Elon Musk takes SpaceX and Tesla off Facebook

Sorry, Zuckerberg. Image: mark brake/getty images Elon Musk just deleted SpaceX’s and Tesla’s Facebook pages. At first we thought the Instagram-obsessed billionaire was joking or, as someone would say, trolling. But Musk got himself involved in the #DeleteFacebook movement, in the wake of a data privacy issue involving Cambridge Analytica, and actually followed through. SEE […]

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Michio Kaku picks five books to help you understand the future

From medicine to space travel, these works explore how the newest wave of science will transform society. Science is the engine of prosperity. From the industrial revolution (powered by the steam engine), to the electric revolution (which lit up our cities), to the current computer revolution (which connects us all), science creates wealth and progress. […]

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Elon Musk joins #DeleteFacebook effort as Tesla and SpaceX pages vanish

In a jab against the embattled social network, Musk joked “What’s Facebook?” before deactivating his companies’ official pages. Elon Musk joined the #DeleteFacebook movement on Friday, taking down official pages for two of his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, after he learned apparently for the first time that the pages existed. The billionaire chief executive engaged […]

Apple acquired augmented reality headset startup Vrvana for $30M

As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020, it has acquired a startup from Montreal, Canada that could help it get there. TechCrunch has learned that Apple has acquired Vrvana, maker of the Totem headset — which had rave reviews but never shipped. The deal was for around $30 million, two sources […]

Facebook apologizes after translation fail leads to false arrest

No translation service is perfect, but you wouldn’t expect it to get you arrested. Facebook admitted that an error in its artificial intelligence-based auto-translation feature led to the arrest of a Palestinian man who posted “good morning” on his social profile. The man, a construction worker in the West Bank near Jerusalem, posted a picture of himself […]