The joke may be on teens who think they know more about tech than their folks. A new study finds supposedly tech-savvy teens are falling for online scams at a higher rate ...
Read More »New social media app praised for being ‘family friendly”
A new social media app has received kudos from users and industry professionals for its “family-friendly” goals. Gan Jing World, developed by Chinese nationals who have fled Communist China, launched in June ...
Read More »The churches of Bangalore reflect diverse community of believers
Bangalore, India — often called the “Silicon Valley of India” — boasts a captivating atmosphere where rapid growth coexists with a rich religious landscape and a thriving technology hub. It’s a city ...
Read More »Two Kansas City-area men arrested for exporting aviation tech to Russia
Two Kansas City-area men were arrested by U.S. authorities on Thursday for illegally exporting aviation technology to Russia. Douglas Robertson of Olathe and Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky of Lawrence, are charged with conspiracy, ...
Read More »iPhones, other Apple products added to Homeland Security warning list
A government alert has been issued to Apple product users this week due to a vulnerability for iPhones, iPads, and MacOS devices as Apple announced it was releasing security updates for those ...
Read More »Sen. Josh Hawley calls for age requirement for social media
Kids would not be able to go on to social media until age 16 under legislation proposed by Sen. Josh Hawley. The Missouri Republican is joining a chorus of others including doctors, ...
Read More »Google releases its own AI chatbot which mimics human thought
Google has announced its own artificial intelligence chatbot called “Bard” that will compete with the controversial Microsoft ChatGPT. It’s being called a chatbot arms race. “Two years ago we unveiled next-generation language ...
Read More »Missouri has fewest ransomware attacks of any state while Kansas fares worse, study finds
Missouri has the lowest incidence of ransomware attacks in the nation, with 1.8 per 100,000 companies. Kansas is a much more frequent target, with 21.7 attacks per 100,000 businesses. Overall, the United ...
Read More »China has “all your data” says Joe Rogan about TikTok
Communist China, is collecting data from TikTok users warns Joe Rogan. The social media platform with ties to the Chinese government continues to deny claims it has compromised the privacy and safety ...
Read More »Republican leaders want to know what TikTok is doing with U.S. user data
TikTok’s use of user data is in the crosshairs of nine senators including Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruze (R-Tex.). In a letter from Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) the company, which is ...
Read More »Daily Mail confirms whistleblower: Google is throttling the news you see
Google is throttling news not just in America but also in Britain, according to a whistleblower who admitted the data giant is purposefully dictating what news you see. Searches are skewed and ...
Read More »Elon Musk goes after YouTube scam ads
Elon Musk hates “scam ads” on YouTube, echoing the frustrations of millions of Americans. His Twitter comments criticizing the Google-owned company are leading to speculation it is his next take-over target. The ...
Read More »We can know what’s false but censorship isn’t the answser
We should know by now that censorship is bad even if you’re confident that you’re censoring “the right things.” I recently saw a tweet from commentator and political scientist Yascha Mounk that I think ...
Read More »Missouri teen turns rejection into success by starting his own business
If you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em. After being turned down for jobs by 17 fast-food restaurants, a St. Louis teen decided to start his own business. “It got pretty tiring,” Jonathan ...
Read More »Ministry turns to social media to reach younger generations for Christ
Popular social media channels were used to lead nearly 200,000 young people to Christ last year by Groundwire, which ministers to Millennials and Generation Z youth. “We’re not going after the atheists,” ...
Read More »Microsoft Bing suspends auto-suggest in Communist China
More American companies are bowing to Communist China’s demands for greater censorship. Now Microsoft Corporation’s Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, has stopped its auto-suggest function in China ...
Read More »Israel may replace Netanyahu with more conservative Naftali Bennett
Israel may soon have a new leader as an opposition leaders moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. It comes after several parties agreed on terms that may lead ...
Read More »USA Today editor who called for ORU to be banned by NCAA fired for controversial tweet
“USA Today” has fired the editor who wrote a controversial column demanding that a Christian university be banned from the NCAA basketball tournament. Hemal Jhaveri, who formerly worked as the race and ...
Read More »Utah Governor signs phone porn filter law
Smartphones and tablets will have a porn filter after the governor of Utah signed a new law meant to protect children. The law, which was signed Tuesday, requires a filter blocking pornography ...
Read More »Parler back online with commitment to free speech
Parler is back. The interim CEO Mark Meckler said it will continue the company’s vision of being a space that protects free speech in a way that is “more firm and entrenched ...
Read More »DOJ: It was Facebook, not Parler, that fueled capitol riot
The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have released new data contradicting media narratives that social media app Parler was the cause of the Capitol riot. Parler, the main competitor to ...
Read More »Merkel, world leaders defend President Trump over Big Tech bans
Leaders around the world are criticizing big tech companies for banning President Donald Trump from their social media platforms. The president has currently been banned from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, and Instagram while ...
Read More »Ted Cruz slams Twitter CEO: “Who the hell elected you” to censor news?
Polls show that Americans are alarmed by bias and censorship from social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. Senator Ted Cruz led leaders in the Senate in grilling the CEOs of Facebook, ...
Read More »VIDEO: Google admits work to censor, meddle in election
An undercover journalism nonprofit has released a video of a Google staffer speaking about the ability of the big tech giant to boost or censor political views. Adriano Amaduzzi, a technical account manager at Google Marketing, ...
Read More »‘Future of religious oppression’: Sam Brownback on China’s high-tech persecution
Former Kansas governor and senator Sam Brownback said China’s use of high-tech surveillance to oppress and monitor Uighur Muslims is the future of religious oppression that could spread across the world. Brownback ...
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