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How social media companies can benefit from election misinformation
AI can teach robot dogs tricks for cheap
The first crash dummy modeled after women is here
If you have Amazon Prime, you can now listen to 100 million songs for free
A simple rule variation could move chess out of a stalemate
Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake
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Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO
Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’
AI moderators can’t keep up with vaccine disinformation’s newest language: emojis
Venmo payments will be available to all Amazon shoppers by Black Friday
NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky
Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables
Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot
Why the tech billionaires can’t save themselves
Ring camera surveillance puts new pressure on Amazon gig workers
The toll to scroll: Netflix introduces new fees for ‘extra users’
Amazon’s employee retention is not prime, according to leaked data
Kanye West plans to buy so-called ‘free speech’ social media platform, Parler
Why we turn stars into constellations
Moderators ban AI-generated artwork from ‘Dune’ subreddit
Netflix to join Hulu and Disney+ with a cheaper ad-supported streaming tier
These robotic exoskeleton boots will make you feel 30 pounds lighter
How tribal co-managing movements are transforming the conservation of public lands
Chess.com investigation finds that teen grandmaster ‘likely cheated’ in more than 100 online matches
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (again)
Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine
SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.27 million for ‘unlawfully touting’ a cryptocurrency
This robot broke a Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash
Welcome to Walmart Land, the retail giant’s attempt at entering the metaverse
Amazon to offer instant pay to workers and more loans to sellers
Apple removes VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, from the App Store
App privacy depends a lot on where you were when you downloaded it
Amazon’s Ring Nation quietly premieres on cable TV in 35 states
Meta says it’s shut down a giant Russian misinformation network
Graphic novel with AI-generated art gets unprecedented copyright
The US government is inching closer to a deal to secure TikTok in the US
Amazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisons
In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround
Iran cracks down on citizens’ internet access following spreading protests
7 ways movie lovers can make the underrated Letterboxd feel like home
The latest movie pirating tool: Spotify’s ‘video podcast’
Your phone data isn’t safe from Customs and Border Protection
Hacker may have just leaked early ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ footage
China’s DNA policing program targeted Tibetans and other minorities, reports reveal
Hacker gains ‘full access’ to Uber’s networks using one of oldest tricks in the book
Ethereum finally completed ‘The Merge’
Facebook’s automated image removal system is flawed, says Oversight Board
New federal mapping tool brings climate resiliency to everyday Americans
Walmart wants to combine big box and big bank
AI voice filters can make you sound like anyone—and make anyone sound like you
Amazon’s tech empire is expanding into mechatronics
Websites are dropping Facebook’s third-party login button
How to enjoy the flavor, history, and science of Turkish coffee
End-to-end encryption now available for most Ring devices
Juul to pay states $435M and stop marketing e-cigarettes to kids
Signal’s new president is a privacy advocate and active critic of Big Tech
Cloudflare finally drops virulently anti-trans message board, Kiwi Farms
Scammers are using a Webb Telescope photo to hide complex malware
Four Amazon warehouse workers died on the job within a month
Twitter is testing a much-anticipated edit button
Uber enlists home security company ADT in attempt to improve ride safety