Tech Life: The dangerous job of online moderating

Donald Trump’s White House win could have a major impact on antitrust regulation and US policy toward the tech sector — including a pair of pending Justice Department cases against Google. Trump — a longtime Google critic who has accused the search giant of political bias and election interference — has nevertheless expressed reluctance to…

The first AI music video that Jered Chavez, a 19-year-old student at the University of South Florida, posted to Instagram was a mind-bending one: Drake, Ye, and Kendrick Lamar singing “Fukashigi no Karte,” the closing song to Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, an anime series popular on the internet. “I thought it…

Instagram disclosing that it lowers the quality of older, less popular videos has been criticised as “alarming” by creators. Some users of the Meta-owned social media platform expressed concern after its boss Adam Mosseri said it reserved higher quality for more popular content. “We bias to higher quality… for creators who drive more views,” Mr…

  Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images IAC said Monday it’s exploring a spinoff of Angi, an online platform that connects consumers with a marketplace of home improvement service providers, such as electricians and landscapers, in their area. Angi stock price was down nearly 4% in after-hours trading Monday. IAC shares…

Panaseer Dr Leila Powell brought her scientific method from astrophysics to cyber-security How do galaxies form? What happens when they collide? These are the kinds of questions Dr Leila Powell grappled with in her previous life as an astrophysicist. But in 2015 she put those galactic-sized questions to one side and moved into cyber-security. “The…

Shopify shares jumped 21% on Tuesday after the Canadian e-commerce company posted better-than-expected results for the third quarter and gave an optimistic forecast for the holiday shopping season. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 35 cents per share vs. 27 cents per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $2.16 billion vs. $2.12 billion expected by LSEG…