Picture this: It’s 11 p.m. and you and your friends are hungry for McDonald’s. When you pull up to the drive-thru, instead of a human voice over the intercom, you hear a robot asking what you’d like to order. A company called Clinc is working to make this hypothetical situation a reality. Four University of […]
It seems that every week has brought a new report about Facebook trying to mop up another monumental mess they’ve made, and this week is no exception. This time, the mess concerns the role Facebook has played in human rights violations in Myanmar. Let’s start off with a little background info if you’re unfamiliar with […]
If you thought you couldn’t dislike or distrust the Federal Communication Commission any more, think again. On Tuesday, four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to demand an explanation as to the agency’s latest slip-up. In case you haven’t heard, allow me to fill you […]
What happens to our digital data after we’re gone? Recent legal proceedings surrounding the death of a 15-year-old German girl sought to sort out just that. The girl was hit and killed by a train in 2012, and her parents have spent years in court seeking to gain access to her Facebook account in the […]
Fake news isn’t just annoying. It can also have tragic, and sometimes deadly, consequences. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has contributed to the chaos that’s spread across 10 Indian states since May, which is when rumors about child abductions and child traffickers began to circulate on the messaging app via a falsified video. Since then, about a dozen […]
Apple has joined the effort to educate and encourage voters ahead of the most highly-anticipated midterm elections in recent memory. In a press release posted on Monday, Apple called their new initiative “an easy way to follow the elections, with reporting from trusted sources curated by Apple News editors.” This endeavor is the latest in […]