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• Facebook faces backlash over discriminatory ad tools it promised to fix

  Facebook was hit, over the weekend, with a complaint by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The HUD claims Facebook's allowing advertisers to discriminate against users searching for property with tools the company said it'd eliminated back in 2016. The HUD ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• It's a dumb idea to make Trump's Space Force its own military branch

  US Vice President Mike Pence today announced the details of its plan to implement a sixth branch of the military called Space ...

  • Tristan Greene

• VP Mike Pence unveils detailed plans for Space Force

  VP Mike Pence today revealed more info about the Space Force, including what steps we'll need to take even if Congress approves ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• The Pentagon finally has an AI strategy -- too little too late?

  The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is finally up and running, which is good, but the White House still doesn't ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Secret TSA program spies on unsuspecting passengers

  An investigation revealed over the weekend that the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is secretly monitoring and tracking hundreds of American citizens. They're not on any kind of watchlist -- the TSA just deems their flight patterns worthy of suspicion. This ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• China set to leapfrog US in the AI race

  A year ago China declared to the world that it would be the world leader in AI by 2025. According to the experts, it's well ...

  • Tristan Greene

• California democrats to reintroduce net neutrality bill. Here's what you need to know

  California net neutrality bill was on the table, then it was off the table, and now it's back. Here's how we got here and ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Coinbase's cryptocurrency custodial service is open for business

  Coinbase's cryptocurrency custody service is officially open for business, the company announced on its blog today. The ...

  • Neer Varshney

• Report suggests Tether market manipulation on Kraken cryptocurrency exchange

  The 'USD-backed' cryptocurrency Tether (USDT) is struck with another market manipulation controversy. A Bloomberg report ...

  • Neer Varshney

• Feds bust 35 dark web drug and weapons dealers in the US' first-ever nationwide sting operation

  In a first-of-its-kind sting operation in the US, law enforcement agents from a clutch of state departments arrested 35 dark ...

  • Vishwam Sankaran

• Democrat beholden to AT&T destroys California net neutrality bills

  California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago gutted California's net neutrality bills. He's also accepted a lot of money from ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft needs to pick a side in the ICE debate. The world is watching

  Microsoft finds itself at the crossroads of an ethical dilemma that will define how it's perceived by the rest of the world ...

  • Tristan Greene