All Tech Platforms Are Now Pawns in the Culture War

Platforms big and small have both the ability and responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the information war. | Continue reading


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Here’s How That Tablet on the Table at Your Restaurant Is Hurting Your Waiter

In data-hungry, tech-happy chain restaurants, customers are rating their servers using tabletop tablets, not realizing those ratings can put jobs at risk. | Continue reading


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A Congresswoman Is Asking 23andMe to Help Reunite Kids and Parents at the Border

“I was just trying to think, how are we going to connect these two? How can we guarantee that the parents are going to get their own child back?” | Continue reading


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Elon Musk Has Always Been at War with the Media

Some say Elon Musk’s paranoia and late-night Twitter rants reveal a billionaire cracking under pressure. But those who know him best say this is nothing new. | Continue reading


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A bird emerges from the ashes. | Continue reading


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How Twitter Made the Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback

A bird emerges from the ashes. | Continue reading


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Facebook Is Now Trying To Predict Whether A Page Is "Likely" To Spread A Hoax

The company rolled out new tech it says can help automatically identify pages spreading fake news. | Continue reading


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Medium and GitHub Took Down a Post Containing LinkedIn Profiles of ICE Employees

Medium says posting the LinkedIn data of a targeted group of employees constitutes doxxing. The artist who made the database disagrees. | Continue reading


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A new plant-based additive sprayed onto avocados will help prevent them ripen

A new plant-based additive sprayed onto avocados will help prevent them having the lifespan of a mayfly. | Continue reading


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Israeli Army Edited Clip of a Medic for Propaganda Purposes

"They edited video of Razan al-Najjar to justify her slaughter." | Continue reading


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"Anthony Bourdain spoke up for me at a time when people all over the country were making great fun of the column I write," said Marilyn Hagerty. | Continue reading


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How Britain's Biggest Local TV Co “Gamed” the BBC for Licence Fee Payers' Money

Former Tory culture minister Ed Vaizey says the government must now "pull the plug" on the failed Local TV initiative, following a BuzzFeed News investigation into That's TV. | Continue reading


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Let Trump Handle Brexit: An Explosive Leaked Recording Reveals Boris Johnson's Private Views About Britain's Foreign Policy

“I am increasingly admiring of Donald Trump. I have become more and more convinced that there is method in his madness.” | Continue reading


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"The Tesla’s speed increased — starting three seconds before impact and continuing until the crash — from 62 to 70.8 mph. There was no braking or evasive steering detected prior to impact." | Continue reading


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What does Trump's support of Scottish nationalists portend for the EU?

By the end of 2018, Britain should take a definitive position on conditions of its withdrawal from the European Union, which is scheduled for 29 March, 2019. | Continue reading


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How the Alt-Right Manipulates the Internet’s Biggest Commenting Platform

The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn’t allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis. | Continue reading


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British Government Promised to Help Cambridge Analytica Crack Trump’s Washington

The UK’s most senior trade official wanted the firm to spearhead a marketing campaign billed as “#dataisGREAT”, emails released to BuzzFeed News reveal. | Continue reading


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The World’s Largest GMO Study Was Launched by Russians. Then It Disappeared

“The basic idea is to create doubts in people’s minds, whether about Big Agriculture, or chemtrails, or anything else.” | Continue reading


@buzzfeed.com | 5 years ago

Google Backs Away from Controversial Military Drone Project

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene told employees during an internal meeting that the tech company was "not following through" on Maven. | Continue reading


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Faving and Saving: How the Internet Is Changing the Way Dogs Find Homes

In the age of the viral doggo, shelters and rescue organizations are recognizing the need to hop aboard the meme train — or risk getting left behind. | Continue reading


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Amazon says the Echo mistakenly heard the "Alexa" wake word, in addition to multiple confirmation prompts. | Continue reading


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Trump cancels meeting with Kim

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Techie Town of San Francisco Gets a New Tower as Houses Remain Scarce

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But mostly the worst. | Continue reading


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Opioid crisis not uniquely American; Nigeria faces catastrophic addiction levels

Nigeria is facing catastrophic levels of opioid addiction — and no one seems to know how to stop it. | Continue reading


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On the day of the third Republican presidential debate, Trump personally signed the letter of intent. | Continue reading


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YouTube's Paid Commenting System Is Being Used To Monetize Racism And Hate Speech

During one livestream, someone using the screen name National Socialist spent $100 to display the message “WHITE PRIDE WORLD WIDE!” | Continue reading


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Shady Marketplaces Selling Fake Facebook Profiles Operate in Plain Sight

Thirty minutes and a little bitcoin can buy you an army of believable Facebook users. | Continue reading


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Officer Who Waited Outside During Parkland Shooting Gets More Than $8,000/Month

Scot Peterson retired from the Broward County Sheriff's Office after facing criticism for his response during the massacre. Now he's getting a hefty pension check. | Continue reading


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Twitter Is Going to Limit the Visibility of Tweets from People Behaving Badly

Act like a jerk, and Twitter will start limiting how often your tweets show up. | Continue reading


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BBC News Is Completely Dominating "News" Results Right Now And Google Is Trying To Fix It

It comes days after Google announced big changes in how it ranks news publishers. | Continue reading


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The 9 Minutes That Almost Changed America

You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year. | Continue reading


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It's A Good Time Be A Reporter Covering Trump If You Like Money And Going On TV

And reporters in DC do. | Continue reading


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Make Google Do It and Then What?

Google has always asked users to sacrifice a piece of themselves for the future. Its latest I/O Keynote took the idea a step further. | Continue reading


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Drug Use in Open View in San Francisco. City Officials Are Calling It a Crisis

"They’re doing it more blatantly now. They know they’re not going to get in trouble or get arrested." | Continue reading


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Inside the Ecosystem That Fuels Amazon's Fake Review Problem

A vast web of Amazon review fraud lives online, and it's designed to evade the company’s efforts to thwart it. | Continue reading


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Leaving Academia for BuzzFeed: Six Months Later (2014)

Academia taught me how to do one thing well. It wasn't until recently that I understood how well it prepared me to do another. | Continue reading


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A Dog Stolen by Amazon Delivery Person Recovered After Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

The miniature schnauzer was tracked down and returned after her owner emailed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos directly. | Continue reading


@buzzfeed.com | 5 years ago

Richard Spencer's Website Has Been Pulled Offline by GoDaddy

"It is our determination that altright.com crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner," a GoDaddy spokesperson said. | Continue reading


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Australia's Largest Bank Lost Financial Histories of 12M Customers

They might have fallen off the back of a truck... | Continue reading


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Cambridge Analytica Is Shutting Down After a Very Bad Month

In March, the consulting firm was engulfed in controversy about how it obtained and used data on millions of Facebook users in American elections. | Continue reading


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Help Us Solve This BuzzFeed Office-Wide Debate About What "IMHO" Stands For

WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER. | Continue reading


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CEO Who Injected Himself with an Experimental Herpes Therapy Found Dead

Startup CEO Aaron Traywick, 28, was found dead on Sunday morning in a flotation therapy tank. | Continue reading


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Facebook Has Begun to Rank News Organizations by Trust, Zuckerberg Says

A responsibility "to find common ground." | Continue reading


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Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says

A responsibility "to find common ground." | Continue reading


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This Former Tea Party Activist Is Teaching People To Spot Fake News

“I kept coming across people who I knew were smart people and sensitive people who were sharing fake stuff," says Felicia Cravens. | Continue reading


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