virtual assistants, including Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, according to a new survey.

Credit Score Dating, an online dating site which provides users with an indication of the credit scores of others, allows you to find a romantic partner with minimal debt.

A Chinese engineer has reportedly “married” a robot that he created last year after becoming frustrated with his failure at finding a human girlfriend.

Facebook has introduced an anti-revenge porn feature to the platform which will be able to detect previously-flagged malicious images and stop users from posting them.

Google is training its advanced computer systems to be offended over potentially distasteful advert placements, according to a report by The New York Times.

British hackers have discovered that they were easily able to hack into a $249 dildo which includes “a small camera on its tip,” creating the potential risk of hijackers looking in on intimate footage.

The Plaza Theatre, Calgary, have reversed their decision to cancel the screening of Cassie Jaye’s The Red Pill documentary about the men’s rights movement, despite pressure and complaints from feminists.

Swedish “startup hub” Epicenter has been implanting its employees with microchips which can be used to interact with electronic doors, printers, and smoothie vendors.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org has launched an “equal pay” campaign that claims “women are still paid 20 percent less than men, on average, in the United States.”
