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Tech leaders leave Zuckerberg PAC over Keystone XL ads
Two major technology firm leaders have left Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political action group FWD.us in protest of the committee’s decision to fund advertisements supporting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. According to Think Progress, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and Yammer…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches lobbying group to push immigration and education reforms
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading Thursday to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education. “To lead the world in this new economy, we need the most talented and hardest-working people. We need to train and attract the best. We need…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg joining tech industry executives to start SuperPAC
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is joining other tech industry executives to start an organization to lobby Washington. Zuckerberg is reportedly taking a lead role… …
Hacker catches Facebook registering private links as ‘likes’
If you’ve sent Facebook friends a link to something out on the wilds of the World Wide Web, the social network knows and they’re telling others about it. A video published online this week by a poster on Hacker News reveals that Facebook scans private messages and registers links in…
Zuckerberg eyes mobile after Facebook IPO flop
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he is steering the social network giant to a more mobile focus, saying this will help ease concerns after a “disappointing” stock market debut. “The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing,” Zuckerberg said during an on-stage interview at a…
Scotland Yard arrests 17-year-old hacker claiming Team Poison affiliation
Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspected spokesman for Team Poison, a hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a series of high-profile cyber-attacks. The boy was arrested on Wednesday in Newcastle in connection with alleged computer misuse offences, London’s Metropolitan Police said. “The suspect, who is believed to use the…
Instagram fans moan over slap in the Facebook
Facebook’s $1 billion gobbling up of Instagram has sent disgruntled fans of the quirky photo-sharing app to the delete button. Twitter and other online platforms buzzed Wednesday with depictions of Facebook as a corporate monster trampling over a defenseless community of creative, free-spirited types. “Guess it’s time to delete my instagram app…
‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year
NEW YORK — “The protester” was named Time magazine’s person of the year Wednesday, a tribute to those bringing change across the Arab world as well as anti-corporate greed demonstrations in the US and Europe. “There’s this contagion of protest,” Time managing editor Richard Stengel said on NBC television. “These…
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