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Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed?
Facebook now requires some page owners to disclose the orgs running them and if they're tied to state-owned media, will add labels to pages run by state media
Excessive brain activity linked to a shorter life – The Washington Post
Record number of colleges drop SAT/ACT admissions requirement
Text messages show Boeing employees knew in 2016 of problems that turned deadly on the 737 Max
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Small Pennsylvania school wants to be the Notre Dame of esports
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in interview he fears “erosion of truth” but defends allowing politicians to lie in ads
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to launch a $10M "anti-monopoly fund" to explore antitrust actions, support research and advocacy projects across industries
House Transportation Committee chairman says Uber and Lyft declined to appear at a hearing, and committee will press on with ride-hailing legislation regardless
Kids keep finding ways around Apple's Screen Time parental lock, often sharing tips and tricks online; frustrated parents say the company is slow to respond
Uber: The ride-hailing app that says it has ‘zero’ drivers
Warren's same-sex marriage quip captures her promise and peril – The Washington Post
Docs and interviews show that ~44 US universities work with outside companies to data mine and rank prospective students, including tracking their web activity
Elizabeth Warren’s Facebook ad proves the social media giant still has a politics problem
Chinese app on Xi’s ideology allows data access to 100 million users’ phones, report says
17 Watergate prosecutors: We investigated the Watergate scandal. We believe Trump should be impeached. – The Washington Post
Everyone’s AirPods will die. Apple knew that there was no way to fix them.
Bipartisan Senate report makes recommendations to prevent Russian election interference in 2020, saying Russia sowed social media discord to help Trump in 2016
Tinder debuts Swipe Night, a choose-your-own adventure game inside its app with weekly episodes, and hopes to match users based on their in-game choices
(500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/04/three-deeply-problematic-aspects-newly-released-text-messages-centered-ukraine-scandal/
(500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/03/odd-markings-ellipses-fuel-doubts-about-rough-transcript-trumps-ukraine-call/
CBP officer holds journalist's passport until he agrees he writes ‘propaganda’
(500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/giuliani-consulted-on-ukraine-with-imprisoned-paul-manafort-via-a-lawyer/2019/10/02/7a6dc542-e486-11e9-b7da-053c79b03db8_story.html
Iran-linked group tried to hack U.S. 2020 presidential campaigns, Microsoft says
Facebook's team for fighting fraudulent app developers and advertisers scores an early win after settling with a New Zealand firm selling fake Instagram likes
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: durability remains a huge worry, putting a dampener on an otherwise impressive and boundary-pushing, if expensive, smartphone
Washington Post: I helped classify calls for two presidents. The White House abuse of the system is alarming.
Appeals court upholds FCC's 2017 repeal of net neutrality, but also rules the FCC can't stop states from setting their own regulations
‘Out here, it’s just me’: one doctor for 11,000 square miles
Inside the new Uber: Weak coffee, vanishing perks and fast-deflating morale
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(500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-top-democrats-privately-discuss-creation-of-select-committee-for-impeachment/2019/09/24/af6f735a-dedf-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html
(500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/transcript-of-trumps-call-with-ukrainian-president-shows-him-offering-us-assistance-for-biden-investigation/2019/09/25/16aa36ca-df0f-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html
The White House is blocking Congress from auditing its offensive hacking strategy
Interviews with 20 people show Uber's 80-strong Special Investigations Unit, which deals with severe incidents, often puts Uber's interests ahead of riders'
Streaming services are gambling big on old shows, like AT&T's $1B for Big Bang Theory and Netflix's $500M for Seinfeld, with no way to know their actual worth
You watch TV. Your TV watches back.
Congress grills Google, Facebook, and Twitter again as lawmakers weigh creating a commission with subpoena power to study and monitor social media weaponization
The Facebook page ‘Vets for Trump’ was hijacked by a North Macedonian businessman. It took months for the owners to get it back.
Google and Facebook’s latest efforts to ‘save’ journalism are already getting eye rolls
On TikTok, Hong Kong protests don’t exist
The dearth of TikTok videos on Hong Kong protests offers a glimpse of how China could shape the perception of real-world events by US and global audiences
I’m a tech CEO, and I don’t think tech CEOs should be making policy
From helicopter repairman to leader of the Internet’s ‘darkest reaches’: The life and times of 8chan owner Jim Watkins
Cities, not rural areas, are the real Internet deserts
Bipartisan House lawmakers ask Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple for detailed information about internal operations and execs' emails in antitrust probe
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