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Dozens of recordings of a 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, remain online, in a sobering reminder of the internet’s permanence.
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The Department of Homeland Security suspended the work of a panel focused on the subject of disinformation. The group had provoked accusations of government overreach.
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S&P cited racial discrimination claims in deciding to exclude the electric carmaker from a listing of socially responsible companies.
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Scientists are investigating a mysterious "solar hedgehog" seen on the surface of the Sun.
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It is difficult to catch Asian elephants responding to deaths of herd members in the wild, but online videos helped researchers observe the behavior.
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The news was welcomed by an employee group worried about growing coronavirus rates.
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Goutam Das doesn't remember much about his five weeks in intensive care with COVID-19.
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The pandemic’s arrival turned spaces like WeWork into ghost towns. Now people are lining up for low-commitment offices, and providers are working to sustain that trend.
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A tool which has been likened to a metal detector could soon be used in the NHS to help determine whether a person's breast cancer has spread.
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Mr. Musk has been creating confusion around whether the Twitter deal will close, causing the social media company’s share price to fall.
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Clever marketers have figured out how easy it is to simulate online intimacy at scale, ventriloquizing alluring models with cheap, offshore labor.
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At first glance a photograph of Mars released by NASA appears to show a doorway carved into the rock.
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The law, prompted by complaints from conservatives, allows people to sue large online platforms that remove posts expressing a particular viewpoint.
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A 2018 letter from the bureau to the Israeli government is the clearest documentary evidence to date that the agency weighed using the spyware for law enforcement operations.
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America still doesn’t have a federal data privacy law. But look what we have found — hope!
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An internal memo shared with employees said that the platform’s general manager and general manager for revenue would be departing.
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The first image of the massive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy has been revealed.
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The General Motors chief says efficiencies, innovations and learning from mistakes will allow her company to become a leader in electric vehicles.
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Why has the union campaign spread so much further at the coffee chain than at the e-commerce giant?
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Royal Mail is aiming to use up to 200 drones over the next three years as it creates 50 new "postal drone routes".
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Delivery apps are making fresh food available to millions who couldn’t have easily gotten it otherwise.
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A trend that took off early in the pandemic encourages people to appreciate life’s simple pleasures, a philosophy that resonates just as strongly two years later.
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After nearly 22 years, Apple is stopping production of the devices that changed consumer electronics and led to the creation of the iPhone.
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In its infancy, the app feels more like a game or a group activity than a full-fledged social platform. Can that feeling last?
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Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to buy Twitter, has said he would reverse the platform's "foolish" ban on former US president Donald Trump if his acquisition goes through.
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The former president has said he would not join the platform.
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We’re now buying less online than many had predicted, and it’s throwing tech companies and the economy for a loop.
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Apple has announced that the iPod has been discontinued, 20 years after it was released.
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EA Sports has announced that FIFA 23 will be the very last in its long-running series of football video games - to be replaced by a new franchise called EA Sports FC.
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The demise of a relationship that produced one of the most popular games of all time will mean risks for soccer’s governing body but few changes for its players.
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Destiny 2 is about to launch into another new season which will probably bring 25 new weapons and 2-3 armor sets for each class. Vault Space remains critical.
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Corporate Purpose Isn’t A Race To Be First McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks are a few of the many who pulled out of the region for now and suspended operations.
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People want to work for companies that listen and respond with empathy. Organizations that leverage both operational and experience data to personalize employee experiences will stand out in the eyes of current and prospective employees. How can companies do that at scale?
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When Elon Musk announced he would purchase Twitter, he made a strong point that it was a bid to uphold free speech online and planned to create a better platform to roll back some of its current content moderation policies.
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Is John Krasinski going to return as Reed Richards and Mr. Fantastic in the MCU after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?
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In this post, I provide a primer on what the identity stack is, discuss the trends causing disruption and evolution, and share a viewpoint on where opportunities exist to build companies in the modern Identity Stack.
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The Division 2 is back with season 9 and a new roadmap. Check it out here.
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A rising use of AI Disgorgement or the destroying of an AI system is being undertaken by governmental authorities, but the question is whether this is the proper thing to do and whether it is realistically feasible. This includes too for AI-based self-driving car.
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Western Digital has had a good couple of years consolidating its position as a global leader in storage. The company has a portfolio of four brands, all serving different markets with specialised and high-performance products.
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Fifty million updates—that’s how many are made to Google’s maps data each day, says Bonnie Pericolosi, director of product management, Google Maps Platform.
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The T-72, which was developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, remains the most widely-employed tank currently in service with the Russian military in Ukraine.
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This Qualcomm partnership announcement follows three others with BMW, Ferrari, and Renault, all leading European car companies, and earlier announcements with General Motors in the U.S. and Great Wall Motors in China.
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