Enlarge We’ve spent the past few weeks burning copious amounts of AWS compute time trying to invent an algorithm to parse Ars’ front-page story headlines to predict which ones will win an A/B test—and we learned a lot. One of the lessons is that we—and by “we,” I mainly mean “me,” since this odyssey was...
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(BPRW) Black Girl Magic Digital Summit Returns to Empower Women
(Black PR Wire) Timed to Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Boss Women Media – an organization committed to empowering & educating Black women – along with Capital One will come together to host a two-day digital summit on August
Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience
The company is intensifying formal partnerships with faith groups across the United States and shaping the future of religious experience.
Venmo gets more private—but it’s still not fully safe
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Venmo, the popular mobile payment service, has redesigned its app. That’s normally news you could safely ignore, but this announcement is worth a closer look. In addition to making some navigational tweaks and adding new purchase protections, the PayPal-owned platform is finally shutting down its global social feed, where the app...
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
Researchers and regulators say Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician, creates and profits from misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines.
Biden’s Antitrust Team Signals a Big Swing at Corporate Titans
The president has stacked his administration with crusaders who have spent their careers challenging corporate consolidation.
An explosive spyware report shows limits of iOS, Android security
Enlarge / A report this week indicates that the problem of high-caliber spyware is far more widespread than previously feared. (credit: Pau Barrena | Getty Images) The shadowy world of private spyware has long caused alarm in cybersecurity circles, as authoritarian governments have repeatedly been caught targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists, and political rivals...
How Tech Won the Pandemic and Now May Never Lose
As the world reeled, Silicon Valley supplied the tools that made life and work possible. Now tech companies are awash in money — and questions about what it means to win amid so much loss.
Amazon Ends Use of Arbitration for Customer Disputes
Now they will be pursued in federal court, a significant retreat from a strategy that often helps companies avoid liability.
Activision Blizzard Is Sued by California Over Workplace Culture
The lawsuit says women at the gaming company were paid less and discriminated against, and it described a culture of sexual harassment.








