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Ted Rall: Sheryl Sandberg Is The World’s Most Annoying Person

Invariably promoted as launching a "movement" - as opposed to shilling books - the Facebook executive's publicity blitzes are impossible to avoid. There's the inevitably self-involved New York Times op-ed; she's in Time, Fortune, USA Today, The Washington Post and Huffington Post , which tells us "Why Sheryl Sandberg Decided To Speak Openly About Losing Her Husband .

Zuckerberg Uses Virtual Reality To Put You Inside A Prison

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg released a virtual reality movie Sunday in hopes to help people assimilate with prison inmates. The documentary called "Step to the Line" utilizes VR technology to give viewers an opportunity to see prison and convicts in a first-person perspective.

Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey is back. And it’s weird – CNET

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."

The Market In 5 Minutes

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.

US Bans Passengers Of Middle Eastern Airlines From Bringing Electronics On Planes

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.

US military faces burgeoning nude picture-sharing scandal

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.

With Brands On Board Or Not, Right-Wing News Is Full Steam Ahead

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.

Niall Ferguson: The global network has become dangerously unstable

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.

Amid Trump Twitter controversies, White House preparing to expand social media team

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.

Hal Boyd: Is Donald Trump making America moral again?

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.