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Twenty tech trends for 2020

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Smart speakers, Smartphones, Technology–December 14, 2019

1. Tesla’s cybertruck will not ship This is an easy prediction to make, because even Tesla isn’t claiming that its eye-catching angular steel beast will be available for sale in 2020. The company’s own pitch is that production won’t even [ . . . read more]

Defiant Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy to allow false ads

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Social networking, Technology, US news, World news–December 2, 2019

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has defended the company’s decision to not take down political advertising that contains false information – and compared the alternative to censorship. BBC tells Tories to take down Facebook ad featuring its presenters Challenged on [ . . . read more]

Twitter to clear out inactive accounts and free up usernames

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Social media, Technology, Twitter, World news–November 27, 2019

Twitter has announced it is to clear out inactive accounts, freeing up dormant usernames and reducing the risk of old accounts being hacked. But the company is facing criticism for the way it has handled the announcement, with many concerned [ . . . read more]

Facebook to ban two white nationalist groups after Guardian report

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Social networking, Technology, The far right–November 26, 2019

Facebook will no longer allow Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right to use its platform, following a Guardian report on the continued presence of prominent white nationalist organizations on the site eight months after a promised ban. Facebook’s only Dutch [ . . . read more]

Pointless emails: they’re not just irritating – they have a massive carbon footprint

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Science, Social media, Technology–November 26, 2019

Stop! Don’t send that email. Don’t offer thanks or send a jokey message. If you do, you will add to your carbon footprint. Be rude, say nothing – and save the planet. A new study commissioned by energy company OVO [ . . . read more]

White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won’t act

RSS Source–Media, Robots, Social media, Social networking, Technology, US news, World news–November 21, 2019

On 7 November, Lana Lokteff, an American white nationalist, introduced a “thought criminal and political prisoner and friend” as a featured guest on her internet talk show, Red Ice TV.  For about 90 minutes, Lokteff and her guest – [ . . . read more]

Twitter accuses Tories of misleading public with ‘factcheck’ foray

RSS Source–Media, Politics, Robots, Technology, Twitter, UK news–November 20, 2019

Twitter has accused the Conservatives of misleading the public after they rebranded one of their official party accounts to make it look like a factchecking service during the ITV leaders’ debate. The party was widely criticised on Tuesday night when [ . . . read more]

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