Month: June 2020
Publishers sue Internet Archive over Open Library ebook lending
Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project, setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the internet’s longest-running ebook archives. Launched in 2006, Internet Archive’s Open Library allows users to borrow ebooks scanned from…
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Mark Zuckerberg commits Facebook to $10 million donation to ‘groups working on racial justice’
Even as Facebook continues to take a hands-off approach to monitoring violent rhetoric and disinformation on its platform, the company will make a $10 million donation “to groups working on racial justice” in the U.S., according to a late Sunday night post from chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The commitment from…
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Facebook employees walk out in protest of Donald Trump’s posts
Dozens of Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday in protest of the company’s decision not to take action against incendiary posts by President Donald Trump last week, according to The New York Times. The virtual walkout comes on the heels of a decision from Facebook not to take…
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Amid protests, U.S. police scanner apps and others saw record downloads
Downloads of police scanner apps, tools for private communication and mobile safety apps hit record numbers this past weekend in the U.S., amid continued nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd, as well as the systemic problems of racial prejudice that plague the American justice system. According to…
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Samsung’s new subscription bundles a Galaxy S20 with Microsoft 365
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 family is expensive when even the ‘entry’ model begins around $1,000. The company thinks it has a solution, though: turn the phone into more of a service. It just launched an Access plan that provides an S20 phone, a Premium Care… Source
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Microsoft replaces curators with AI workers
Microsoft is planning to not renew the contracts of dozens of journalists in the US and UK who select which new stories are featured on MSN. Instead, the software giant will use artificial intelligence (AI) to select the news stories that appear on its site according to the Seattle Times.…
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