Tech

meet the new guy

Parag Agrawal takes over as Twitter CEO

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Briefing

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

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What could possibly go wrong?

El Salvador plans to create a 'Bitcoin City' near an active volcano

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Feature

Neal Stephenson recommends 6 books on information manipulation

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Adam Marshall

Black Friday is set to be a big disappointment for gaming

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Feds Hacked

FBI hack smears cybersecurity consultant

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facebook fallout

Facebook whistleblower fears metaverse will create new dangers

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Feature

The method behind Meta's madness

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Facebook fallout

Facebook negatively impacts about 1 in 8 users, per documents

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if all your friends built a metaverse

Microsoft joins the metaverse madness

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Briefing

Peering at the edge of the universe

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Feature

Bitcoin FOMO is here

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Analysis

Solving the Facebook problem

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Joel Mathis

The real threat to Facebook isn't regulation. It's teenagers.

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Facebook fallout

Why 'big-name' Democrats are 'rebuffing' roles at Facebook

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Damon Linker

Why social media can't be regulated like other media

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: October 26, 2021

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Net Neutrality

Biden reportedly ready to tap 2 FCC commissioners as GOP takeover looms

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla becomes world's 1st trillion-dollar automaker

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the facebook papers

Zuckerberg reportedly 'pretty mad' during earnings call

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the facebook papers

How Facebook is allegedly 'mischaracterizing its growth'

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: October 25, 2021

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facebook fallout

More 'bad' Facebook headlines could be coming

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Joel Mathis

If Trump has TRUTH, does he still need Twitter?

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bad actors

Hackers connected to pipeline attack reportedly create fake company

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts have questions, suggestions for Facebook's big rebrand

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Alternative Truths

Trump announces deal to launch his own social media platform in 2022

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Facebook fallout

Founder of eBay reportedly helping Facebook whistleblower

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What's in a name?

Facebook reportedly believes now is a great time to change its name

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Joel Mathis

Facebook can be its own country when it gets an army

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Bonnie Kristian

Should the CDC hide unverified vaccine data?

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a new wearable

Apple exploring health upgrade for AirPods

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crackdown

Why regulating tech is different than tobacco

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver tackles misinformation in immigrant communities, from AT&T

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William Falk

Facebook's amoral algorithms