Letter and sources: nearly 200 Google DeepMind workers, or 5% of its overall headcount, signed a letter dated May 16 calling to drop its military contracts
Nearly 200 workers inside Google DeepMind, the company's AI division, signed a letter calling on the tech giant to drop its contracts … X: @billyperrigo and @verambergen X: Billy Perrigo / @billyperri...
How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech
Early on the morning of June 1, 2022, Alex Karp, the CEO of the data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, crossed the border between Poland … Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social . X: @alanasemuels ,...
As newcomers flood to Puerto Rico seeking to build a crypto paradise, attracted by low taxes, locals are skeptical and house prices across San Juan are rising
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post : Tweets: @drewharwell , @biancajoanie , @teddyschleifer , @vaurorapub , @anthrorican , @verambergen , @nanaisvaxxed , and @kevincollier Tweets: Drew Harwell / @drewhar...
Profile of Gloo, which has ~245M profiles on Americans and is used by 30K+ churches, or 10% of US churches, to target ad campaigns at people facing a crisis
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @amywebb , @anthony , @hypervisible , @benjaminpdixon , @brianstelter , @uhactually , @evilgalprods , @zoebritton , @tonyajoriley , @bethblackshire , @...
Profile of Gloo, which compiles profiles on Americans and is used by 30K+ US churches, or 10% of all in the US, to target ad campaigns at people facing a crisis
A small company called Gloo mines online data for people who might be receptive to evangelizing and church outreach — Struggling with grief? Tweets: @zoebritton , @bethblackshire , @dannydougherty ,...
Sources: Facebook has done little to act on the Islamophobic “Love Jihad” conspiracy theory on its platform in India due to “political sensitivities”
In a video posted to Facebook in November 2020, an extremist priest called for Hindus to rise up and begin killing Muslims in India. Tweets: @jason_kint , @damomusings , @verambergen , @skjain_05 , @k...
Sources: teens are being paid by conservative youth org Turning Point Action to promote pro-Trump posts on Twitter and Facebook; Twitter suspended ~20 accounts
One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It's hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don't trust Dr. Fauci.” Tweets: @isaacstanbecker , @kevinroose , @hsha...