Big Tech Watch

When a Florida-based cybersecurity firm was looking for a highly qualified candidate to fill a software engineer position, “Kyle” seemed like a perfect fit. Read More.

According to a United Nations report last month, China filed more than 38,000 Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) patents from 2014 to 2023. That's six times more than those filed by U.S.-based inventors, the UN World Intellectual Property Organization said. Read More.

Roughly one-third of Americans aged 18–29 regularly get their news from TikTok, the Pew Research Center found in a late 2023 survey. Read More.

Google since 2008 has been interfering in elections to benefit Democrat candidates, a media watchdog group reported. Read More.

Google's new AI chatbot feature known as Gemini refused to say that pedophilia is wrong, could not define what a woman is, and would not give an answer when asked who was worse, Elon Musk or Hitler. Read More.

Joe Biden's infrastructure bill appropriated $65 billion to help expand access to high-speed internet — even though nearly everyone already has it. Read More.

At least 100,000 children are targeted by pedophiles every day on Facebook and Instagram, according to a recently unredacted complaint filed by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez. Read More.

Tech behemoth Apple is known for altering its policies to avoid running afoul of censors in communist China. Read More.

On March 22 of this year, an open letter signed by more than 33,000 individuals, including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, called for a six-month moratorium on the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) experiments. Read More.

A letter signed by some 250 celebrities was sent to the CEOs of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter demanding that the platforms censor anyone who opposes trans surgeries and puberty blockers for children. Read More.

A cyber cold war is playing out at major corporations as those on the front lines fighting hackers, who have become even more of a threat due to AI tools such as ChatGPT, are quitting in droves. Read More.

Among the many tragic consequences created by lockdowns imposed by Covid tyrants was an increase in smartphone screen time that mental health professionals say led to massive spikes in anxiety, depression, and inattentiveness among young people. Read More.

Elon Musk said he was shocked at the level of penetration that U.S. government agencies had with Twitter prior to his buying the social media platform. Read More.

Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has been working feverishly on a new app to combat what he and many others see as the abuse and misuse of ChatGPT. Read More.

Seattle Public Schools has filed a lawsuit against several social media companies, saying they have created a youth mental health crisis and interfere with teachers' ability to do their jobs. Read More.