Kamala Harris vows to hold social media platforms responsible for ‘hate’
Over the weekend, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said that, if elected president in 2020, she would hold social media companies like Facebook and Twitter “accountable” for hate speech and radicalization on their platforms, according to The Hill.
Harris announced her intentions to thwart domestic terrorism at the Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at the Detroit NAACP on Sunday night. Throughout her speech, Harris discussed several recent attacks on racial and religious minority groups, like the black churches in Louisiana that were set on fire last month and the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that occurred late last year.
”We will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms because they have a responsibility…
Watch the Microsoft Build 2019 Keynote Here
Microsoft’s developer conference kicks off with a keynote address at 8:30 am PT on Monday, May 6. Watch it here.
Microsoft teases its Edge browser for macOS
Microsoft first released its Edge Chromium browser as early Canary and Dev builds on Windows last month. While Windows 10 users can test the new browser, Mac owners have been waiting to hear more details about when Edge will be available on macOS. Microsoft doesn’t have any solid dates to announce just yet, but the company has started teasing what Edge will look like on macOS.
During the company’s Build 2019 developer conference, Microsoft is announcing new features for Edge on Windows and teasing the upcoming macOS release. We understand that the release will be available very soon, and Mac users should be able to access both the Canary and Dev builds of Edge just like Windows.
Microsoft’s implementation of Chromium on…
Detective Pikachu event coming to Pokemon Go – CNET
Be on the lookout for the Pikachu with the Sherlock Holmes hat.
Microsoft wants to make the web more productive with its new Fluid Framework
Microsoft is unveiling a whole new Fluid Framework developer platform today at the company’s Build 2019 conference. Fluid Framework is designed to let developers build more shared and interactive services and apps on the web. Microsoft’s framework will include support for co-authoring on the web at a speed and scale “not yet achieved in the industry,” says the company. Microsoft has dabbled with multiperson collaboration on the web in both Office and its Whiteboard app, and it appears it’s bringing those learnings and benefits to everyone.
As part of this Fluid Framework, the content produced using this system will also be more componentized so developers can use it across apps or in a new flexible document format. Microsoft is also…
Microsoft, at its Build 2019 conference, wants us to have conversations with our computers – CNET
The software discusses what it believes artificial intelligence programs will be like to work with in the future.
Microsoft, at its Build 2019 conference, says you need to put down that phone – CNET
The software giant’s company MyAnalytics software in its Office 365 service will soon encourage people to focus on their “digital well-being.”
Microsoft debuts Internet Explorer mode for Edge at Build 2019 – CNET
Because enterprise expense-report filing software is stuck in 2005.
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Throws the Doors Open Ahead of Build
The company’s CEO will lay out his vision for openness at Microsoft’s annual developer conference.