Facebook Parent Meta Removes China-Based Network Pushing COVID-19 Misinformation
Meta Platforms Inc. said it removed a China-based network of more than 500 Facebook accounts that sought to push a false narrative about the U.S. government’s attempts…
Read moreGoodreads’ Problem With Extortion Scams and Review Bombing
A few months after posting a message on Goodreads about the imminent release of a new book, Indie author Beth Black woke up to an all-caps ransom…
Read moreStarbucks NFTs Are Being Sold for Thousands
During the crypto bull market of 2021, countless major brands flooded into the space with their own NFTs (non-fungible tokens), hoping to profit from a very lucrative…
Read moreBitcoin Overnight Holding Strategy Loses Luster
Those who watch crypto charts closely might be familiar with the fact that a hypothetical strategy of buying Bitcoin at the close and selling it at the…
Read moreNew Jobs Report Undermines Recession Predictions
The CEOs were subdued when announcing the headline-grabbing layoffs in recent weeks. They blamed, mostly, one thing: an impending economic downturn. The CEO of PagerDuty, a cloud…
Read moreRussia Fines Google $98 Million in Crackdown
A Russian court slapped Alphabet Inc.’s Google with a fine of 7.2 billion rubles ($98 million) Friday for failing to remove banned content, the largest such penalty…
Read moreTwitter Locks Down Product Changes After Musk Bid
Twitter Inc. locked down changes to its social networking platform through Friday after accepting a $44 billion bid from billionaire Elon Musk, making it harder for employees…
Read moreCloudflare Quietly Powers the Internet. Researchers Say It’s a Haven for Misinformation
Cloudflare is one of dozens of companies that quietly keep the internet working—helping 36 million web pages per second reach internet users as intended. But it’s also…
Read moreU.S. Workers Are Realizing It’s the Perfect Time to Go on Strike
Thousands of workers have gone on strike across the country, showing their growing power in a tightening economy. The leverage U.S. employees have over the people signing…
Read moreWhat to Know About Temu and Its Super Bowl Ads
A shopping app splurged on a repeat ad on Super Bowl Sunday, and it wasn’t a household name like Amazon. It was Temu, a ecommerce app that…
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