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FTC assembles new task force focused on the tech industry’s anti-competitive practices
This new task forced will investigate any anti-competitive conduct among the tech market, including online platforms, and have the authority to take enforcement action when necessary.
By Matt Binder
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is a huge leap forward for augmented reality
The Microsoft HoloLens 2 is more comfortable has a greater field of view.
A Chinese company is GPS-tracking your chicken to ensure they’re healthy and organic
GoGo Chicken is like Fitbit for fowl.
By Matt Binder
Microsoft Hololens 2 ushers in the next generation of augmented reality
It's finally here!
By Raymond Wong
It sure looks like Instagram is about to copy Pinterest's collections
Code hidden inside the Instagram for Android app hints that the Facebook-owned photo sharing service is working on a public “Collections” feature.
By Matt Binder
Google Maps' Satellite view is a lie — and it was almost called 'Bird Mode'
2005 was a wild time.
By Rachel Kraus
Verizon launches subscription box for you to try out new gadgets
It's already sold out, but hope is the thing with feathers.
By Proma Khosla
Microsoft workers push back against using HoloLens for U.S. military training
Microsoft employees pen an open letter blasting the company for a military contract that threatens to turn HoloLens into a "video game" for the battlefield.
What Silicon Valley can learn from Pinterest
A social media company that doesn't suck.
By Rachel Kraus
YouTube’s pedophilia problem: More than 400 channels deleted as advertisers flee over child predators
“In the last 48 hours, beyond our normal protections we’ve disabled comments on tens of millions of videos."
By Matt Binder
Steve Irwin gets his own Google Doodle to commemorate his birthday
Holding a crocodile, of course.
By Johnny Lieu
Samsung unveils 'Instagram mode' for Galaxy S10 camera
Exciting times for the Stories fanatics of the world.
By Jack Morse
Facebook just made it a little easier to keep location data private
At least for Android users.
YouTube is 'actively enabling' the spread of exploitative content, report finds
An investigation found huge numbers of predatory comments on videos featuring children.
By Laura Byager
Privacy activists say online ad industry knowingly violated GDPR
The ad industry knew its system would be "incompatible with consent under GDPR" before the law went into effect, activists claim.
By Matt Binder
YouTube changes 'strike' policy for first-time offenders
First, a warning. Then a strike.
By Karissa Bell
Creators on Instagram and other platforms made nearly $7 billion, study says
Nearly 17 million Americans earned money on nine of the most popular platforms in 2017.
By Matt Binder
Google will stop websites from blocking Incognito mode
Bad news for paywalls. Good news for people who like privacy.
By Matt Binder
The UK government thinks it's time for Facebook to be regulated
"Social media companies cannot hide behind the claim of being merely a ‘platform’."
By Johnny Lieu
Amazon invites Ocasio-Cortez to visit and see for herself how workers don’t pee in bottles
Amazon's in full-on damage control mode.
By Raymond Wong
