Tag: Tech
A Dyslexic Contractor Can Now Send Formal Emails To Clients Thanks To The AI App His Friend Designed
Danny Richman, a 60-year-old search engine optimization consultant, first met contractor Ben Whittle, 31, in December 2021. Whittle had come to fix a bathroom leak that was dripping into the living room of his house, on the outskirts of London. The pair then struck up a friendship, and Richman started…
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They Worked In Big Tech And Lived The American Dream. Now They Might Be Forced To Leave The Country.
Rohan Patil came to the US from India in 2015 to get a graduate degree in computer science. Patil was “fascinated by America,” he said, and when he got a job in machine learning and research at Amazon two years later, he was elated. “It felt great to join Big…
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Kanye West And The Conservative App Parler Are Ending Their Plans For A Deal
Parler grew as a social platform for conservative and far-right voices as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter. It was temporarily taken offline by Amazon Web Services and removed from the App Store and Google Play after being used as a place to plan and coordinate the Jan. 6 Capitol…
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Here’s How One TikToker’s Video Ignited The Balenciaga Ad Campaign Controversy
By the next day, Tucker Carlson, citing Libs of TikTok, was condemning the ads on Fox News, using anti-gay and anti-trans rhetoric. On Nov. 22, Balenciaga pulled the campaign and issued two apologies. On Saturday, Nov. 27, Kanye West publicly called out celebrities for not speaking out on Balenciaga, a…
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A Man Used Instagram To Target Women And Teens Whom He Then Raped And Tried To Extort, Los Angeles Police Said
A 21-year-old Los Angeles man described by police as a “serial rapist” has been arrested for allegedly preying on women and teenage girls using their own social media accounts over a period of two years, officials said Wednesday. Michael Neal Watson Jr. was arrested on Nov. 8 and is facing…
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Donald Trump’s Twitter Account Has Been Reinstated By Elon Musk
The poll was a narrow victory for “Yes” winning by 51.8% of the 15 million votes. Trump was suspended after the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. At the time, Twitter explained the decision in a blog post: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the…
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