Tech

• Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking, based on X example, next week

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 26

  Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. said Thursday it will begin testing its crowd-sourced fact-checking program, Community...

• Meta wins emergency ruling in scramble to block sordid tell-all memoir on Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg

  13-3-2025 Tech NY Post - Tech 21

  The book claims that Sandberg once spent $13,000 on lingerie for herself and a young female assistant who she later invited to “come to bed."

• Trump family held deal talks with Binance as its billionaire crypto founder seeks pardon: report

  13-3-2025 Tech NY Post - Tech 38

  Billionaire Changpeng Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws as part of a $4.3 billion...

• Police warn iPhone users to report dangerous text message: ‘These scammers want to scare people’

  13-3-2025 Tech NY Post - Tech 25

  "If you receive a message like this, do not engage — delete it and report it."

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• SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA's stuck astronauts after launch pad problem

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 47

  A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts.

• Metallica's epic Mexico City show comes to Apple Vision Pro, bringing viewers closer to their hits

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 26

  Metallica is bringing their powerhouse performance from Mexico City straight to viewers' faces courtesy of Apple.

• White House digs in on Trump's wish to repeal CHIPS Act outright

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 17

  The White House reiterated President Trump's position that Congress fully repeal 2022 legislation intended to fire up the U.S. semiconductor...

• Grassley says top domestic cyber agency still not answering questions about hack 14 months later

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 22

  Sen. Charles E. Grassley said America's top domestic cybersecurity agency has failed to provide basic information about a hack it suffered more...

• French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 25

  French publishers and authors said Wednesday they're taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without...

• Rocket Lab aims to buy German satellite company

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 26

  U.S. aerospace company Rocket Lab said it plans to acquire Mynaric, a German company responsible for manufacturing communication equipment for...

• Watchdog group says NASA went big on woke programs

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 24

  NASA may struggle to get astronauts to and from the International Space Station, but here on Earth it has gone all-in on its diversity, equity and...

• Kenya-based content moderators mourn Nigerian colleague who 'was desperate to go home'

  13-3-2025 Tech Washington Times - Tech 19

  Technology workers in Kenya have held a vigil for a colleague who died in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in...