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How shady companies got millions of names for fake anti-net neutrality comments

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Entered an online contest lately? Congrats! You could have unwittingly supported the repeal of net neutrality. In 2017, the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) solicited public comments over whether it should repeal the Obama-era rule that established net neutrality (which it did in 2018). Net neutrality is the concept that internet providers […]

today7 May 2021

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Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their 27-year marriage

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Twitter in identical statements Monday that they are ending their 27-year marriage. They said they would continue their involvement in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but that "we no longer believe we can grow as a couple in this next phase of our lives." Bill […]

today4 May 2021

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Small businesses had a brutal pandemic. Amazon’s earnings more than tripled.

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. The pandemic hit the bodies, hearts, and pocketbooks of most Americans hard. But Amazon did just fine. Amazon released its earnings report on Thursday for the first quarter of 2021. It gives us a clear picture of how Amazon fared during the pandemic. So how are Amazon's coffers looking? They are, frankly, […]

today30 April 2021

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These robots aren’t crappy. But they do handle your crap.

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. As I look out over the Port of Los Angeles with its shipping cranes and waterways, I think about the 800,000 gallons of water similar in quality to drinking water lying in tanks under my feet. Less than 24 hours earlier, it had been raw sewage entering the Terminal Island Water Reclamation […]

today30 April 2021

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Snap still isn’t very diverse, but its engineers are trying to build a more equitable product

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Snap engineers are working to root out racial bias from the company's products, even as improving diverse representation in the company's workforce is slow going. Snap, Inc. released its second annual diversity report Thursday, containing mixed results. The company has made modest gains in hiring underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, increasing by […]

today29 April 2021

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Facebook and Instagram back up after outage

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. UPDATE: April 8, 2021, 7:27 p.m. EDT Just under two hours after initial reports of outages, Facebook shared that it restored service. And we’re back! Earlier today, a configuration change caused Facebook services to be unavailable to some people. Since then, we have quickly investigated and resolved the issue. — Facebook (@Facebook) […]

today9 April 2021

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The bizarre story behind those ‘Amazon ambassadors’ on Twitter

Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. From failed attempts at sassy clapbacks to high-tech trolling, it's been a weird week for Amazon on Twitter. Amazon got itself in some social media trouble recently as its PR Twitter account tried to refute claims of its harsh treatment of workers and shift blame for taking advantage of tax loopholes. Many […]

today1 April 2021