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Trump signs an executive order taking direct aim 2020-05-28 16:46:46On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order targeting the legal shield that internet companies rely on to protect them from liability for u

Going to war with Twitter, Trump threatens critical 2020-05-28 13:40:20Accusing Twitter of censorship for adding a contextual label to false claims he made about the 2020 election process, President Trump has again declar

Daily Crunch: Twitter vs. Trump 2020-05-28 13:04:53Tensions escalate between President Trump and his favorite social media platform, Google and Microsoft considering investing in the Indian telecom mar

Jack Dorsey explains why Twitter fact-checked Trump’s false 2020-05-28 00:44:06After Twitter flagged a pair of President Trump’s tweets with a fact-checking label on Tuesday, tensions between the president and his favored s

Investors say emerging multiverses are the future of 2020-05-27 20:04:39The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the adoption of new technologies and cultural shifts that were already well underway. According to a clutch of h

Instagram to test new revenue streams, including badges 2020-05-27 12:03:26Instagram today is launching new tools that enable video creators to make money, including badges that viewers can purchase during Instagram Live vide

Facebook launches Collab, a mix-and-match app for making 2020-05-27 10:40:16Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, is rolling out yet another new app today called Collab after having just launched a new group audio

After Twitter fact-check, Trump threatens to regulate or 2020-05-27 09:05:50Once again, Donald Trump has doubled down. Following the addition of a fact-checking warning label added to his tweet about mail-in ballots, Trump too

Google removes millions of negative TikTok reviews amid 2020-05-27 03:42:47ByteDance’s TikTok app, which has gained hundreds of millions of users in India with its short-form videos, is facing criticism in its biggest o

Twitter adds a warning label fact-checking Trump’s false 2020-05-26 17:46:27On the heels of a furor over his tweets accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder, Twitter has quietly begun to fact-check the president. A new la

Twitter plans to expand its misinformation labels — 2020-05-26 13:50:52President Trump is again testing Twitter’s stomach for misinformation flowing from its most prominent users. In a flurry of recent tweets, Trump

This Week in Apps: Facebook takes on Shopify, 2020-05-23 11:15:38We continue to look at how the pandemic is impacting the world of mobile apps. Notably, we saw the launch of the Apple/Google exposure notification AP

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6 steps you can take to be an 2020-06-02 09:00:00At just 18 years old, Jamie Margolin has risen to become a celebrated climate justice activist.  As co-founder of the youth-led climate organizat

Seth Rogen has a blunt method of tackling 2020-06-02 08:29:56"If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me." That was the caption Seth Rogen shared to his 8.5 million Instagra

Reggie Watts and James Corden share an emotional 2020-06-02 06:37:22 "Who needs my opinion? Why is my voice relevant? There is not one person in the world who woke up this morning and thought, 'I need to know what

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Yandex switches from self-driving Prius to autonomous Hyundai 2020-06-02 05:00:00 Yandex, the Russian Alphabet-like company with a self-driving car unit that debuted a fully driverless car in Las Vegas this year, has updated its

Reddit's former CEO slams Reddit for 'amplifying hate, 2020-06-02 03:34:36On Monday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman posted an open letter to employees, saying that the company does "not tolerate hate, racism and violence," and t

'Silence is the biggest crime:' Jimmy Fallon discusses 2020-06-02 03:14:21 A very sober Jimmy Fallon fronted the camera from his home on Monday evening for the first time since a 2000 blackface sketch resurfaced online dur

Stephen Colbert urges Americans to 'be your own 2020-06-02 03:03:29 As protests against police brutality and racism engulf the U.S., President Donald Trump has goaded governors to respond with even more force, had p

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Polestar plugs into pan-European charging network to make 2020-06-02 09:05:54Taking a road trip in an electric vehicle can be a daunting prospect when it comes to planning where you’ll charge up. It’s even more chal

3 tech stocks that haven’t fully recovered yet 2020-06-02 09:02:21Last week, a rotation started to form from the technology sector into value: sectors that are still discounted such as the energy, financial services,

The rocket science behind the SpaceX astronaut launch 2020-06-02 09:00:01Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, have finally made history by travelling to the International Space Station in a privately fund

3 business lessons from the ‘90s that deserve 2020-06-02 08:38:22As our world becomes even more fast-paced, technologically driven and, frankly, uncertain, nostalgia can serve as a helpful coping mechanism. Reminisc

Millions still haven’t filed their 2019 taxes. You 2020-06-02 08:30:39TLDR: You can get your 2019 tax return in by the extended deadline with the aid of a TurboTax Deluxe subscription, now 10 percent off. In the wake of

The right side hustle could turn into your 2020-06-02 08:00:41TLDR: With the training in The Complete Side Hustle Hacker Bundle, you’ll get seven courses to help you launch and grow a lucrative side career.

Millions of Indians are downloading a ‘China app 2020-06-02 06:20:09In the past few days, a new app named “Remove China Apps” has risen to the top position on the Google Play Store in India. As per the Play

Rivian enlists former Tesla employees to build its 2020-06-02 06:16:19It seems the Amazon-backed electric adventure vehicle startup Rivian is taking a leaf, and employees, out of the Tesla playbook before it launches its

Publishers are suing the Internet Archive over 1.3M 2020-06-02 06:10:44A group of publishers is suing the Internet Archive over its trove of free ebooks. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Hachette Book Group, HarperCol

Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin hits $10,000 again after corona 2020-06-02 05:16:34Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, t

Vivo launches X50 series flagship with gimbal-styled image 2020-06-01 09:05:52Vivo today announced its new series of flagships — the X50 Pro, and the X50 Pro+ — with a gimbal-based camera system for super-stable phot

Here’s what to do with your equity if 2020-06-01 09:00:50If you’ve just found yourself laid off from a startup, you are far from alone. StartupGenome states that 74% of US startups have had to lay off

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What's Going On With Oracle? 2020-05-14 16:09:00Oracle appears to be undergoing a kind of resurgence during the coronavirus crisis. Financial analysts are saying nice things about its ability to pay

Classroom of the Future: The Rise of Online 2020-05-14 15:47:51By necessity, almost all education is happening online at the moment. However, the trend of online education likely will continue even after the COVID

Facebook Sets Up Political Advocacy Group as High-Tech 2020-05-13 15:31:22Facebook has set up American Edge, a political advocacy group for the high-tech industry, which is drawing scrutiny from United States lawmakers. Amer

Report: Working From Home May Be a Keeper 2020-05-12 14:39:03More than 40 percent of professionals working at home because of the pandemic would prefer to work remotely full time, suggests a new report from Valo

Merchants: Adopting New Payment Technologies Is Easier Than 2020-05-11 07:00:00Consumers increasingly demand seamless ways to purchase wherever they go, and they want their transactions to be quick, safe and, importantly, secure.

Salesforce Revamps Work.com to Help Businesses Address Pandemic 2020-05-06 11:35:35Salesforce has announced a new version of Work.com designed to help businesses function safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Work.com is a completel

Google Meet Aims to Head Off Zoom 2020-05-04 15:18:23Google is integrating its Google Meet videoconferencing application with Gmail, and it already appears as an option in some users' accounts. It is ma

Entrepreneur

5 Ways to Beat Zoom Fatigue 2020-06-01 17:50:00It has become a real thing as people all over the world are working from home.

Free Webinar | June 12: Using Fintech to 2020-06-01 17:11:00Join us as we chat with Max Levchin, Founder & CEO of Affirm, to discuss how retailers can use fintech to advance their growth during the recovery

Black-Owned Restaurants and Businesses You Can Support Right 2020-06-01 16:05:00Looking for a way to help African American businesses affected in your community? Try some of these options.

Prepare for the Worst, Hoping for the Best 2020-06-01 16:00:00What you can do to protect your business, your employees and yourself during times of unrest.

How to Use Direct Sales to Re-Imagine Your 2020-06-01 15:50:00Four ways to rethink marketing right now.

Here's How Business Leaders Are Responding to the 2020-06-01 15:31:00Many are using their platforms to express solidarity and promising to do their part in reaching meaningful reform.