Author: Zach_Wilson
A Facebook Executive Said The Platform Is Responsible For Trump’s Election
Facebook is still reckoning with its role in the 2016 election as it heads into a contentious 2020 presidential race, according to a newly leaked executive memo and a shifting set of policies around manipulated content issued Tuesday. The 2,500-word memo from longtime Facebook executive Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, which was…
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Here’s A Running List Of False And Unverified Information About The Killing Of Qassem Soleimani
Many accounts are spreading false or unconfirmed information, including the claim that Eric Trump knew of the airstrike in advance. By Jane Lytvynenko Jane Lytvynenko BuzzFeed News Reporter Last updated on January 6, 2020, at 5:29 p.m. ET Posted on January 3, 2020, at 12:55 p.m. ET Atta Kenare /…
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Iran’s “Revenge” Over Qassem Soleimani Is Likely To Include Cyberattacks
LONDON — The retaliation that Iran promised in the aftermath of a US airstrike that killed the country’s most powerful military leader could take the form of massive cyberattacks. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in an airstrike ordered by US President Donald Trump. Soleimani was behind Iran’s Middle East operations…
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While Americans Worry About The AI Uprising, People In Japan Are Learning To Love Their Robots — And Be Loved Back
TOKYO — It was before 10 a.m. on a gray summer Sunday, but already a small crowd had gathered outside Penguin Café at the end of a block in residential Tokyo. A woman named Kyoko, dressed in a white T-shirt and apron, unlocked the doors and motioned for everyone to…
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How The 2010s Killed The Celebrity Gossip Machine
Grosescu Alberto Mihai / Shutterstock Charley Gallay / Getty Images Back in the winter of 2011, I was sitting in my tiny apartment in Austin, Texas, finishing my dissertation on the history of celebrity gossip. Starting all the way back at the beginning of what we now know as Hollywood,…
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16 Product Fails That Defined The Decade
Emojipedia/Apple This decade saw the rise of subscription services, Kickstarter-backed gadgets, and radical new ideas that aimed to disrupt every industry on the planet. Risky ventures were commonplace: Building a product from scratch, designing a new business model, and raising money based on faith in some prospective growth or feature…
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