Technology

Judge says Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service

01/21/2021 04:00 PM

The Seattle tech giant said Parler had shown an “unwillingness and inability” to remove a slew of dangerous posts that called for the rape, torture and assassination of politicians, tech executives and many others ...

Facebook's oversight board to rule on Trump ban

Transfer of power in Oval Office, social media as Biden is sworn in

A screenshot of the @POTUS Twitter page is shown on Jan. 20, 2021, after President Joe Biden was sworn in to office.

GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try

Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles.

Twitter suspends US congresswoman over election fraud claims

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

In this May 21, 2019 photo, two drones fly above Lake Street in downtown Reno, Nev., on, as part of a NASA simulation to test emerging technology that someday will be used to manage travel of hundreds of thousands of commercial, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) delivering packages. It marked the first time such tests have been conducted in an urban setting.

FAA approves fully automated commercial drone flights

It’s the first time that the Federal Aviation Administration has allowed fully automated commercial drone flights ...

RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

This Dec. 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander.

Trump backers seek online refuges after big tech backlash

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, a Trump supporter participates in a rally in Washington. Online supporters of Trump are scattering to smaller social media platforms, fleeing what they say is unfair treatment by Facebook, Twitter and other big tech firms looking to squelch misinformation and threats of violence

Google muscles up with Fitbit deal amid antitrust concerns

Twitter CEO defends Trump ban, warns of dangerous precedent

Amazon seeks to keep right-wing app Parler offline

Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for conservative social media network Parler, claiming Parler shrugged off police violence content on its site before and after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol...

Microsoft ousts rivals from CES marquee as show moves online

TikTok tightens privacy features for younger users

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020 photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York. Privacy watchdogs say that the popular TikTok video app is violating a children’s privacy law and putting kids at risk. They filed a complaint saying TikTok is collecting personal information of kids under 13 without their parents’ consent, even after a $5.7 million FTC fine in 2019 over child-privacy law violations.

Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, a person carries a sign supporting QAnon during a protest rally in Olympia, Wash, USA. The social media company Twitter said Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021, it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far right QAnon conspiracy theory following last week's U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Right-wing app Parler booted off internet over ties to siege

Facebook, Twitter take actions ahead of Inauguration Day

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020 file photo, crowds enter the convention center on the first day of the CES tech show, in Las Vegas. Every January, huge crowds descend on Las Vegas for the CES gadget show, an extravaganza of tech and glitz intended to set the tone for the coming year in consumer technology. CES kicks off this week, but thanks to the pandemic, it will be in a radical new format — a “virtual” show taking place only in cyberspace.

Meet the online gadget show, a hall of mirrors to the future

Part of a grey seal colony on the beach at Horsey Gap in Norfolk, England, Sunday Jan. 10, 2021. A group monitoring the seals in the national park on England's east coast have recorded over 2000 seal births this season, with police patrolling the area to deter visitors during the current coronavirus lockdown.

Leaders at summit focus on better protecting biodiversity

New iPhone setting will let Minnesotans know if they've been exposed to COVID-19

In a news release Sunday, Minnesota IT Services announced that starting Monday, iPhone users will receive a notification about turning on COVID-19 exposure notifications in their settings without having to download the COVIDaware MN app ...

Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach, led by the far right-friendly Parler — even if Google and Apple both removed it from their app stores ...

In this Thursday, June 18, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account

Citing the "risk of further incitement of violence," President Donald Trump's personal Twitter account has been suspended permanently, the social media platform announced Friday evening ...

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue, at Dalton Regional Airport, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Dalton, Ga.

Politics

Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley

Seven Democratic senators on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the actions of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley "to fully understand their role" in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wears a face mask as he arrives for a confirmation hearing for Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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