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Plans for a new city in the American desert
Researchers studying Facebook misinformation say they were deplatformed
Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
Black and LGBTQ streamers on Twitch boycotted the platform after repeated ‘hate raids’
TikTok bans the ‘milk crate challenge’ because of injuries
Brian Chesky says Airbnb will provide free housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees without specifying for how long
Fact check: Trump officials try to rewrite their Afghanistan history – CNNPolitics
Tesla is under investigation because its cars keep hitting emergency vehicles
A look at Metaphysic, a company which uses deepfake tech to create ads and restore old film; its founder went viral on TikTok for deepfaking Tom Cruise
Half of US states now using facial recognition to vet unemployment claims
Experts working with companies affected by the Kaseya ransomware attack say Kaseya is requiring companies to sign NDAs before providing access to decryption key
Windows 98: Should you upgrade now or never? (1998)
Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds
Facebook hides the tag #VaccinesKill from searches, displaying a message that says it is "keeping our community safe," two years after Instagram blocked the tag
Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef Jose Andres
Hacker News · 2 months ago
Stephen Breyer tells CNN he hasn't decided his retirement plans – CNNPolitics
Minimum wage workers can't afford rent anywhere in America
Source: Biden officials meeting with Facebook about vaccine misinfo concluded Facebook is either not taking their concerns seriously, or is hiding something
Lyft says it will restart its shared rides option starting July 19 in Chicago, Denver, and Philadelphia, after pausing the service last year due to the pandemic
Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call for review of a 1964 SCOTUS ruling that made it harder for public figures to claim libel, citing disinformation on social media
Richard Branson will attempt to beat Jeff Bezos to space – CNN
New Facebook test prompt asks users if someone they know might be "becoming an extremist"; another notifies users who may have been exposed to extremist content
Gen Milley vs Fascism
Adobe: total US e-commerce sales during Prime Day exceeded $11B; Amazon says Prime Day was the biggest two-day sales period for 3rd party sellers in its history
Techmeme · 3 months ago
Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader who cursed online
New audio of 2019 phone call reveals how Giuliani pressured Ukraine to investigate debunked Biden conspiracies – CNNPolitics
Jeff Bezos is going to space – CNN
Sources: US investigators have recovered millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency that the Colonial Pipeline paid in ransom to hackers last month
NortonLifeLock says it's adding an Ethereum mining function to Norton 360, its paid antivirus software, initially to a small group of customers
Snapchat says 5,400+ creators earned $130M in total via its Spotlight incentive program and it will stop giving away $1M per day to creators starting June 1
Techmeme · 4 months ago
AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia and combine it with Discovery in a $43B deal; the new company will be run by Discovery CEO David Zaslav
Techmeme · 4 months ago
Mediterranean diet may prevent memory loss and dementia, study finds
Facebook Oversight Board says it will announce its decision on banning Trump at 9AM ET on Wednesday, after receiving 9,000+ responses
US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House
Mark Zuckerberg says 1M businesses use "click to WhatsApp" ads on Facebook and Instagram that allow users to contact businesses directly via WhatsApp
Q&A with Máuhan "M" Zonoozy, hired as Spotify's first head of innovation earlier this year, about rise of live social audio, podcasting's inflection point, more
Techmeme · 5 months ago
Sources familiar with the investigation of SolarWinds breach say hackers from Russia's SVR intelligence agency likely still maintain access to US networks
Sleeping less than 6 hours a night in midlife raises risk of dementia 30%
No one was in driver’s seat in fatal Tesla crash
In a letter to Congress, Apple says it has approved Parler's return to the App Store, following moderation improvements by Parler
Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes
Hacker News · 6 months ago
NonFungible.com data shows the average price of an NFT has dropped from over $4,000 in late February to ~$1,256 on April 5
Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax rate
In the hearing, lawmakers accused CEOs of being smug, evasive, and condescending; CEOs appeared barely to restrain their own exasperation with yes/no questions
CNN: Hear the Perseverance rover’s wheels crunch across the Martian surface.
Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40%
Recent FCC auction results: Verizon bid ~$53B to more than double its mid-band spectrum holdings and boost 5G; AT&T bid ~$27B and T-Mobile bid ~$9B on mid-range
White House warns organizations have ‘hours, not days’ to fix vulnerabilities as Microsoft Exchange attacks increase
Netflix may crack down on password sharing
Reddit · 6 months ago