Month: May 2020
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is out
Magic Leap talked a big game, and few were more responsible for fostering a cult of hype and excitement around its vision of the future than the company’s founder and CEO Rony Abovitz. Today, the CEO announced that the company has indeed secured a new bout of funding, but that…
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It’s Unclear What Trump’s Section 230 Executive Order Will Do Beyond Bully Social Media Companies
Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks as US Attorney General William Barr listens before signing an executive order on social-media companies in the Oval Office on May, 28, 2020. President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting social media companies on Thursday. The move came after…
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Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz to step down
Rony Abovitz, the co-founder and CEO of lavishly funded augmented reality company Magic Leap, will step down from his position, reports Business Insider. Abovitz’s planned departure, which doesn’t yet have a concrete date, marks an unceremonious end to his tenure at the helm of Magic Leap, a once-buzzy startup that…
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Anti-5G quantum machine turns out to be 128MB USB drive
Conspiracy theories surrounding the negative effects of 5G have become increasingly popular online and a company called BioShield Distribution has launched a new device which it claims can protect users from them using “quantum holographic catalyzer technology”. The 5GBioShild recently went on sale in the UK for £283 ($348) and…
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Facebook slams executive order: ‘It will restrict more speech online’
Facebook has responded to Trump’s executive order that aims to place new restrictions on social media companies. In a statement, the social network said that attempts to limit Section 230 — a more than 20-year-old statute widely regarded as the inter… Source
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The ACLU Is Suing Clearview AI To Stop “Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance”
The American Civil Liberties Union sued Clearview AI on Thursday, arguing that the facial recognition startup violated the privacy of Illinois residents in amassing a database of more than 3 billion photos scraped from websites and social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. In describing a “nightmare scenario” in a…
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