FTC Accuses Defunct Edtech Company Edmodo of Violating Kids' PrivacyEdmodo was hailed as an education savior, then it flopped. The FTC says it harvested kids data and sold them out to…ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 23, 2023
Facebook and Instagram Fined $1.3 Billion, Ordered to Stop Sending EU Data to U.S.Meta says the record-breaking fine under the GDPR will cost the company 10% of its global ad revenue.ByThomas GermainUpdatedMay 22, 2023
Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Is Trying to Save the Internet. It Wants Your Feedback, Please.Jack Dorsey's Twitter clone wants to cure social media's ills with custom algorithms. On a recent livestream, a…ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 20, 2023
Twitter Sends Microsoft Mean Letter Because Elon Is MadMicrosoft improperly used Twitter data, according to a letter that definitely doesn't involve anyone's feelings.ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 19, 2023
Supreme Court Says Andy Warhol Ripped Off Photographer in Copyright CaseA tale of two Princes: A narrow but significant Supreme Court ruling beefs up copyright protections.ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 18, 2023
Now playing ChatGPT’s Creator Buddies Up to Congress | Future TechOpenAI CEO Sam Altman showed support for the formation of a regulatory body for AI in front of Congress.PublishedMay 18, 2023
Creepshow: FTC Fines Premom for Handing Period Data to Chinese Companies and GoogleThe FTC is imposing a consent decree on the period tracker for giving your data to advertisers. It's part of the…ByThomas GermainUpdatedMay 18, 2023
AI-Written Hoax Article About Fake Tans and Racism Fools Irish NewspaperThe Irish Times apologized after publishing a robot article masquerading as human opinion. The op-ed's creator…ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 15, 2023
Now playing Live Stream Podcasting via One Button? | Gizmodo InterviewGizmodo chats with Blast Radio Founder/CEO Yousef Ali on his audio only streaming service.PublishedMay 15, 2023
Twitter Conspiracy Bozos Are Freaking Out Over Elon's WEF-Friendly CEO PickThe eightdollarati are having a meltdown after Musk picked a new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, who has ties to the World…ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 13, 2023
Meet Blast Radio, the Social Network Beating Amazon at the Audio GameMusic superstars like Animal Collective and internet weirdos alike are DJing for each other on Blast Radio, a social…ByThomas GermainPublishedMay 13, 2023