Articles filed under Internet

Menu

Search

Subscribe Log in

Articles filed under Internet

Constable: Former Des Plaines man's apocalyptic cooking show serves up horror, sci-fi, creepy cats

Oct 30, 2021 5:20 PM - Bored with the cooking shows he watched during the pandemic, Tony Trimm, who grew up in Des Plaines, launched his "Home Feed" cooking show about a survivor in a post-apocalyptic kitchen who serves up horror, sci-fi, creepy cats and humor while trying to make a human connection.
In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Oct 28, 2021 3:35 PM - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future -- what Zuckerberg calls the " metaverse."
America 'on fire': Facebook watched as Trump ignited hate

By AMANDA SEITZ
Oct 27, 2021 8:46 AM - The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a warning on social media that looters in Minneapolis would be shot.
Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive on kids' use

By MARCY GORDON and MATT O'BRIEN
Oct 26, 2021 4:06 PM - Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive Tuesday, questioning them about what they're doing to ensure young users' safety on their platforms.
Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism

By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM
Oct 25, 2021 7:34 AM - Internal company documents from the former Facebook product manager-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen show that in some of the world's most volatile regions, terrorist content and hate speech proliferate because the company remains short on moderators who speak local languages and understand cultural contexts.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after worldwide outage

By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY
Oct 5, 2021 8:52 AM - Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that "the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change" and that there is "no evidence that user data was compromised as a result" of the outage.
Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

KELVIN CHAN
Jun 8, 2021 1:42 PM - Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not an indefinite one

By MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
May 5, 2021 1:58 PM - Four months after Facebook suspended Former President Donald Trump's accounts for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company's quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. But it told Facebook to specify how long they would last, saying that its "indefinite" ban on the former president was unreasonable.
Among others but still feeling alone? A Naperville man has an app for that

By Burt Constable
May 2, 2021 9:32 AM - Feeling isolated, even if others are nearby? A Naperville man's app is designed to help people connect with others in their vicinity.
Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts

By DAVID KLEPPER and MATT O'BRIEN
Jan 7, 2021 4:07 PM - After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, which many called justified following Wednesday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is also a somber reminder of the enormous power that social-media platforms can exercise when they choose.

Show 11-20 of 1,064 « previous next »

Today's Obituaries

Top Jobs

bottom clear

Sections Search Help/Info close

Search DailyHerald.com for articles

More Ways to Search Daily Herald »
- Obituaries
- Newspaper Archive