David Pierson

If your goal is to spread dissent and increase partisan polarization, you'd be hard pressed to find a better tool than Facebook or Twitter.

Russia tried and failed to sow discord in America. Then it harnessed social media.

August 22, 2019 at 7:53 a.m.

Russia has been trolling the United States for decades. It bankrolled American authors who claimed Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy under the direction of the FBI and CIA; it...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been under growing pressure to improve user experience on his platform.

To halt fake news, Facebook makes it harder for real news outlets

August 22, 2019 at 7:22 a.m.

With more than 2 billion users, Facebook for years gave media outlets a shot at a vast audience that could help offset declining circulations. But after a year in which...

Pamela Winkelman, a former LuLaRoe consultant, is involved in the class-action lawsuit against the company.

LuLaRoe has turned your Facebook friends into a leggings sales force. But is it a pyramid scheme?

January 22, 2019 at 7:35 p.m.

Betsy Stover was 17 when her mother asked her to help fax strangers, hawking a service that had the markings of a pyramid scheme. “I always felt like a creep...

An employee walks through the lobby of Bandai America's headquarters in El Segundo.

Did your Tamagotchi die of neglect in the late ’90s? Now’s your chance to take another shot

June 2, 2018 at 5:42 a.m.

Before fads such as the fidget spinner and Furby, when the world was just getting acquainted with the Backstreet Boys and clamoring to watch "Titanic" in movie theaters, there was...

Facebook and Google enabled fake-news links to Las Vegas shooting hoaxes

August 22, 2019 at 6:08 a.m.

Accuracy matters in the moments after a tragedy. Facts can help catch suspects, save lives and prevent panic. But after the mass shootings in Las Vegas Sunday, the world's two...

Apple’s new iPhone will probably cost more than a MacBook Air

May 23, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

Is a phone worth a mortgage payment? That's what consumers may be asking themselves when Apple unveils its newest iPhone on Tuesday. The latest iteration of one of America's most...

Travis Kalanick stepped down as Uber's chief executive in June.

Uber investor sues ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, accusing him of fraud

August 22, 2019 at 5:27 a.m.

Ever since Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned as the company's chief executive in June, there were rumors that he was plotting his return. On Thursday, Benchmark Capital Partners, one of...

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook speaks to President Trump at an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House last month.

Trump says Apple has plans to build 3 U.S. factories; Apple doesn’t comment

June 3, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

President Trump said Apple Inc. has committed to build three "big" manufacturing plants in the U.S., a move that would represent a major change in strategy for the world's most...

A passenger waits for a Delta Airlines flight.

Delta Air Lines tries letting passengers use fingerprints as boarding passes

April 6, 2019 at 8:19 a.m.

Where's your boarding pass? Forget it. Delta Air Lines is letting some passengers board planes with just their fingerprints. Delta announced last week that travelers who are members of its...

The Tribune Tower in Chicago on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

Newspapers seek antitrust exemption to band together in fight against Google and Facebook

June 3, 2018 at 1:24 p.m.

For years, news organizations have had little recourse but to cede more distribution and advertising dollars to Facebook and Google, even agreeing to give away articles in the hopes the...

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