Technology

If you can't beat 'em, censor 'em... 

That seems to increasingly be the rallying cry of Silicon Valley's left-leaning (understatement, we know) social media giants after Twitter recently announced plans to ban RT and Facebook is apparently now considering the same with Breitbart.

According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook said they're "looking into" calls to cut off Breitbart advertising on their social media network after an "anti-Breitbart, online activist group Sleeping Giants" logged repeated requests demanding such actions.

The moment Apple geeks were waiting for arrived this morning with the launch of the iPhone X aroudn the world. The new phone went on sale and was greeted by huge crowds outside Apple stores in some Australian and Asian cities. What a difference a month makes when we reported in "This Is Embarrassing": 2 People Show Up For iPhone 8 Launch in China.

Fortunately for Apple, which yesterday smashed expectations and reported strong guidance, the iPhone magic appears to be back as the Wall Street Journal reports:

Amid Capitol Hill hearings and rising concerns over regulation, Facebook crushed expectations in Q3 - beating top- and bottom-line dramatically and better-than-expected user growth - sending the stock price higher after-hours to new record highs.

Following today's Senate Judiciary panel hearings with social media executives, the establishment's 'Russians colluded with Trump' narrative is hanging but all but the thinnest of threads.

Best Buy just got an Uber-sized lesson in surge pricing, and how not to do it.

Hoping to capitalize on the (reportedly) pent up interest in the iPhone X, Best Buy, which also sells all iPhone models via carrier installment plans that let customers pay for the devices over several months, decided to hike the full, upfront price by $100, with the retailer charging $1,099 and $1,249 for the two iPhone X configurations; Apple’s pricing is $999 and $1,149.