Tag: Tech
The New iMac Is The Whole Enchilada
To appreciate Apple’s new iMac, to truly appreciate it, it helps to have known the despair and horror of the 1995 Compaq Presario. Abecedarian and entirely lacking in appeal, the Presario had a form factor like a hotel wastebasket and ran an operating system that belonged in one — Microsoft…
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We Found Joe Biden’s Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.
BuzzFeed News; Getty Images BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden’s Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States, and a major privacy concern for everyone who uses the popular peer-to-peer payments…
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Appuccino, Please: How TikTok Is Permanently Changing Starbucks
Ben Kothe / BuzzFeed News Stomachs churned and food service workers broke out in a cold sweat when a photo of a long, complicated custom Starbucks order went viral on Twitter. “This is why I quit,” a barista named Josie tweeted about Edward’s order, a caramel crunch Frappuccino with 13…
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Instagram Labeled One Of Islam’s Holiest Mosques A Terrorist Organization
Instagram removed posts and blocked hashtags about one of Islam’s holiest mosques because its content moderation system mistakenly associated the site with a designation the company reserves for terrorist organizations, according to internal employee communications seen by BuzzFeed News. The mistake is just the latest content moderation failure by Instagram…
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Apple Has Tapped Cisco’s Stella Low As Its New Communications Chief
Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco, will take on the role, which has been unfilled since late 2019. A tech industry veteran, Low has done stints at Unisys and Dell, where she served as senior vice…
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Facebook Is Worried Starbucks May Delete Its Page Over Hateful Comments
Facebook is scrambling to prevent Starbucks from leaving its platform after the world’s largest coffee company said it was dismayed by hateful comments left on its posts about racial and social justice issues. In internal discussions seen by BuzzFeed News, Facebook employees who manage the social network’s relationship with Starbucks…
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