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Twitter Reverses Shadow Ban On GOP & Conservatives

Twitter appears to have reversed a “shadow ban” on prominent Republicans, while YouTube is once again censoring Infowars videos. ...

R. Cort Kirkwood July 26, 2018

Facebook Under Fire

R. Cort Kirkwood July 23, 2018

Under mounting pressure to account for the exposure of its users to data-mining companies, Facebook suspended another analytics company that uses the social-media...

Possible Release of Some U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves Sends Oil Prices Down

Bob Adelmann July 16, 2018

As several oil disruptions around the world are occurring, OPEC is close to maxing out its production, so prices have risen, but Trump...

The Twitter “Fake Follower” Purge: What Does It Mean?

C. Mitchell Shaw July 15, 2018

Twitter has begun purging tens of millions of fake accounts, causing many celebrities and politicians to lose millions of followers overnight. But —...

EIA: U.S. Shortly to Become “the World’s Leading Producer of Crude Oil”

Bob Adelmann July 11, 2018

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) proclaimed on Tuesday that, if its forecasts are correct, the United States will soon be the world’s...

Fact-checking? Facebook is Fiction-checking Conservative News and Calling It “Fake”

Selwyn Duke July 9, 2018

“You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’re not entitled to your own facts,” goes a saying attributed to liberal icon Daniel Patrick Moynihan....

Facebook Deletes Part of Declaration of Independence as “Hate Speech,” Removes Post

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 4, 2018

Facebook deletes a post containing part of the text of the Declaration of Independence, calling it "hate speech." ...

China Looks to Build New Powerful Rocket and Leave NASA in Its Exhaust

James Murphy July 3, 2018

Set to be in service by 2030, the Long March 9 is larger than any other rocket in use today. And peaceful space...

Made In Space’s “Archinaut” Plots Course to Build Spaceships in Space

Christian Gomez June 25, 2018

The company Made in Space's "Archinaut" orbital factory aims to construct full satellites and spaceships in space. ...

Crude Oil Price Rise in Wake of OPEC Agreement Likely to be Short-lived

Bob Adelmann June 24, 2018

Crude oil prices bounced higher on Friday, as OPEC failed to raise production as much as many feared. ...

NSA Moving Data to a Cloud-based Service Such as That Built and Used by Amazon, Google

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 22, 2018

The NSA is in the process of moving to the cloud all the data it has collected. ...

Oil Ministers Gathering in Vienna for “Contentious” OPEC Meeting

Bob Adelmann June 20, 2018

Oil ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC producers are already gathering in Vienna, Austria, in advance of what is touted to be one of...

Scientist: Advanced Robots May Enslave Humans — Then Wipe Us Out

Selwyn Duke June 15, 2018

While a new study shows that people are getting dumber, robots are getting smarter. In fact, says one expert, artificially intelligent automatons may...