The Twitter “Fake Follower” Purge: What Does It Mean?
Twitter has begun purging tens of millions of fake accounts, causing many celebrities and politicians to lose millions of followers overnight. But —...
Science & Technology
EIA: U.S. Shortly to Become “the World’s Leading Producer of Crude Oil”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) proclaimed on Tuesday that, if its forecasts are correct, the United States will soon be the world’s...
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Fact-checking? Facebook is Fiction-checking Conservative News and Calling It “Fake”
“You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts,” goes a saying attributed to liberal icon Daniel Patrick Moynihan....
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Facebook Deletes Part of Declaration of Independence as “Hate Speech,” Removes Post
Facebook deletes a post containing part of the text of the Declaration of Independence, calling it "hate speech." ...
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China Looks to Build New Powerful Rocket and Leave NASA in Its Exhaust
Set to be in service by 2030, the Long March 9 is larger than any other rocket in use today. And peaceful space...
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Made In Space’s “Archinaut” Plots Course to Build Spaceships in Space
The company Made in Space's "Archinaut" orbital factory aims to construct full satellites and spaceships in space. ...
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Crude Oil Price Rise in Wake of OPEC Agreement Likely to be Short-lived
Crude oil prices bounced higher on Friday, as OPEC failed to raise production as much as many feared. ...
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NSA Moving Data to a Cloud-based Service Such as That Built and Used by Amazon, Google
The NSA is in the process of moving to the cloud all the data it has collected. ...
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Oil Ministers Gathering in Vienna for “Contentious” OPEC Meeting
Oil ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC producers are already gathering in Vienna, Austria, in advance of what is touted to be one of...
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Scientist: Advanced Robots May Enslave Humans — Then Wipe Us Out
While a new study shows that people are getting dumber, robots are getting smarter. In fact, says one expert, artificially intelligent automatons may...
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Big Tech Firms Use SPLC to Police Content and Charity
Major tech firms such as Facebook and Amazon are partnering with the Southern Poverty Law Center to censor and prevent charitable donations to...
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Surveillance State Grows with Help from State and Local Government Accomplices
The surveillance state — ever on the rise since 9/11 — is making plans to grow even bigger and dig even deeper into...
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Facebook Investors Take Zuckerberg to Task
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being forced to face the music over his social media company’s treatment of users’ data. In the wake...
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Pew Survey Shows Facebook is Losing Teen Users
Social media giant Facebook — still reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal — is losing ground among the most Internet-connected generation ever, according...
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Amazon Echo Story Illustrates Dangers of Putting Surveillance Devices in Your Home
With the report that Amazon’s Echo recorded a family’s private conversation and sent the audio file to a person in the family’s contact...
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