Instagram now uses machine learning to stop offensive comments

As social media sites grow, problems with abuse and offensive comments begin coming to the forefront. We’ve seen Facebook and Twitter both grapple with these issues to varying degrees of success, but now it’s Instagram‘s turn. Today Instagram detailed the roll out of new features that should help it fight abuse and spam within its community. There isn’t a whole … Continue reading

iPhone 10 years later (plus LG, Samsung, Motorola, HTC)

Ten years after the first iPhone and it’s time to take a head count – how does a 2007 phone compared to today’s biggest and brightest. The actual anniversary is of the market release of the 1st-gen iPhone, which came to stores on June 29th, 2007. Back then, the mobile phone market was a very different place than it is … Continue reading

T-Mobile will help keep PBS alive and available in rural America

The Public Broadcasting Service, commonly referred to as PBS, remains a popular and important source of educational material for young kids, among others, delivering free content to families around the nation via cable, OTA television, and its online website and apps. The service has faced various challenges during its lifetime, though, and now T-Mobile has stepped in to help it … Continue reading

Dubai will police streets with autonomous patrol cars

Earlier this year, Dubai announced that it would begin flying passenger taxi drones this summer. Now, it’s putting autonomous cars on the road as well; by the end of the year, the Dubai police plan on deploying a fleet of self-driving police cars tha…

Google Play sale offers deep discounts on apps, movies and more

A movie rental for a buck might be the only way I can justify watching the new Power Rangers reboot. Luckily, the Google Play store will let me do just that, with substantive discounts on movies, television shows, apps, games, books and music all wra…

PBS will remain on the air in rural areas thanks to T-Mobile

PBS announced today that T-Mobile has agreed to foot the bill for public broadcasting’s translators to move to new frequencies, which they’ll have to do in order to stay on the air after the FCC’s incentive auction. T-Mobile bid $8 billion and receiv…

Nickelodeon is betting on amateur, kid-focused eSports

Nickelodeon and a handful of other investors — including professional sports-team owners — have just thrown $15 million at Super League Gaming, an organization that holds amateur eSports tournaments in movie theaters across the US for kids, teens a…

The Many Investigations Into Trump Business Partners

Trump’s Indonesian business partner is just the latest to come under investigation.

By 2090, The Paris Climate Pact Could Save Thousands Of U.S. Lives Each Year

Does Trump’s “America First” agenda include letting Americans die?

Israeli And Palestinian Teens Have Advice For Divided Americans

“Dialogue enables people to be just that ― people.”