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Google is developing a new deep learning system that can pick out a single voice from a crowd of people — here is how the technology works.

A CNBC report published on Wednesday revealed that more investors are betting against Tesla than any other U.S. company.

The pro-Trump vlogging duo Diamond and Silk have disputed Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that Facebook has “reached out to them” to reverse the so-called “enforcement error” that has resulted in the pair being censored on the world’s largest social network.

While testifying before Congress this week, Mark Zuckerberg stated that Facebook faces fierce competition in the marketplace from at least 8 major apps, but in fact, Facebook owns or has a version of each of the apps that supposedly threatens them.

The Virginia congressman asked Zuckerberg to clarify Facebook’s definition of “misinformation.”

Rep. Scalise zeroed in on allegations regarding algorithm bias and special favors to the Obama campaign.

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) accused “corporate America” of being “allies” with the Republican Party during Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Wednesday, despite the fact that the congressman has received thousands of dollars in donations from Facebook.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Senate yesterday about user privacy at his company, but his notes from this hearing have since been leaked after they were captured in a photograph.

Mark Zuckerberg faced a mixture of tough and softball questions at yesterday’s Senate hearing. Many questions were left unanswered, and members of the House will have to pick up the slack today.

President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, has called on Facebook to show greater transparency by appointing an ideologically diverse group of users to analyze the platform’s censorship choices.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg replied, “I’ll have my team get back to you,” “I’ll follow up with you on that,” or some other variation of the same answer at least 21 times during his hearing before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees, Tuesday.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey personally chooses which accounts should be banned and sanctioned on his social network, according to a report.

The Senator from Alaska’s question has potentially drastic policy implications for Facebook.

While testifying before the Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dodged providing a definition of what constituted “hate speech” on the Facebook platform.

Appearing before the Senate, Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook is responsible for content posted on their platform.

Sen. Ted Cruz grilled Mark Zuckerberg over political bias at Facebook.

While testifying before the Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg refused to confirm that Facebook tracks users activity even after they leave the website.

Actor T.J. Miller was arrested on Monday at LaGuardia Airport in New York for allegedly calling in a fake bomb threat.

TechCrunch has published a timeline of Facebook’s privacy hostility ahead of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Senate Commerce Committees later today.

Facebook may have violated federal campaign law in 2012 when, according to former Obama media analytics director Carol Davidsen, it gave the Obama campaign special favors, says former Federal Election Commissioner Hans A. von Spakovsky in an interview with Breitbart News.

Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin recently made a Facebook post alleging that in a similar case to pro-Trump YouTube stars Diamond and Silk, her Facebook page reach had been limited by the social media platform.

If lawmakers want to represent the concerns of the public, they should ask Zuckerberg these questions.

Facebook wants to set the rules for all of journalism, Will Congress let their naked power-grab continue?

Corporate media received a massive boost in Facebook engagement this month, following the social network’s January 11 algorithm change, while conservative media declined, according to independent social media analysis.

Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed in an interview that ads which track you online are “creepy.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony for his hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday has been published.

Twenty-three consumer activist groups signed a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calling for an investigation against YouTube for targeting ads at children.

CNBC reports that social media firm Facebook has reportedly suspended data analytics firm CubeYou for business practices similar to those allegedly used by Cambridge Analytica. CNBC notified Facebook that CubeYou was collecting information on Facebook users through quizzes on the platform, the firm claimed that the quizzes were only being used “for non-profit academic research,” but according to CNBC, was regularly sharing user data with marketers.

Facebook is set to begin notifying users that may have been affected by the company’s latest alleged user data scandal.

Roslyn Layton, a visiting scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), told Breitbart News Saturday that “Google and Facebook have such an oligopoly” on advertising and that “we need to stop regulating Facebook’s competitors.”

Former FCC member Robert McDowell told Breitbart News that national security officials told him not to sign up for Facebook or Twitter, citing security concerns.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Senate, one day before he also appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday that the company was too slow to respond to recent privacy crises, prominently including the controversial harvesting of data by Cambridge Analytica.

Facebook secretly deleted messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg as well as other high-level executives, company sources have revealed.

Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow hosted the “Masters of the Universe” town hall tonight, where he discussed the threat of major tech companies alongside a host of panelists.

After an audience member asked conservative author Ann Coulter about the genocide of white farmers in South Africa during Breitbart News’ Town Hall on Thursday, and why the media is refusing to cover it. Coulter discussed the murders, saying “no one under fifty is getting his news from the mainstream media anymore.”