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What do you do when you're young, rich, love internet irony and have a lot of time to kill? You could follow the example of Palmer Luckey, the 24 year-old cofounder of Oculus VR, who emerged Wednesday from an apparent social media exile after his political activities raised eyebrows last year. Luckey changed his Twitter avatar to Obi-Wan Kenobi -- perhaps in reference to the Star Wars character's last words, "If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Facebook Inc launched a new Augmented Reality platform, which allows users to overlay graphics onto photos and videos in real time, leveraging new technologies such as SLAM, 3D effects and object recognition: Link Fox News is parting ways with Bill O'Reilly in the wake of a sexual-harassment scandal, bringing an end to the combative host's two-decade run that drew millions of loyal viewers and helped build the network's political influence: Link Here's a look at how some of the world's largest financial institutions performed in the first quarter and their stock's performance since the start of 2017 and over the past year: Link Every golf course in China is equipped with cameras at almost every tee.
An undated photo provided by the Cleveland Police shows Steve Stephens. Cleveland police say they are searching for Stephens, a homicide suspect, who broadcast the fatal shooting of another man live on Facebook on Sunday.
Federal authorities say 1,200 companies were scammed by a Florida man who charged them $500 fees to register them with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for preferred treatment on contract bidding. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that 48-year-old Michael Pirolo of Palm Harbor pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
On Thursday night, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Solid Waste Division's Facebook page shared a post by the Alaska Republican Party. The party linked to a post on the "Must Read Alaska" blog discussing potential state revenue sources in Juneau.
The ban , which includes laptops, tablets, and video games, but does not include smartphones or medical devices, is effective for Royal Jordanian flights servicing New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Montreal. One official told NBC News that the message the airline sent was not an entirely accurate description of the forthcoming policy, to be announced Tuesday.
The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared without their consent by male colleagues have turned up on secret social media sites. General Robert Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, appeared embarrassed and uncertain how to deal with the problem, which first surfaced among members of his elite force.
There isn't enough time to trust failed Democrats and Republicans to stop the bleeding and make America sane again ," a novel by Dave Eggers. As soon as I finished and set it down on my nightstand in a stupor, I thought to myself, "This is what ninth graders will read about America in the year 2113."
In the months leading up to and following the US presidential election, publishers with right-wing and occasionally extremist views, such as Breitbart and InfoWars, have joined stalwarts like the Drudge Report and Newsmax on the Republican right. In spite of their growing audiences, monetization can be tough for these challengers.
Marines train in 2015 in Twentynine Palms, Calif. According to several current and former female service members, online harassment goes well beyond a shared drive or Facebook group.
In 2010, Lester Packingham was convicted of having a Facebook account. That's a crime in North Carolina, which bars registered sex offenders from "accessing" certain social media sites, including Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.
The president of the United States tweets that his own intelligence agencies are illegally leaking classified information to The New York Times about his campaign's communications with the Russian government, but he insists that it's all "fake news." Meanwhile, having interfered in the US presidential election via WikiLeaks and an online army of trolls and bots , the Russians send their spy ship Viktor Leonov to have a snoop at the US submarine base at New London, Conn.
These days it's virtually impossible to log on to Facebook or Twitter without a discussion unfolding around politics. In fact, it's become common for people to take "breaks" from social media to limit their exposure to constant political controversies and social issues.
The White House is expected to hire new staffers this week to work with the President on his posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, a senior administration official told CNN. Up until now, Trump and his social media director Dan Scavino have essentially handled the President's tweets on their own.
Generally, the best way to find out about something in Cleveland is to hear it from a Clevelander. And some Clevelanders are more vocal about their thoughts than others, particularly on social media.
In one of Russian literature's most vexing passages, the sensualist older brother of "The Brothers Karamazov" asks: "What is goodness?" In the age of Donald Trump such questions on moral relativism are increasingly passe. In fact, on both the left and the right there's a burgeoning renaissance of armchair moralizing that's fanning out across Facebook feeds and prompting uncomfortable watercooler conversations around the country.
Senator Elizabeth Warren voiced her opinion on Facebook late on Tuesday to end her speech that was formally silenced by Republicans on the Senate floor after she quoted Coretta Scott King while criticizing President Trump's attorney general nominee Senator Jeff Sessions. The drama unfolded when the Democrat from Massachusetts overstepped the arcane rules of the chamber by reading a letter dated three decades ago from the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King that dated to the failed judicial nomination of Senator Sessions nearly thirty years ago.
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto is the recipient of a $3.1 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative founded by Priscilla Chan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, the philanthropic initiative is giving $3.1 million to Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto to help with programs to counter the eviction and displacement of families upended by runaway housing costs.
If he didn't understand it previously, Trump certainly has learned his most dangerous political foes are not Democrats in Congress, but the vast federal bureaucracy. Among the new president's first actions was to order a freeze on hiring in the government, with the exception of the military.
Some Facebook users are announcing that they are leaving the social media site because they have grown weary of the political vitriol that dominates the discourse there. They wanted a virtual neighborhood where friendly people shared family news, announcements, and engaged in pleasantries and good-natured banter, not a political gladiatorial arena.