Month: August 2020
A Kenosha Militia Facebook Event Asking Attendees To Bring Weapons Was Reported 455 Times. Moderators Said It Didn’t Violate Any Rules.
tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the reason the militia page and an associated event remained online after a shooting that killed two people was due to “an operational mistake.” By Ryan Mac Ryan Mac BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on August 28, 2020, at 6:45 p.m. ET In a companywide…
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Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, dies at 43 after four year battle with cancer
Actor Chadwick Boseman has died at 43 after battling colon cancer for four years, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account. “It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman,” the statement reads. “It was the honor of his life to bring King T’Challa…
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Wix edges past GoDaddy to become world’s biggest web hosting company Wix
The pandemic has led to increased demand for web hosting and website builders as more people look to start their own small businesses online during this time of economic upheaval. This has led GoDaddy’s share price to rise by 20.2 percent over the past month and its stock is currently…
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Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg’s Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence
tech Following days of violence and civil unrest, Facebook employees wonder if their company is doing enough to stifle militia and QAnon groups stoking violence on the social network. By Ryan Mac Reporting From San Francisco, California Ryan Mac BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From San Francisco, California Last updated on…
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Microsoft and Walmart could turn TikTok into an e-commerce platform for creators null
With the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the social media app to a US business quickly approaching on September 15, there have been some major developments related to a potential deal. First off, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer, who joined the company just over three months ago, has…
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Elon Musk trots out pigs in demo of Neuralink brain implants
Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company Neuralink showcased a pig with the company’s device at an event livestreamed on YouTube. One pig, Gertrude, had a device recording signals from an area of the brain linked to her snout. She’d had the implant for two months at the time of the demonstration.…
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