Month: June 2021
What’s on your desk, Brandon Widder?
As we slowly emerge from the pandemic, many companies are figuratively shaking themselves off, taking stock, and hiring for new types of positions. The Verge is no different; it has recently hired Brandon Widder to be its senior commerce editor, a brand-new title for our next chapter. We asked Brandon…
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Cloudera signs multi-billion dollar deal to go private cloud
US-based data cloud hosting company Cloudera has been bought by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion. The acquisition will see Cloudera become a private company, with the deal scheduled to close in the second half of 2021. Cloudera’s board of directors…
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Indivisible is training an army of volunteers to neutralize political misinformation
The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it might look like to train up a political messaging infantry and send them out into the information trenches. Called the “Truth Brigade,” the corps of volunteers…
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The Great Wings Rush
It was March 2020, and restaurants across the country were shutting down, setting up takeout windows, or doing whatever they could to absorb the shock of COVID. But it was Chuck E. Cheese, of all places, that had the foresight and steely clarity to see not just what the new…
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Twitter wants to fight misinformation using three new labels Twitter logo
Microblogging platform Twitter, which has often been the centre of controversies of late, has been constantly working to improve the user experience. Recently it added features like Twitter Spaces and is reportedly working on Facebook like Tweet-reactions allowing users to experience their emotions in a better way. Now researcher Jane…
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The cheapest Nintendo Wii U prices, sales deals in June 2021
This had to happen eventually, cheap Wii U prices are seemingly a thing of the past in all honesty, well if you want a new unit at least. Nintendo no longer produces the Wii U, making unopened boxes shoot up in price. So the latest Nintendo Wii U sale prices…
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