In a social media ecosystem facing mounting pressure to combat fake news and polarization, Telegram is the most permissive disseminator of content — and disinformation.
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Comcast admits “widespread” outage as tens of thousands of users report problems
Enlarge / A Comcast Xfinity service van in Sunnyvale, California, in November 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Sundry Photography) There appears to be a widespread Comcast outage affecting customers in multiple parts of the country this morning. News reports have described large outages in Chicago, Philadelphia, and southern New Jersey. “Xfinity’s own outage tracker is currently...
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Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players
Low-profile chip makers with aging factories have become surprisingly powerful, leading to industry changes that may outlive the pandemic-fueled supply crunch.
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Behind Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll Is a Tax Bill Coming Due
He asked whether he should sell 10 percent of his stock, and Twitter voters said yes. Stock options he was granted in 2012 are “a ticking tax time bomb,” one expert said.
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An 8-Year-Old Explains the Metaverse
“One minute you get scammed, another minute you’re having the best time of your life, making billions of dollars.”
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These parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
Enlarge / Öppna Skolplattformen hoped to succeed where Skolplattform had failed. (credit: Comstock | Getty Images) Christian Landgren’s patience was running out. Every day the separated father of three was wasting precious time trying to get the City of Stockholm’s official school system, Skolplattform, to work properly. Landgren would dig through endless convoluted menus to...
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Crypto Is Cool. Now Get on the Yacht.
NFT.NYC, a gathering for nonfungible token enthusiasts, offered a taste of a crypto-filled future.
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To Build the Metaverse, Meta First Wants to Build Stores
The social networking company has discussed opening physical stores to showcase its virtual reality and augmented reality devices.
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Google Temps Fought Loss of Pandemic Bonus. And Won.
When a Google staffing agency reneged on a promise to pay an attendance bonus, temps who are part of the company’s union organized and forced it to backtrack.
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Starlink gives mixed signals on whether some preorders are delayed until 2023
Enlarge (credit: Starlink) Starlink has provided an encouraging update for preorderers who unexpectedly had their estimated delivery dates delayed to 2022 or 2023, but the Starlink website is still displaying delayed delivery dates to people who were previously told to expect service in 2021. As we reported Tuesday, some people who preordered Starlink broadband made...