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December 20, 2016

'Newsweek' reporter to online troll: I'm coming for you

"I'm coming for you, you son of a bitch." That was Monday's tweet from Newsweek senior writer and epilepsy sufferer Kurt Eichenwald, addressing the person who tweeted a flashing strobe GIF at him that caused him to have a seizure.

December 19, 2016

Child tweeter Bana Alabed safely evacuated from Aleppo

A seven-year-old girl who has been tweeting about life amid the devastation of eastern Aleppo has been safely evacuated from the city.

December 13, 2016

Twitter restores white nationalist group leader's account

Twitter has restored a white nationalist group leader's personal account less than a month after the social media company suspended it along with other accounts belonging to prominent members of the so-called "alt-right" movement.

December 7, 2016

Google can now 'speak emoji' on Twitter

If you send Google a burger emoji, the search firm will respond with a link to a Google search for 'burgers nearby.'

December 7, 2016

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finds Trump's incessant tweeting 'fascinating'

Is Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a fan of President-elect Donald Trump's nonstop tweeting? The question was relayed to the platform's chief at a tech conference on Tuesday. Dorsey's reply was characteristically diplomatic, but nonetheless revealing.

December 6, 2016

EU slams US tech giants on hate speech

The European Commission has slammed tech titans Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft, saying that they are not moving quickly enough to deal with online hate speech.

December 6, 2016

Tech titans join forces to battle online terrorist content

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have joined forces in an attempt to curb the spread of terrorist content on the Internet.

December 5, 2016

Twitter says it will ban Trump if he violates hate-speech rules

Like all companies, Twitter has a set of user guidelines. These rules also apply to one Donald J. Trump, and Twitter is putting him on notice. No hate-speech on their servers, or else.

November 28, 2016

Adopt a piece of space junk, get its tweets as it flies overhead

The jury may be out on intelligent extraterrestrial life, but this we know: We are not alone.

November 28, 2016

How Ohio State University harnessed tech to alert students of campus attack

Ohio State University’s Buckeye Alert system warned students of a campus attacker within minutes of the car and knife attack unfolding Monday morning.