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• Here's why the US State Department website says Donald Trump's 'term ended' on 11 January

  In yet another apparent case of giving (perhaps) too much power to a single person, an unnamed US State Department employee is being blamed for the agency website displaying text indicating US President Donald Trump was no longer in office as of 11 January. Background: https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1348721821575733252 Buzzfeed's ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Snapchat joins Twitter and Facebook in blocking Trump’s account amidst Capitol violence

  Snapchat is now the latest platform to block President Donald Trump's account after Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. All these platforms barred Trump from posting new content after his posts were deemed to be inciting violence. "We can confirm that earlier today we locked President ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• FTC announces lawsuit against Facebook for 'illegal monopolization'

  The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced its lawsuit against Facebook alleging the company has formed an illegal monopoly based on anticompetitive practices. According to a notice from the FTC, the suit involves the company's Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp services ...

  • Tristan Greene

• A VR furry hootenanny is all I wish to remember about the 2020 US election

  The 2020 United States Presidential election has been a trip, hasn't it? From the prolonged endeavor of waiting for the final states to President Donald Trump's hastily-censored tweetstorms, it's been an unusual week. But in the aftermath, something so wonderfully weird and funny ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google sued by DOJ over antitrust practices: What you need to know

  The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google today, claiming the company has an illegal monopoly of search traffic. It's a major challenge to the dominance of the Big Tech companies -- the first from the DOJ. But it's been coming on for a long time. The DOJ's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• AI to take on human pilots in real-world fighter aircraft trials

  The Pentagon will pit AI against human pilots in real fighter aircraft, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper revealed on Wednesday. ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Portland becomes first US city to ban companies from using facial recognition in public places

  Portland is the first city in the US to bar both businesses and public agencies from using facial recognition. Will the rest ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Trump plans to collect DNA, eye scans, and voice prints from immigrants

  The Trump administration's plans to expand the collection of biometric data from immigrants would let the government "surveil ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Three months after becoming CEO, Kevin Mayer quits TikTok

  Just three months after being appointed TikTok's global CEO, Kevin Mayer has called it quits. The former Disney executive ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Zoom's no good for funerals

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• TikTok will take Trump administration to the court over ban

  Popular short video app TikTok is aiming to take legal action against US President Donald Trump over the app's potential ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• An AI just embarrassed the US Air Force in a virtual dogfight

  The battle was the grand finale of DARPA's AlphaDogfight Trials, a series of virtual dogfights that sought to test how AI ...

  • Thomas Macaulay