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LinkedIn to End Service in China, Citing ‘Challenging’ Environment
The Microsoft-owned service had censored posts in China, in compliance with the country’s laws, to operate there.
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YouTube’s stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say.
The prevalence of videos claiming fraud dropped sharply, according to New York University’s Center for Social Media and Politics.
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Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline
Enlarge (credit: VOO QQQ) England’s COVID Pass system went offline for hours on Wednesday, causing British travelers to remain stranded at airports. Some passengers couldn’t board their flights, while others suffered delays as both the National Health Service (NHS) website and app experienced issues. Delays and missed flights An NHS system outage lasting approximately four...
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Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, leading to unauthorized purchases
Enlarge (credit: Steve Halama) Numerous Visible Wireless subscribers are reporting that their accounts were hacked this week. Visible runs on Verizon’s 5G and 4G LTE networks and is owned by Verizon. Suspicions of a data breach at Visible started Monday when some customers saw unauthorized purchases on their accounts: @Visible I was just hacked! They sent...
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“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest “fake news” operations in the US. For two years, he ran websites and Facebook groups that spread bogus stories, conspiracy theories, and propaganda. Under him was a dedicated team of writers and editors paid to produce...
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Facebook Clamps Down on Its Internal Message Boards
The social network, which has been under increased scrutiny after a former product manager turned into a whistle-blower, is trying to prevent leaks.
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A Service for People Dating in New York City
Hot Singles, a weekly email newsletter, evokes nostalgia for a simpler approach to finding romance, before dating apps were ubiquitous.
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As Big Tech Grows in the Pandemic, Seattle Grows With It
Despite an overall decline in office leasing in the United States, technology companies gobbled up more space in the Seattle area than they had the previous year.
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(BPRW) AVIATION INDUSTRY CHAMPIONS TO ‘DIVERSIFY THE SKY’ THROUGH THE REDTAIL FLIGHT ACADEMY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
(Black PR Wire) New Windsor, New York – Founded on the principles of the Tuskegee Airmen, the RedTail Flight Academy (redtailflightacademy.org), located at the New York Stewart International Airport, welcomes seven minority students from across the countr