Adam Mosseri says Meta is adding political content recommendations to Instagram and Threads; Threads' political content control setting will have three options
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Abortion rights activists and nonprofits are looking at crypto to speed fundraising, but complexity and traceability of blockchain transactions hamper efforts
Activists and nonprofits are considering digital currencies as a way to raise funds. But can they really do anything other payment methods can't? Tweets: @rjcc , @bradmichelson , @aaronwall , and @ne...
Massachusetts voters pass a right-to-repair expansion governing vehicle data, preventing manufacturers from locking out third parties
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Epic says it will end macOS support for Fortnite: Save the World on September 23
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President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...
Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections
As part of our efforts to prevent interference … Tony Romm / Washington Post : Facebook ties newly suspended accounts to the Kremlin, a ‘timely reminder’ of election meddling threat CNN : Facebook tak...
Changelog: MoviePass updates iOS app to “remove unused location capabilities” following privacy concerns
Uber, Lyft, Walmart, and Amazon Are Coming to Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2018 Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : MoviePass update removes ‘unused’ location requests from iOS app Richard Lawler / Engadget : Mo...
Consumer Reports pulls its recommendations of Microsoft Surface devices after an issue with their “predicted reliability” based on an annual subscriber survey
here's why I'm not worried by the Consumer Reports downgrade Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com : Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer : Consumer Re...
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action”
but the rules are still getting scrapped Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Net neutrality fight could end up in court, senator says Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : AT&T's ‘support’ for net neutrality means ...
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon halt sales and replacements of Galaxy Note7 amid reports of newer models catching fire
a timeline of the rise and fall of the Galaxy Note 7 Phil Oakley / Android Police : Oculus disables Gear VR app on the Note7 Wall Street Journal : As Incidents Mount, Samsung Faces New Questions about...