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Verizon to Sell Yahoo, AOL to Apollo for $5 Billion
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Facebook Oversight Board Is Set to Rule on Trump Ban
The technology company’s independent oversight board will issue a ruling Wednesday morning that could determine whether the former president can return to its Facebook and Instagram platforms.
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Twitter BANS ‘Trump Desk’ account after Democrats demand censorship
An account sharing posts from former US President Donald Trump’s ‘desk’ page – and operated by his PAC – was banned by Twitter after angry Democrats flooded the platform with demands to “#RemoveTrumpJack”.
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Facebook suspends Donald Trump for two years, citing 'severe violation' after Capitol riots
Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram were frozen the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol for his praise of supporters who stormed it.
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Internet Outage Hits Major Websites
Dozens of websites in the U.S. and Europe were inaccessible early Tuesday, with at least one internet outage tracker reporting widespread disruptions.
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Issue behind mass internet outage 'has been identified' & is currently being fixed, says Fastly
Fastly announced on Tuesday that it had identified the problem allegedly responsible for a mass internet outage which took Amazon, Reddit, the UK government, and dozens of news outlets offline, and is currently fixing it.
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Apple is building video and music sharing into FaceTime
The feature is called SharePlay, and it has Hulu and TikTok on board
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Joe Biden REVERSES Trump’s executive orders targeting Chinese-owned TikTok, WeChat
US President Joe Biden revoked his predecessor Donald Trump’s executive orders that targeted the popular platforms TikTok and WeChat on Wednesday.
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How Snapchat became the forgotten social platform
Why Snap’s users and investors have such different ideas about what the platform is for.
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Windows 11: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the New ‘Start’ of the PC (Exclusive)
Android apps on Windows!
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UK competition watchdog to probe Google and Amazon over fake reviews
Competition and Markets Authority says that the companies may not be doing enough to protect consumers
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Washington says Beijing was behind Microsoft Exchange ransomware attack – media
Criminal hackers backed by China’s Ministry of State Security are responsible for a massive ransomware attack exploiting Microsoft Exchange email servers earlier this year, the Biden administration has alleged, the media reports.
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Massive data leak uncovers human rights abuses using Israeli tech - report
The leak contains a list of over 50,000 phone numbers that the report estimated were identified as “people of interest” by clients of Israeli spyware company NSO Group since 2016.
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Why the Pegasus Revelations Matter
Activist groups are calling on governments to step in to regulate the sale of spyware after the revelations
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TikTok tests Snapchat style vanishing video stories feature
Video-sharing platform TikTok is trialling a new vanishing clips feature similar to functions on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram.
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Spotify is testing a less restrictive ad-supported tier costing $0.99 a month
Spotify Plus is being piloted with a ‘limited number’ of users
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Alibaba Fires Manager Accused of Sexual Assault in China’s Latest Workplace Harassment Case
Two other employees resign, according to CEO’s memo, after woman’s allegations were shared across Chinese social media
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Jury Selection Begins in Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’s Trial
U.S. prosecutors and the onetime Silicon Valley star’s lawyers are scrutinizing a pool of nearly 200 to find 17 jurors.
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YouTube signs Twitch video-game streamer Dr Lupo
YouTube has poached one of Twitch's top video-game streamers
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Amazon to Launch Its Own TVs in Push to Cement Itself in Living Rooms
Tech giant announces new Fire TV sets, an expansion of private-label business
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