Former Donna ISD teacher, 47, accused of online solicitation of a minor
According to the criminal complaint against him, Castillo agreed through the social messaging app, Kik, to meet with an undercover agent posing as a 16-year-old male on Friday. When the teen didn't show at the designated meeting place, Castillo drove away, according to the criminal complaint. Read More
Graham heckled at his first sermon in 1954
The Rev. Billy Graham was anxious about his 1954 appearance at the London School of Economics. The school was left-leaning and openly dismissive of religion, and Graham was insecure — he had no advanced theology degree. After he was introduced, something happened that could have derailed … Read More
Worcester businessman Frank Carroll selling Main St. building
The building, which is actually three buildings that were combined years ago, houses several businesses, including the the Small Business Service Bureau Inc. The owner, Francis “Frank” R. Carroll, also operates Carroll Enterprises in the building, as well as the Presidential Museum, which is open only … Read More
Billy Graham spent a lot of time in DFW, saving souls at TCU and Texas Stadium
The Star-Telegram provided extensive coverage of charismatic evangelist Billy Graham when his ministry visited North Texas, from a crusade at TCU in 1951 to a special conversation in 1977 to his last public appearance in Dallas-Fort Worth, a revival at Texas Stadium in 2002. Here are some excerpts … Read More
YouTube Promoted a Conspiracy Theory Following a Mass Shooting, Again
Earlier today, a video appearing in YouTube's trending videos feed, meant to surface the most popular content to the platform's estimated 1 billion users, featured content suggested a survivor of the Parkland shooting was a “crisis actor.” The term is used in conspiracy circles to describe someone paid to … Read …
YouTube’s crackdown on fake news: Promoting bonkers Florida school shooting conspiracies
Comment YouTube is under fire again for promoting fake news, despite promising repeatedly in recent weeks that it is improving its systems to limit the exposure to false information. On Wednesday, the number one video on the company's "trending" page – where it spotlights the most current or relevant … Read …
This is how quickly fake news that exploits tragedy spreads on Facebook
Social media companies may be adamant that they're serious about their battle against fake news, but the aftermath of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead shows just how far they have to go. The teenage classmates of the victims have been outspoken about …
Artificial intelligence reads privacy policies so you don’t have to
I was particularly interested in seeing how the tool would present LinkedIn's privacy policy, given the class action brought by people who were driven nuts by repeated emails that looked like they'd been sent by unwitting friends on LinkedIn but were actually sent by LinkedIn's “we're just going to keep … …
The 2017 Silicon Bayou 100: Group 5
Jeff has been in the video game industry for seven years and now works as a producer at inXile Entertainment, a California-based company with offices in New Orleans that develops interactive entertainment software for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. On LinkedIn. Read More
When Two-Factor Authentication Fails: Rethinking The Approach To Identity Security
There are numerous examples of high-profile breaches where attackers have defeated an organization's basic two-factor authentication methods. The Yahoo and LinkedIn breaches highlight the reality that basic methods such as knowledge-based questions and SMS-based one-time passwords can be … Read More