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Project Veritas releases ‘internal documents’ from Google and alleges anti-conservative bias

Aug15
by on August 15, 2019 at 11:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


A former Google employee has released nearly 1,000 documents which he says is evidence of the search giant’s anti-conservative bias on the platform. Zachary Vorhies, the employee in question, shared the documents with Project Veritas — a right-leaning investigative journalism non-profit founded by James O’Keefe — as well as the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, which is investigating Google for potential anticompetitive behavior. “The reason why I collected these documents was because I saw something dark and nefarious going on with the company and I realized that there were going to not only tamper with the elections, but use…

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UK’s handling of lampposts shows how not to implement 5G and self-driving cars

Aug15
by on August 15, 2019 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Lampposts are supposed to light the way for the journey ahead, but they are shaping up to be an unlikely impediment to the rollout of 5G mobile technology and, as a result, autonomous vehicles. The UK government has set ambitious targets for the rollout of both new technologies. It wants autonomous cars to be on Britain’s roads by 2021 and has mandated that 15 million premises be connected to 5G by 2025. However, these targets are not going to be met unless the government steps up to ensure Britain is equipped with the necessary infrastructure – including its lampposts. For…

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Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and Booking.com are already on board)

Aug15
by on August 15, 2019 at 9:44 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Huawei is gearing up to take on Google Maps. The Chinese giant is developing its own mapping service called Map Kit, state-owned outlet China Daily reports. There’s a catch, though: the service is not exactly meant for consumers. Instead, the idea is to give developers tools to build new applications based on its mapping capabilities. The service, which will be available in 150 countries and regions, will be connected to local mapping services. It’ll also support 40 different languages. Other rumored features include real-time traffic conditions, sophisticated navigation capabilities, and augmented reality mapping. Huawei has purportedly already gotten Yandex – commonly…

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin falls back to $10,000′

Aug15
by on August 15, 2019 at 9:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Descartes used to say: Shleppppppp it! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 14 2019, at a price of $10,051. That’s a worrying 7.69 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$837.78. It was the lowest closing price in fourteen days. We’re still 49 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap ended the day at $179,692,803,424.…

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Study: Teens get the news from YouTubers and not news outlets

Aug15
by on August 15, 2019 at 9:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Given the current climate of fake news and continuous updates about the end of the world as we know it, more people are opting to live in their own bubble and ignore the news completely. But more worryingly, a recent study by SurveyMonkey and Common Sense Media, found that teens would rather keep up with current events via YouTubers, and not verified news agencies. According to the study, more than 75 percent of teens aged from 13 to 17 say it’s important to keep up with world events, yet over half of them get the news from YouTube and other social media…

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