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KFC’s latest weird tech suggests an order based on your face

KFC is no stranger to getting funky in order to sell its chicken but this one is really out there. The company’s Chinese division is partnering with… Read more “KFC’s latest weird tech suggests an order based on your face”

Since Donald Trump’s election, many in the tech industry have been concerned about the way their skills—and the data collected by their employers—might be used. On a… Read more “Facebook already has a Muslim registry—and it should be deleted”

Search, Google’s crown jewel, and humanity’s way of finding the world’s information, has big problems. These problems threaten the internet as we know it; if they’re allowed… Read more “How Google’s Search business and humanity’s information is disappearing”

The content discovery site where 150 million monthly users upvote the best memes, GIFs, science tricks, and sob stories today launched chat and following features. These could… Read more “Imgur matures into a meme social network with chat and following”

Apple, Google, and Uber have all broken their respective silences on whether they would participate in helping build a Muslim registry for the incoming Trump administration, BuzzFeed… Read more “Apple, Google, and Uber join list of tech companies refusing to build Muslim registry”

Microsoft is getting a little bit more than it bargained for now that its acquisition of LinkedIn is official. LinkedIn’s training site Lynda.com is notifying users of… Read more “Data breach at LinkedIn’s Lynda.com affects 55,000 accounts”

A few months ago at Oculus’ annual developer conference, the company announced a couple of social VR features known simply as Parties and Rooms. Parties is basically… Read more “Gear VR gets social with Oculus Rooms and Parties”