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Google Workers Announce International Union Alliance

By Lucas Nolan |

Google workers across the world are reportedly forming a global union alliance called "Alpha Global" with the goal of holding Google and parent company Alphabet accountable.

Facebook Blacklists 78,000+ Users for Violating QAnon Policies

By Lucas Nolan |

Facebook has reportedly blacklisted more than 78,000 users of its main platform and Instagram for violating the company's policies against posting content relating to the QAnon conspiracy theory and "militarized" social movements.

Elon Musk Wants to Dig Tunnels Underneath Miami

By Lucas Nolan |

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated in a series of social media posts that he wants to build tunnels beneath the streets of Miami to alleviate traffic.

Google Threatens to Remove Search Engine from Australia

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Google has threatened to remove its search engine from the entire country of Australia if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content.

Facebook Sends Trump Blacklisting Decision to 'Supreme Court'

By Lucas Nolan |

Facebook has stated that it is sending its recent decision to permanently blacklist Donald Trump to its "independent oversight board" for review. The oversight board, popularly referred to as the platform's "supreme court," is packed with leftists such as theformer editor-in-chief of the Guardian and a “human rights expert” who is part of George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

Tesla Model 3 Explodes in Shanghai

By Lucas Nolan |

A Tesla Model 3 has exploded in an underground residential parking garage in Shanghai this week, according to Chinese media reports.

Google Denies Allegations of Secret Deal with Facebook to Dominate Ads

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Google has denied recent allegations that it made a secret deal with social media giant Facebook in order to dominate the online advertising market. The two companies control the online advertising market in a duopoly that Amazon is just beginning to take market share from.

DuckDuckGo Soars Past 100 Million Daily Search Queries

By Lucas Nolan |

The privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has surpassed 100 million daily search queries for the first time ever, marking a major milestone in the site's 12-year-old history. The site's surging daily activity comes as a wave of consumers embrace alternatives to the Masters of the Universe, including messaging services like Signal and Telegram, and social media platforms such as Gab.

Lawsuit Demands Apple Blacklists Telegram Messaging App

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Apple is reportedly being sued by a Washington nonprofit group in federal court that is demanding that the company remove the encrypted messaging app Telegram from its app store.

Dating App Bumble Disables Filter on Political Beliefs to 'Prevent Misuse'

By Lucas Nolan |

Dating app Bumble has temporarily disabled a feature allowing users to filter potential matches based on their political leanings. The company cryptically announced it had disabled the feature to "prevent misuse" after social media posts indicated some users were changing their political leanings to try to locate other users who attended the Capitol Hill protest.

Big Tech Coalition Is Developing a Digital COVID Vaccination Passport

By Lucas Nolan |

A coalition of tech and health organizations including Oracle, Microsoft, and the Mayo Clinic, is reportedly working to develop a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport that would allow businesses, airlines, and governments to check if individuals have received the vaccine.

Report: Facebook Execs Believe Blacklisting Donald Trump Stopped a 'Coup'

By Lucas Nolan |

In a recent article, NBC News provides an insight into the moments leading up to the decision by Facebook and Twitter to blacklist President Donald Trump. One Facebook executive betrayed the depth of progressive groupthink amongst the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe when they reported said: "We don't have a policy for what to do when a sitting president starts a coup.

Google 'Experiment' Hid Some News Sources from Consumers

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Google is under fire after it revealed that it blocked some Australian news sites from search results as part of an "experiment." Critics call it a"chilling illustration" of Google's stranglehold over internet search.

North Dakota Bill Would Let Censored Citizens Sue Facebook, Twitter

By Lucas Nolan |

A proposed bill from Republican state lawmakers in North Dakota could see Facebook and Twitter face lawsuits from users who have been censored on their platforms. Some experts argue the law would have no effect due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the law that enables the Big Tech Masters of the Universe to enjoy legal immunity in cases related to censorship.

Payment Processor Stripe Blacklists Trump Campaign

By Lucas Nolan |

Online payment processing service Stripe has reportedly cut all ties with President Trump's campaign and shut down the campaign's payment processing services. This prevents the Trump campaign from accepting donations by credit card.

Twitter Stock Falls More Than 10% Following Trump Ban

By Lucas Nolan |

Twitter's share price plummeted more than 10 percent at Monday's market opening in the first trading session since the site permanently suspended President Donald Trump from the platform.

Reddit Bans Donald Trump Forum

By Lucas Nolan |

The self-proclaimed "front page of the internet," Reddit, has banned an unofficial Donald Trump forum following the President's blacklisting across Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.

Twitch Bans an Iconic Meme to Memory-Hole the Person Who Inspired It

By Lucas Nolan |

Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch banned the iconic "PogChamp" emote, one of the most influential memes to come from the service, on Wednesday following comments about the Capitol Hill protests by the streamer depicted in the emote.

Shopify Blacklists Trump Webstore

By Lucas Nolan |

E-commerce store provider Shopify has reportedly banned the store run by the Trump campaign and Trump organization, TrumpStore.com

Report: Amazon Wants to Monitor Your Sleep

By Lucas Nolan |

E-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly developing a new Alexa-powered device to track and detect sleep apnea according to a recent report.

Hundreds of Google Employees Have Unionized

By Lucas Nolan |

A recent report from theNew York Times outlines how more than 225 engineers at tech giant Google have formed a union following years of activism. The Alphabet Workers Union was reportedly organized in secret over the course of the last year.

The Year of the Hack: 5 of 2020's Biggest Security Breaches

By Lucas Nolan |

Throughout 2020 the world saw multiple major hacks and breaches of schools, governments, and private companies as more systems moved online and the world adapted to the coronavirus pandemic — here are five of the most notable hacks and breaches of 2020.

Apple Suffers Loss in Lawsuit Against Security Experts

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Apple has suffered a loss in its recent lawsuit against a security start-up that offered "virtual" iPhones to researchers for testing purposes. The judge wrote that Apple's copyright claims were "puzzling, if not disingenuous.

Wired Lists 'Most Dangerous People on Internet,' and Spoiler: #1 Is Donald Trump

By Lucas Nolan |

For the sixth year in a row, Wired has listed President Donald Trump at the top of the publication's "Most Dangerous People on The Internet" list. According to the leftist tech publication, Trump "remains the world's single most powerful source of disinformation and the internet's most toxic cyberbully.

Beautiful Disaster: The Insane Launch of the Hotly Anticipated Game 'Cyberpunk 2077'

By Lucas Nolan |

Polish game developer CD Projekt Red has faced harsh criticism and potential shareholder lawsuits following the launch of its hotly anticipated game Cyberpunk 2077,considered by many gamers and industry experts as the most hyped video game in the last decade.Breitbart Tech went hands on with the game to find out just how bad the bugs are, and if the game is worth playing today.

WSJ: Amazon Wins by 'Steamrolling' Smaller Rivals

By Lucas Nolan |

In a recent article, theWall Street Journal outlines how e-commerce giant Amazon gains an advantage over smaller competitors, "steamrolling" their business with similar products and services on its massive platform.

Apple Wants to Build Cars by 2024

By Lucas Nolan |

Tech giant Apple is reportedly moving forward with self-driving car technology and plans to produce a passenger vehicle including its own proprietary battery technology by 2024.

Fired Google AI Researcher: 'They Wanted To Have My Presence, But Not Me Exactly'

By Lucas Nolan |

In a recent interview, a former Google Artificial Intelligence Ethics researcher who was fired for refusing to retract an academic paper critical of the company's AI technology has claimed that Google wanted the "idea" of her working at the company as a black, female researcher rather than the "reality" of her working there.

SolarWinds Hack 'Poses a Grave Risk to the Federal Government'

By Lucas Nolan |

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that the recent hack of the Austin-based IT company SolarWinds was much worse than initially reported and“poses a grave risk to the federal government.

Facebook Continues Its War of Words Against Apple

By Lucas Nolan |

Social media giant Facebook has run another full-page ad in three major newspapers claiming that Apple's tracking change will harm small businesses and the internet as a whole.

Instagram Censors Post Linking Joe Biden to Mass Incarceration

By Lucas Nolan |

Facebook-owned social media platform Instagram recently censored a post linking Joe Biden to his 1994 crime bill which contributed to the mass incarceration of black people. The platform relied on independent "fact checker"USA Todayto label connections between Biden and mass incarceration as "false.

Twitter Lifts Its Hurdles for Sharing Viral Posts After Election

By Lucas Nolan |

Ahead of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, social media site Twitter announced that it would be forcing users to quote tweet any tweets they attempted to retweet in an attempt to add an extra layer of "friction," forcing users to question the content they shared.

California Fines Uber $59M for Refusing to Turn Over Sexual Assault Data

By Lucas Nolan |

A California judge ruled this week that the ridesharing service Uber must pay a $59.1 million fine for repeatedly refusing to turn over data related to its 2019 sexual assault report to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).Uber issued a report last December which revealed that it had received 3,045 reports of sexual assault in the U.S.

Spotify Security Bug Exposes Private User Info

By Lucas Nolan |

The music streaming service Spotify has reportedly reset an undisclosed number of user passwords after claiming that a software vulnerability in its systems exposed privacte user information to its business partners.

Airbnb Worth More than Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt Combined

By Lucas Nolan |

Shares of the short-term rental company Airbnb have skyrocketed by 120 percent in its first day of trading, launching the company's market cap to more than five times its last private market valuation.

Elon Musk Claims He Has Moved to Texas

By Lucas Nolan |

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims that he has moved to Texas following months of battle with California's government over coronavirus restrictions.

FTC, 48 States File Lawsuits to Break Up Facebook

By Lucas Nolan |

The FTC and 48 states are set to launch a legal assault on Facebook over claims of antitrust violations. The lawsuits seek to break up Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire.