Tag: Tech

Elon Musk Announces New Twitter Policy to Follow and Question Science

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Wednesday he is enacting a new Twitter Policy related to post on the platform about science. “New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science,” Musk wrote. No further details of the plan had been released, but The Epoch Times…


Apple Being Sued by New Yorker Alleging ‘Racial Bias’ Against Minorities on Watch’s Blood Oximeter

Apple is facing a federal class-action lawsuit in New York over claims that a blood oxygen reader app on the Apple Watch yielded inaccurate results for minorities. Alex Morales, a New York resident, filed the lawsuit on behalf of several customers against the tech giant on Dec. 24, alleging that the Apple Watch’s blood oximeter had a…


Ron DeSantis Offered Libs of TikTok Creator Refuge in Governor’s Mansion During Doxxing Threat

When the press doxxed Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said she could stay in the governor’s mansion. “If you don’t feel safe, you or your family, if you need a place to go, to hide, to stay, you can come to the governor’s mansion. We have a guest house for…


Hacker Claims to Be Selling Personal Data of 400 Million Twitter Users

A hacker claims to be selling the personal Twitter data of 400 million users, according to a report. The individual in question claimed to be selling the public and private data of more than 400 million Twitter users stolen in November 2021, which exploited an API vulnerability that was not fixed until January 2022. Although…


Elon Musk Says Around 100 Starlinks Now Active in Iran

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm’s satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he posted on Twitter that he would activate the service there amid protests around the Islamic country. Musk said, “approaching 100 starlinks active in Iran”, in…


Elon Musk Says ‘Almost Every Conspiracy Theory That People Had About Twitter Turned Out to Be True’

Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, claimed on Dec. 24 that nearly every conspiracy theory about the social media platform has turned out to be true. Musk made the comments during an interview on the “All-In” podcast, where he also discussed the so-called “Twitter files” that were initially released earlier this month via independent journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari…


Dating Apps Operators to Meet With Government Amid Push for Online Safety

Representatives of dating apps will meet with the Australian federal government to discuss security measures and areas for potential law reform amid reports about high rates of assaults on the platforms. It comes as the government ramped up its online safety laws which will allow the eSafety Commission to regulate illegal and restricted content no matter…


Big Tech Is Eliminating Human and Civil Rights by Proxy: Security Expert

Big Tech firms have become instruments to suppress human and civil rights worldwide, says cybersecurity expert Rex Lee. “They now become arms of the government [agencies], no different than an informant who is informing on people to a secret police force,” Lee, a security adviser at My Smart Privacy, told “China in Focus” on NTD…


Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in…


Elon Musk Rolls out ‘View Count’ Feature for Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday announced, and then rolled out, a feature on the social media platform that allows users to see how many people viewed a post. “Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video. Shows how much…