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John Colascione

John Colascione is the Chief Executive Officer of SEARCHEN NETWORKS®, a group of digital media companies based in West Palm Beach, FL. He specializes in Website Monetization, is a Google AdWords Certified Professional and authored an educational ‘how to’ book called ”Mastering Your Website. He writes primarily on Internet businesses and related issues while covering other items of interest including breaking news and politics if and when time allows.

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Business

Experts Say AI Will Be Used to Run Widespread Fraud, Could Scam Public Out of $1 Trillion Annually

John Colascione Jun 20, 2023

LexisNexis Risk Solutions' government division predicts that online criminals throughout the world are using AI-generated images of individual’s faces to steal taxpayer dollars from federal agencies such as Social Security, Medicare,…

Business

Elon Musk Confirms That Twitter Users Can Now Freely Misgender People; Platform Will No Longer…

John Colascione Jun 2, 2023

Musk’s tweet on Thursday is the first official, public confirmation that users are no longer compelled to use preferred pronouns when referring to other individuals. File photo: Sundry Photography, Shutter Stock, licensed. SAN…

Business

Montana Governor Issues First-in-Nation TikTok Ban; Legal Challenge Expected; Second Bill Includes…

John Colascione May 18, 2023

The Governor also signed a second bill that forbade state employees from downloading and using any social media apps “tied to foreign adversaries," such as ByteDance-owned CapCut and Lemon8, as well as the Russian app Telegram…

Business

Elon Musk Announces Former NBC Universal Ad Executive Linda Yaccarino as New Twitter CEO

John Colascione May 12, 2023

Business tycoon Elon Musk had initially announced via a tweet on Thursday that he had hired a new CEO – and that he himself would be taking a reduced role at the company as a result – but declined to reveal their identity at that time. …

Politics

TikTok CEO Denies App Poses Security Risk or Harm to Teens During Capitol Hill Hearing

John Colascione Mar 23, 2023

During Thursday's hearing, lawmakers grilled Shou Zi Chew on TikTok’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Saying that she supports banning the app for that reason…

Business

Biden Admin Threatens to Ban TikTok Unless China-Based Owners Sell Their Stakes

John Colascione Mar 16, 2023

The demand for TikTok to divest itself of its Chinese ownership comes after a Senate hearing earlier this month where FBI director Christopher Wray declared that China is using the app to mine the phones of U.S. residents, as well as to…

Business

Google Humiliated, Alphabet Shares Tumble $100 Billion After New AI Chatbot Gives Wrong Answer…

John Colascione Feb 15, 2023

The fallout from Google Bard's AI gaffe was so severe that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost $100 billion in market value on Wednesday. File photo: Salarko, Shutter Stock, licensed. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Google is in the…

Business

Google Controversy as Search Engine Temporarily Defines “Jew” in Offensive, Stereotypical Terms

John Colascione Dec 27, 2022

Currently, the offensive definitions of the word Jew have been removed, but that hasn’t stopped intense backlash from being directed at Google for their potentially racist gaffe. File photo: Judith Linine, Shutter Stock, licensed. …

Health

G20 Summit Declares Use of Controversial COVID Health Monitoring App Currently Used by China; “Let’s…

John Colascione Dec 23, 2022

The app would be similar in nature to one already employed by China, which critics have argued has been used by the totalitarian regime in that country to control the movement of their population. The app in question displays color codes…

Crime

FBI Paid Twitter Over $3 Million To Ban Accounts Leading To 2020 Election; Agency Even Considered…

John Colascione Dec 20, 2022

The reports indicate that Twitter and the FBI have extensively worked together, with the federal law enforcement agency considering the microblogging site as a “subsidiary.” File photo: Tada Images, Shutter Stock, licensed. WASHINGTON,…

Business

New Law to Officially Ban TikTok App on All U.S. Government Devices Clears Senate; Seperate From…

John Colascione Dec 15, 2022

An advertisement for Douyin at a bus stop on Wuhou temple street in China. The popular social media app TikTok, which has been downloaded more than 130 million times in the United States, is known as Douyin in China. File photo: B Zhou/Top…

Business

Google Employees Left Hanging by CEO About Potential Layoffs Amid Upheaval in Tech Field

John Colascione Dec 12, 2022

While no layoffs have been announced by Google, the company did institute a hiring slowdown recently, as well as a shuffle of some of its top names in an effort to minimize the effects of inflation. File photo: Olga Ganovicheva, Shutter…

Security

80.5% Say Yes After Elon Musk Polls Twitter Users If Julian Assange, Edward Snowden Should be…

John Colascione Dec 5, 2022

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former contract employee at the National Security Agency and whistle-blower Edward Snowden. File photo: Haak78, Sorbis, Shutter Stock, licensed. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Following a poll for the…

Business

Biden Admin Blames Americans’ “Splurging on Goods” for Current 40-Year High Inflation; President…

John Colascione Dec 1, 2022

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited The Late Show to talk with Stephen about the pandemic’s effect on the economy and whether or not the U.S. is in a recession. Image credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,…

Business

Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter Account; Refuses to Do So for Alex Jones; “The People…

John Colascione Nov 21, 2022

The Trump poll had concluded on Saturday, with 51.8 percent of its 15 million participants voting in favor or restoring Trump’s account to him, which at the time of his banning on January 8, 2021 had 88 million followers. File photo:…

Business

Elon Musk Set to Take Over Twitter Friday; Video of Tesla CEO Entering Tech Giant’s Headquarters…

John Colascione Oct 27, 2022

Elon Musk posted a video of himself entering the social media platform’s headquarters just prior to his official takeover of the company on Friday. Image credit: Elon Musk / Twitter. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - South African business tycoon…

Business

6 Tips for Making the Transition from a Trial to a Paid Customer

John Colascione Oct 19, 2022

How quickly a user can convert from a free trial to a paying customer is often determined by how well you advertise and introduce the opportunity. File photo: Sfio Cracho, Shutter Stock, licensed. WEST PALM BEACH, FL - If you're running…

Business

Kanye West Reaches Deal to Purchase Conservative Social Media Platform Parler; “Groundbreaking Move…

John Colascione Oct 17, 2022

Kanye West – who recently legally changed his name to Ye – announced on Monday that he has reached an agreement to purchase Parler, a social media platform that is essentially the conservative version of microblogging website Twitter.…

Legal

Trump Asks Judge To Freeze DOJ Investigation Until Special Master Appointed; Violated Protection…

John Colascione Aug 23, 2022

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department's investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home until a special master can be appointed to determine if any of the materials are protected by…

Health

UK Study Indicates Multiple COVID Vax Boosters Can Reduce Resistance to Variants; Results In “Immune…

John Colascione Aug 3, 2022

Dr. Robert Malone, a physician and biochemist who is one of the developers of the mRNA technology that is the basis for today’s coronavirus vaccines, claimed that the results of the UK study provide an answer for why individuals who have…

Business

Report: Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Has Growing List of Data Sharing Contracts With ICE, DHS,…

John Colascione Jul 1, 2022

Reports indicate Coinbase currently has several contracts with various U.S. government agencies, including previously providing licenses for their analytics software to both ICE in August 2021 and the U.S. Secret Service in April 2021.…

Business

Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Stand To Lose Tens of Millions If Meta Decides…

John Colascione Jun 10, 2022

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly been losing interest in making Facebook a destination for those seeking news in light of new regulations instituted by multiple countries around the world that are intended to force social media…

Business

Elon Musk Has “Super Bad Feeling” About U.S. Economy; Will Cut 10% of Tesla Jobs; Company Email:…

John Colascione Jun 3, 2022

Elon Musk's warning came in an email titled "pause all hiring worldwide" and comes during a spike in U.S. inflation that has reached a 40-year high, greatly increasing the cost of living of Americans while the threat of a recession looms.…

Health

New Bluetooth-Based “Cue” COVID Test Unit May Transmit Results to Government Agencies for “Public…

John Colascione May 24, 2022

The new Bluetooth-enabled digital coronavirus test, known as “Cue,” has not been FDA cleared or approved; but has been authorized by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization, or EUA. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A new…

Society

Project Veritas Records Twitter Executive Making Fun of Elon Musk’s Asperger’s Syndrome, Calling Him…

John Colascione May 19, 2022

Twitter lead client partner Alex Martinez calling the Tesla CEO “special needs” and other offensive terms referring to his condition. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Following their report earlier this week exposing the open bias against free…

Business

World’s Richest Man Criticizes Biden As Puppet Saying “The Real President is Whoever Controls the…

John Colascione May 18, 2022

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, also spoke on the skyrocketing inflation in the United States saying that if the government continues to print money it will further risk mirroring the ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis in…

Business

Twitter Senior Engineer Says Full Stop, Platform “Does Not Believe in Free Speech” –…

John Colascione May 17, 2022

Twitter Senior Engineer, Siru Murugesan is shown in the video talking about how much his fellow employees “hate” the fact that Elon Musk is taking over the company saying Twitter “does not believe in free speech.” NEW YORK, NY -…

Legal

Don’t Mess With Texas: Residents Can Now Sue Social Media Companies for Suppressing or…

John Colascione May 12, 2022

HB 2020 adds a long list of requirements for social media companies as well as transparent disclosure procedures when any action is taken related to A) content removal; B) content demonetization; C) content deprioritization; D) a specific…

Crime

$25,000 in Fines and One Arrest After Video of Illegal Dumping and Polluting of Biscayne Bay Goes…

John Colascione May 12, 2022

According to authorities, detectives were able to identify, locate, and arrest David Torres-Bocanegra. In addition to the arrest, 10 civil citations were issued to other individuals involved in the illegal dumping, totaling over $25,000…

Entertainment

Bestselling Author, Filmmaker, Dinesh D’Souza, Discusses Release of New Documentary “2000…

John Colascione Apr 29, 2022

During his interview, True the Vote’s ‘2000 Mules’ producer Dinesh D’Souza insisted that a “heist” of the 2020 election did take place, and that 2000 Mules offers irrefutable proof of that claim. Photo credit: 2000 Mules, Trailer. WEST…

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