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In a surprising turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken to social media to make a case for President Trumps recently proposed tariffs.

In a Thursday column for Psychology Today, Professor Gad Saad argues that advocates of “toxic masculinity” theory are dangerously pathologizing manhood.

Guns N’ Roses co-founder and frontman Axl Rose took to Twitter this week a blasted Apple CEO Tim Cook, comparing him in a negative light to President Donald Trump. 

A Princeton University researcher argued this week in an op-ed that partisan politics should be kept out of the U.S. public school system.

Most Americans think A.I. will destroy more jobs than it creates, however less than a quarter are afraid of being replaced themselves, according to a report.

Snapchat’s parent company Snap is set to layoff 100 employees from their engineering team following a tough few months for the company.

The Wall Street Journal published an article recently explaining how Facebook chooses which ads to target users with — and it’s not by spying on you through your phone’s microphone.

President Trump is set to meet with leading figures in the video gaming industry Thursday, following the Parkland school shooting in February, despite the fact that his claim video games influence violence has been factually disproven.

Multiple users have reported that Amazon Echo devices have been emitting creepy laughter and ignoring users commands.

János Lázár’s video, which claimed migrants had made Vienna more dangerous and dirtier, was removed by social media giant Facebook after a massive backlash.

Congress and the American public should reject the resisters’ cynical ploy to regulate our broadband infrastructure under the false pretense that Washington must save the Internet.

Fitness expert Derek Bees argued in a column this week that the “fat acceptance” movement is causing some Americans to give up on life-saving exercise.

In a tweet, Brad Parscale told Facebook, Google, and Twitter to “make sure the playing field is level.”

Sri Lanka has reportedly blocked access to social media and messaging sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in an attempt to prevent “hate speech.”

Ride-sharing company Uber reportedly purchased half the tickets to the opening night of a new satirical play being performed in London which was inspired by the company’s many scandals.

A group of Antifa protesters stormed a Sargon of Akkad event after assaulting security guards during an event hosted at King’s College in London this week.

A report from the Los Angeles Times is highlighting the diminishing amount of male doctors in the gynecology field.

BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging patent infringement.
According to CNN, BlackBerry claimed in their lawsuit “that the social media companies developed messaging applications that ‘co-opt BlackBerry’s innovations’ by using patented features touching on security, the user interface, and battery life.”

Best Buy’s Geek Squad tech support service has been accused of having a “close relationship” with the FBI, allegedly taking money in return for information and evidence of customers’ criminal activity, according to a report.

The New York Times published a long-form article recently discussing the new documentary from Breitbart News Senior Editor-At-Large Peter Schweizer titled The Creepy Line.

The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — once billed as the “cultural experience of the decade” — pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serve up to a decade in prison for lying to investors who lost over $26 million.

More details about the American employee of Marriott International who lost his job for violating China’s authoritarian speech codes are coming to light.

CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post are the big winners from Facebook’s recent algorithm change.

In one of the filtered tweets, Donald Trump Jr. criticized Twitter for unevenly enforcing their terms of service.

Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel fired off a defense tweet on Tuesday after President Donald Trump trolled Hollywood over the Oscar’s historically low ratings.

A woman that was chased by an unknown man believes that her public iPhone details and Apple’s “AirDrop” feature may have left her vulnerable to stalking.

The Anti-Defamation League has stated that social media companies YouTube, Twitter and Facebook may use the group’s “Online Hate Index” to detect hate speech on their platforms.

A week-long West Virginia teachers strike came to a conclusion on Tuesday after the state agreed to give teachers a five percent raise.

A fascinating New York Times article on “deepfake” technology published on Sunday made it clear that artificial intelligence is already raising concerns about propaganda, identity theft, and national security not easily addressed. Even in its infancy, A.I. already has the power to ruin lives and perhaps destabilize nations.

The University of Vermont hosted an event featuring “fat sex therapist” Sonalee Rashatwar last week.

Student protesters from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, derailed an event on Monday featuring American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers.

Australian airline Qantas has reportedly advised employees not to “manterrupt” women or use gender-specific pronouns.

Popular dating app Bumble has banned users from posting pictures that feature guns, in protest of mass shootings and gun violence.

Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, who was jailed last September, has been ordered to forfeit $7.4 million in assets including his famous one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album.

Munroe Bergdorf, a transgender model who was fired from L’Oreal last year after publishing an anti-white rant, has resigned from her role as LGBT adviser to the UK’s Labour Party.

An underwater search team led by the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, has discovered the wreckage of the USS Lexington, a 76-year-old World War II  aircraft carrier in the Coral Sea.