Inside Twitters Bot Purge
Over the past 24 hours, Twitter suddenly deleted thousands of accounts as part of a massive crackdown on automated bots on the platform. The pulldown took place quite literally in the middle of the...
‘I take 200 selfies a day’
Image copyright Junaid Ahmed/Getty Images Junaid Ahmed has 50,000 followers on Instagram and admits he is addicted to selfies.The 22-year-old takes around 200 snaps of himself a day.He carefully times...
What happens to Apple’s iCloud in China
Apples much-vaunted principles melt away under Chinas cybersecurity law, which allows the state to access our dataHere’s your starter for 10. Question: Apple’s website contains the following bold declaration: “At Apple we believe privacy...
What Facebook Isn’t Saying About Trump and Clinton’s Campaign Ads
According to Facebook, during the 2016 election, President Trump’s campaign actually paid higher rates to advertise on the platform overall than Hillary Clinton’s campaign did.The disclosure by Facebook came Tuesday by way of Facebook...
Is Facebook killing online comedy?
Job cuts at Funny or Die suggest making money from comedy videos is harder than ever and some blame the social-media titan. But a new wave of creators are finding ways to thriveEarlier this...
UberEats driver suspected of fatally shooting customer in Atlanta
Police say 30-year-old man was shot, and later died, following possible exchange of words with delivery driver for on-demand appPolice say an Atlanta food delivery driver accused of shooting a customer dead is now...
