GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Discord is a perfect vehicle for these pumps, as a semi-public forum that allows users to advertise servers broadly, ping…
When a Pipeline Goes Down, Tanker Trucks Come to the Rescue
On Wednesday night, the Colonial Pipeline Company, which operates the country’s largest pipeline system for refined oil, reported that the…
Biden Makes a Deal With Uber and Lyft in the Name of Vaccines
Joe Biden has been president for only four months, but he’s already been hailed as the country’s most pro-labor leader…
Black and Queer AI Groups Say They’ll Spurn Google Funding
Three groups focused on increasing diversity in artificial intelligence say they will no longer take funding from Google. In a…
ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The largest Internet providers in the US funded a campaign that generated “8.5 million fake comments” to the Federal Communications…
Oversight Board to Facebook: We’re Not Doing Your Dirty Work
On January 21, Facebook asked its Oversight Board to review its decision to indefinitely ban Donald Trump, and guide it…
One Question Will Probably Decide the Epic-Apple Lawsuit
The Epic v. Apple antitrust trial is going to be complicated. Experts from each side will present consumer data and…
Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens, Activists Say
Teenagers on Facebook can be targeted by ads endorsing alcohol, drugs, gambling, smoking, and eating disorders, according to a report…
A Border Town Confronts the Reality of Police Surveillance
The council approved a measure that asks the Human Relations Commission to review the license plate program quarterly. Medina said…
Why Almost No One Is Getting the Fastest Form of 5G
US mobile customers are almost never able to connect to millimeter-wave networks—even though the cellular industry, and Verizon in particular,…