After the recent wave of anti-Asian violence, gaming companies have come forward in support. Some have gone further than others, making donations to charities and hosting internal employee support events. https://wapo.st/34xWwMV
Social media companies claimed that glitches caused them to mistakenly take down hundreds of Pro-Palestinian accounts. The story goes deeper than that. https://wapo.st/3fuEam9
Facebook will no longer remove content saying covid-19 is manmade, a reversal based on recent revelations which give more credence to the theory that it was developed in a lab in Wuhan, China. The decisions shows the challenges of policing free speech and could unleash more anti-Asian sentiment. https://wapo.st/2SCwXr9
A Facebook report released Wednesday says that Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, a notable finding just five years after Russian operatives launched a far-reaching campaign to infiltrate social media during the 2016 election. https://wapo.st/3oWvCaP
The 16th day of a hard-fought trial between Epic, the maker of “Fortnite,” and Apple went out with a debate session between the company’s lawyers as they were peppered with tough questions from U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. https://wapo.st/3vgHMh8
Tim Cook, one of the most successful corporate leaders in American history, will hammer home a message Apple has repeated throughout the trial: Forcing Apple to open up app distribution to competitors would hurt consumer privacy and security. https://wapo.st/3hX6dfZ
The world’s two wealthiest men have sparred on and off for years in their quest to privatize human space exploration. Now they are in a bitter fight over landing on the moon. https://wapo.st/34iOTdj
The dispute marks the latest eruption between Facebook and Democrats, who say the company has been too hands-off when it comes to hate speech and viral falsehoods. https://wapo.st/2S6eyTv
The suits, filed in four federal courts, accuse managers of retaliating after the employees complained about discrimination by managers. https://wapo.st/2RAZHQW
Drone startups say they are set up to handle temperature-controlled medicines and vaccines in the U.S. amid the ongoing pandemic. https://wapo.st/3ou3HyO
Help Desk: Readers tell our tech columnist about shenanigans signing up for the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which is supposed to knock $50 off monthly bills. https://wapo.st/3bzNC5k
Olive is part of a trend on TikTok where creators living with disabilities will tell their stories or explain how they perform certain tasks. https://wapo.st/3oldzuP
The confirmation of the affair and investigation come two weeks after Gates and Melinda French Gates announced plans to divorce. https://wapo.st/2RZI8d8
The fatal crash May 5 was the latest of four U.S. deaths involving the electric car company's Autopilot partially-automated driving system. https://wapo.st/33Lx9XG
Tesla is bringing the strategies pioneered by the computer giant to the auto industry. Consumers are learning that’s not always a good thing. https://wapo.st/3uNzey6
While most facial recognition tools are reserved for police or government use, PimEyes is open to the masses, whether they’re hunting down U.S. Capitol riot suspects or stalking women around the Web. https://wapo.st/33JpQzK
“We know this sounds simple, but when people get desperate they stop thinking clearly,” the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. https://wapo.st/3tMuXto
Sen. Maria Cantwell proposed spending an additional $10 billion on NASA's moon program in a move that calls on the space agency to select a second company to build a lunar lander. https://wapo.st/3oaF9L7
At around 100 feet tall and about 22 metric tons, China's Long March 5B rocket stage is set to become one of the largest objects to ever reenter the Earth’s atmosphere on an uncontrolled trajectory. https://wapo.st/3ew4mfW
Kids have grown up playing Animal Crossing games with their parents for years, eventually becoming parents themselves and sharing with their own children. https://wapo.st/3f8vxMZ
Instead of offloading the Trump ban onto the Oversight Board, the responsibility landed right back in chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s hands. https://wapo.st/2SvJqgt
Nintendo is getting into game development lessons with a new title called "Game Builder Garage." It differs in important ways from Unity or Roblox, however. https://wapo.st/3nQHCdq