The social-media giant will stop allowing advertising of housing, jobs or credit to be aimed at those of a certain race, gender or age group. Facebook Halts Ad Targeting Cited in Bias Complaints Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRyan Reynolds further confirms he’s master of the tweet. Deadpool celebrates Disney-Fox merger in typical Deadpool fashion – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe love Marvel and so do our readers. Check out the photos that our readers sent in to show their Marvel fandom! Show Us Yours: Marvel fandom pictures from our readers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe quad-rear camera behemoth will cost 999 euros, which converts roughly to $1,130. Huawei P30 Pro to cost more than the Galaxy S10 Plus according to leak – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources — Just days before Apple’s big March 25th event where it will unveil a new subscription news service, the company has revealed
Read MoreThe tech giant is supporting three organizations in the US and Europe. Apple teams with media literacy programs to fight fake news – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen an inveterate tweeter and social media hound decided to change his ways, what did he turn to? An email newsletter. The New Social Network That Isn’t New at All Source: NY Times Tech
Read More[Adam Haile] has been spending some time improving his CNC router and his latest change is a custom wasteboard with improved bed support. Not only does the MDF wasteboard have plenty of threaded inserts to make for easy clamping solutions, but [Adam] replaced the frame underneath the board with a new set of aluminum extrusions
Read MoreGoogle today revealed just what kind of hat it intends to throw in the gaming ring — a cloud streaming service called Stadia. Most of the news was a lot of blue sky development jargon, but it did reveal one thing about Stadia that’ll probably do more to help gamers than any new controller or lack
Read MoreRichard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison and Majd Bakar on Stadia’s infrastructure, its controller, how it integrates with YouTube, games as links, and more — Streaming has proved to be one of the most disruptive technologies to hit the media landscape in the last decade. Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison
Read MoreRichard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: Google Stadia hands-on: controller response is the best from a cloud system to date, though with some latency, and the feel of the controller is Xbox-like — We’ve talked elsewhere in our Google Stadia coverage about the fact that it’s not a console, it’s what Google calls a ‘cloud native’ system
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec. 30, 2018 through Mar. 10, Trump’s campaign spent $3.5M on Facebook ads and $1M on Google, nearly double the Democratic field — While Democrats’ campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump’s re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice … Bully Pulpit Interactive: from Dec.
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from the CEOs of Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube on their responses to the Christchurch attack — – House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote to the CEOs of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft requesting … House Homeland Security Committee chair seeks briefings from
Read MoreShopping has long represented a major opportunity for the platform. A new feature, introduced with Nike, Burberry, Zara and more, will grease the wheels by letting you buy without leaving the app. Instagram Wants to Be Your Mall Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe 2019 Economic Report of the President lists many superhero alter egos as interns. Batman, Captain America and Monty Python apparently worked for the US government last year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAtari vibes. Electric cars. Crayon scribbles. A paper cup. Wi-Fi. Stadia’s logo sure conjures up a lot of funny things. Google Stadia logo gets roasted for '90s retro look – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president wants to “do something” about social media. Trump: Twitter, Facebook, Google are colluding to silence conservatives – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew details reveal just how quickly the video spread across the world and rocketed out of tech companies’ control. Fewer than 200 people watched the New Zealand massacre live. A hateful group helped it reach millions Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Apple 4K 21.5-inch iMac moves up to six-core processors, while the 27-inch 5K iMac goes up to an eight-core Intel Core i9 for the first time. New Apple iMac update for 2019 has better graphics and eight-core Intel i9 processor – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social-media giant will stop allowing advertising of housing, jobs or credit to be aimed at those of a certain race, gender or age group. Facebook Takes Steps to Prevent Bias in the Way It Shows Ads Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Nexusguard report: when the FBI shut down 15 of the largest DDoS-for-hire websites in December, it led to an 85% reduction in overall attack size worldwide — The Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down 15 of the largest distributed denial of service for hire websites in the world in December …
Read MoreThe keyboard and mouse are great, we’re big fans. But for some tasks, such as seeking around in audio and video files, a rotary encoder is a more intuitive way to get the job done. [VincentMakes] liked the idea of having a knob he could turn to adjust his system volume or move forward and
Read MorePresident Trump on Tuesday sharply criticized Facebook, Google and Twitter for allegedly censoring conservatives, accusing them of “collusion” and a “hatred they have for a certain group of people who happen to be in power.” Trump again accuses social media companies of censoring conservatives Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreBy focusing on streaming games with its Stadia service, Google is trying to catch the next wave of gaming. Google Introduces Streaming Video Game Service Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe platform, which runs on Chrome and Google data centers, envisions a new way to play video games. Google’s new Stadia service will let you play video games without downloading them Source: Washington Post Tech
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