New York Enacts Warehouse Worker Protections Targeting Amazon

The Warehouse Worker Protection Act aims to crack down on stringent work quotas.

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Elon Musk's Company Seeks Permission To Test Brain Implants In People

Neuralink should be able to put the implant in a human brain as part of a clinical trial in about six months, said Twitter's billionaire owner.

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COVID-19 Misinformation Is Allowed On Twitter Now, Apparently

Elon Twitter is rolling out the red carpet for extremists, and now, public health falsehoods.

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Oh Look, Elon Musk Is Letting More Banned Accounts Back On Twitter

Chief Twit rules by polling now.

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Eli Lilly Stock Takes A Dip After Verified Twitter Imposter Says Insulin Is Free

Whoops!

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What’s The Deal With Mastodon, The Twitter Alternative?

Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to other social networks after Elon Musk's takeover. Mastodon has some momentum.

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Here’s How This Portable Power Station Will Make All Your Outdoor Adventures Better Than Ever

This portable, powerful, clean energy tech is a first-in-industry launch — and will revolutionize the way you play outdoors.

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Days After Laying Off Half The Company, Twitter Asks Some Employees To Come Back

Twitter is reportedly trying to reverse course and hire back dozens of workers it just laid off – continuing the chaos Elon Musk has brought since taking over.

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Cesspool Or Civility? Elon Musk's Twitter At A Crossroads

The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter.

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Elon Musk Appears To Threaten Advertisers Wary Of His Twitter Takeover

A "thermonuclear name & shame" is coming for companies that stop advertising with Twitter, apparently.

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Elon Musk's Past Tweets Offer Clues About Twitter's New Owner

The billionaire's sometimes reckless posting has previously landed him in legal trouble.

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Elon Musk Accuses Activists Of 'Trying To Destroy Free Speech' As Advertisers Flee

"We are witnessing the real-time destruction of one of the world’s most powerful communication systems” by an "erratic billionaire," warned a member of Stop Toxic Twitter coalition.

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Elon Musk Fires Top Twitter Executives As $44 Billion Takeover Closes

The billionaire has vowed not to turn the social media giant into a “free-for-all hellscape."

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Kanye West To Buy Social Media Platform Parler After Kicked Off Twitter, Instagram

The musician offered to buy the right-wing friendly network shortly after being blocked from the more popular social media sites for making antisemitic posts.

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Here's How To Get The Best Internet Experience In Your Home

Finding the right internet provider can feel like a lot. Demystify the experience with Cox.

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Twitch Bans Gambling Sites After Streamer Scams Folks Out Of $200,000

One man's claims that he scammed people on the platform caused several popular streamers to consider a Twitch boycott.

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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Low-Cost Internet

Are you eligible for low-cost internet? Learn more about Cox's Affordable Connectivity Program and find out how much you could save.

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TikTok Search Results Riddled With Misinformation: Report

A U.S. firm that monitors false online claims reports that searches for information about prominent news topics on TikTok are likely to turn up results riddled with misinformation.

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Twitter Whistleblower Raises Alarms On Security Threats And Deceptive Execs

The platform is "misleading the public, lawmakers" and regulators about its serious security failures, ex-security chief Peiter Zatko testified to Congress.

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Citing Imminent Danger Cloudflare Drops Hate Site Kiwi Farms

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince had previously resisted calls to block the site.

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Trump's Truth Social App Barred From Google Play Over Content Moderation Failure

It's bad news after bad news for the former president's Twitter knockoff.

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Elon Musk Subpoenas Twitter Whistleblower Ahead Of Trial

Peiter Zatko’s allegations of security flaws could bolster Musk’s case for backing out of the $44 billion acquisition.

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SEC Questions Twitter On How It Counts Fake Accounts

U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform.

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Musk Subpoenas Former Twitter CEO And Friend Jack Dorsey

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company.

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Time To Update Your Devices: Apple Warns Of Security Risk For iPhones, iPads And Macs

Apple’s explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get “full admin access” to the device.

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FTC Acts To Block Meta From Buying VR Company, Fitness App

Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural.

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Facebook, Instagram Consider Whether To Keep Removing False COVID Claims

Parent company Meta said it plans to consult its oversight board on whether deleting coronavirus misinformation is still "appropriate."

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Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner Blast Instagram Changes: Stop Trying To Be TikTok

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he believes the app will become more video-oriented “over time.”

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Wait A Minute, Mate! Chess Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent's Finger

Russian chess officials blamed the boy for moving too quickly, triggering a hurtful reaction from the mechanical competition.

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Twitter Asks Judge For Speedy Trial To Compel Musk To Complete Purchase

“This very public dispute harms Twitter with each passing day Musk is in breach,” the company said in a motion.

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Amazon Reveals It Shares Ring Camera Footage With Police Without Permission

Thousands of law enforcement agencies use a Ring platform that allows them to request doorbell video footage without customer consent.

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Looming Musk-Twitter Legal Battle Hammers Company Shares

Shares of Twitter are down more than 11% in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the company.

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Trump Rips 'Bulls**t Artist' Elon Musk As Tesla CEO Reportedly Defends Trump

Trump called out Musk on his voting record and said he knew Musk wouldn't buy Twitter.

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FCC Commissioner Asks To Remove TikTok From App Stores Due To Security Concerns

Brendan Carr tweeted that the app “harvests swaths” of data that’s accessible to China.

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Instagram And Facebook Remove Posts Offering Abortion Pills

Facebook and Instagram began removing some of these posts, just as millions across the U.S. were searching for clarity around abortion access.

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Biden Says He’s Proud Of Apple Store Workers Who Unionized

The workers in Maryland just voted 65-33 in favor of forming a union.

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Google Engineer On Leave After He Claims AI Program Has Gone Sentient

Artificially intelligent chatbot generator LaMDA wants “to be acknowledged as an employee of Google rather than as property," says engineer Blake Lemoine.

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After Mass Shooting, NYC Explores Gun Detectors In Subways

The technology to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons does exist but experts say it'd be difficult for it to make a difference.

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Twitter Shareholders Meet Amid Elon Musk's Takeover Drama

CEO Parag Agrawal said at the outset that executives won't be answering any questions surrounding the proposal.

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Trump Plans To Restrict His Use Of Twitter To Benefit Truth Social

The former president has agreed to a partial six-hour delay in using other social media sites in a bid to prioritize his fledgling app, according to a new federal securities filing.

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Facebook Is Still Allowing Mug Shots Even Though They Can Ruin Lives

When an individual’s mug shot goes viral on Facebook, they are often subjected to extreme harassment and struggle to find stable housing and employment.

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Elon Musk Says Some Twitter Users Will Have To Pay To Use Platform

"Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users," the billionaire tweeted.

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Ex-Twitter CEO Dings Elon Musk For Attacks On Twitter's Top Lawyer

A one-sided feud between Musk and Vijaya Gadde has turned even uglier.

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Just Some Things Elon Musk Said He'd Do With His Money Before He Bought Twitter

At one point Elon Musk pledged to give away half his fortune. Now, he's spending $44 billion to control Twitter.

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Elon Musk Reaches Agreement To Buy Twitter And Take It Private

The deal was cemented roughly two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9% stake in the platform.

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Judge Rejects Gag Order In Suit Over 2018 Elon Musk Tweets

The ruling came just hours after the Tesla CEO’s lawyer filed a document in the case saying that a gag order would trample on Musk’s free speech rights.

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Jack Dorsey's First Tweet NFT Goes On Sale For $48 Million, Gets $280 Offer

Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi decides he might not sell it after all.

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Investor Sues Elon Musk Over His Delayed Twitter Filing

Marc Rasella says he sold shares of Twitter at “artificially deflated prices,” unaware that Musk had made a large purchase in the social media platform.

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Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium' IsAnnounced With 32 New Arcade Classics

Capcom's second compilation of arcade video games has officially been announced for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PCs.

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'Kingdom Hearts IV' Announced At 20th Anniversary Event With Dazzling Trailer

‘Kingdom Hearts IV’ is coming, video game developer Square Enix announced Sunday.

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Elon Musk Promises Tesla's Proposed 'Robotaxi' Will 'Look Quite Futuristic'

Musk didn’t give details about the new vehicle, but said the company will start making three new vehicles next year.

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'Fortnite' Developer Epic Games Partners With Lego To Create Kid-Friendly Metaverse

The two entertainment companies say they're building a new virtual-reality world for kids.

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Twitter Says It's Testing Edit Button, Day After Musk Poll

Newly chosen board member and now Twitter's largest shareholder Elon Musk had run a Twitter poll that started Monday asking users if they wanted an edit button.

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Meet The Women Who Are Making Waves In Crypto

Crushing the gender gap and staking a claim in the world of crypto and blockchain tech? That's just a normal workday for these wonder women.

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GIF Creator Stephen Wilhite Dies, And Twitter Users Honor Him Appropriately

Back in the 1980s, Wilhite worked at CompuServe and created the Graphics Interchange Format, which became a major social media tool.

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Cyberattacks Accompany Russian Military Assault On Ukraine

The websites of Ukraine's defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday after a wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks.

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Trump’s Truth Social App Debuts But Is Weeks From Being Fully Operational

The social media app is having a slow rollout, with most users only invited to join a waiting list while battling error messages.

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AirTags Are A Growing Headache For Apple Amid Disturbing Reports Of Tracking

Women around the country say they've gotten notifications that the relatively cheap location-tracking devices are following them.

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Tesla Recalls Thousands Of Self-Driving Cars Programmed To Runs Stop Signs

Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 vehicles because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt.

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