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As protests continue nationwide worldwide in support of social justice, particularly in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and amid ongoing acts of aggression from police, companies small and large have been entering the mainstream discussion with messages of support for various organizations including Black Lives Matter and others pushing for societal reform. […]

An experimental Twitter account has apparently proven what most of already know: Social media platforms give special treatment to Donald Trump. In response to the violent protest in Minneapolis last week, President Trump sent an unconscionable tweet that seemingly urged the military to shoot anyone who was caught looting. The post reignited calls for Twitter to suspend Trump’s official […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced he’s donating $3 million to Colin Kaepernick‘s Know Your Rights Camp.  More #startsmall grants. $3mm to Colin @Kaepernick7’s @yourrightscamp to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization to elevate the next generation of change leaders. https://t.co/WGgKziHnwB — jack (@jack) June 3, […]

EA Sports has decided to postpone the Madden 21 “first look” the day before it was scheduled. The video game company released a statement on Sunday, writing, “Tomorrow, we had committed to celebrating Madden NFL 21 with you, but we’re not going to do that now,” adding that the decision was made in support of protesters […]

SpaceX has made history. The aerospace manufacturer, founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has officially launched its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the first time a private company has launched astronauts from American soil. The big event occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. ET in Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. You can check out […]

Facebook has once again banned Natural News, an infamous peddler of conspiracy-focused content. But the ban wasn’t due to the outlet’s propagation of fake news—it was for alleged spam tactics. The tech giant made the move last week after discovering the outlet was using troll farms from North Macedonia and the Philippines to spread its articles, many of which included false information […]

Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon is linking up with Apple, according to Variety.  Although the publication reports that Apple’s deal with Paramount, the studio that was working on the film, has not been finalized, the tech company is reportedly only a few days away from getting it done. Paramount will still be the company […]

The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann has previewed the upcoming follow-up to the 2013 title with another State of Play, which is live now. Druckmann is expected to “walk you through details of the gameplay experience and story,” while also debuting about eight minutes of a never-before-seen extended sequence as part of a presentation […]

Pablo Escobar‘s litigious brother is suing Apple over alleged smartphone vulnerabilities. And he’s seeking an obscene amount of money. According to TMZ, Roberto Escobar has filed a $2.6 billion—yes, billion—lawsuit against the tech giant, claiming the security flaws of his iPhone X put his life in danger. The 73-year-old Colombian says he purchased the device in spring […]

According to a report published on Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal top executives at Facebook either weakened or completely threw out solutions that had been proposed after an internal investigation of theirs found evidence that the social media juggernaut had been intensifying divisiveness and polarization amongst its users.  This issue (which you probably already […]