Computers - The New American

Voting Rights for Robots?

AI is already raising myriad social and moral questions. Is it a Pandora’s box that we’ll be unable to close once fully open?...

Luis Miguel March 2, 2023

How Hacking and Disinformation Are Destroying Free Elections

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 17, 2023

“Hijacking, sabotage, and automated disinformation on social media.” These are the weapons purportedly used by a group of Israeli contractors to attack more...

Meet Sydney, Microsoft’s New Chatbot

Benjamin Faulkner February 16, 2023

Sentience (from the Latin root sentire) means “feeling or perceiving.” By that standard, Microsoft’s revolutionary new Bing search engine is sentient. Or so eager...

Dell to Phase Out All China-made Computer Chips

Angeline Tan January 11, 2023

SINGAPORE — Dell Technologies announced its plans to cease relying on China-made chips by 2024 and has informed suppliers to curtail the number...

Google Filled With Chinese Spies: Whistleblower Warns of National Security Crisis

Alex Newman December 1, 2022

Google and YouTube manipulated their algorithms to promote leftwing propaganda and silence millions of Americans while re-shaping society and undermining America’s democratic Republic,...

Twitter Crackdown Causes Far-left Celebrities to Get Kicked Off Platform

James Murphy November 8, 2022

The far left’s meltdown over Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter got real in the past two days. Following a Musk announcement that so-called...

PayPal Backtracks on Threat to Fine Users for Promoting “Misinformation”

Michael Tennant October 11, 2022

PayPal threatened to fine users $2,500 if they promoted “misinformation” or “intolerance” — then beat a hasty retreat after the threat drew backlash,...

Yelp Slaps Warning Label on Pregnancy-center Listings

Michael Tennant August 25, 2022

Business-review platform Yelp announced Tuesday that it is adding a consumer notice to listings for crisis pregnancy centers and will “increase efforts” to...

Twitter Announces Plan to Combat “Misleading Narrative” Just in Time for Midterms

James Murphy August 12, 2022

The Silicon Valley Thought Police are hot on the trail of political thoughtcrime ahead of this year’s midterm elections in the United States....

YouTube Blasted by “Fact Checkers” for not Censoring More Content

James Murphy June 28, 2022

Groups claimed that YouTube — which has a history of censoring voices that they don't agree with — isn't doing enough to promote...

Yes, Your Mobile Carrier Is Probably Spying on You, But You Can Do Something About It

C. Mitchell Shaw April 23, 2022

Your data belongs to you, and you are responsible for protecting it. Read on for several suggestions on how to do just that....

DuckDuckGo: Privacy, Yes; Liberty, Not So Much

C. Mitchell Shaw March 14, 2022

DuckDuckGo has announced that it will begin using the same types of censorship that have chased so many users toward it and away...

Microsoft Word’s New Feature Suggests “Woke” Alternatives to Certain Words, Phrases

Raven Clabough January 14, 2022

Microsoft Word has taken on the role of PC police by introducing a new feature that suggests politically correct alternatives to certain “triggering”...