Monday, December 24, 2018

Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt


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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Why the F.T.C. Is Taking a New Look at Facebook Privacy


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Friday, December 21, 2018

JD.com Chief Richard Liu Will Not Be Charged With Sexual Assault


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The Week in Tech: Hostages in the U.S. and China Tech Cold War


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The 2018 Good Tech Awards


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Last-Minute Shoppers Increasingly Trust Only Amazon to Deliver


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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Ofo, Pioneer of China’s Bike-Sharing Boom, Is in a Crisis


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Uber’s Driverless Cars Return to the Road After Fatal Crash


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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

5 Ways Facebook Shared Your Data


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Facebook Rebuked for Failing to Disclose Data-Sharing Deals


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What We Can Learn About Online Privacy From Climate Change


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‘The Effects Cannot Be Overstated’: When Tech Invaded Media


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Facebook Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica


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Google’s Marketing of Kids’ Apps Misleads Parents, Consumer Groups Say


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How to Rescue, Repair and Revive Old Family Photos


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5 facts about Catholics in Europe

5 facts about Catholics in Europe

The Catholic Church remains closely tied to Europe. Catholics are the largest religious group in many of the continent’s most populous countries.

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Published December 19, 2018 at 06:00AM
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants


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France, Not Waiting for European Union, to Tax U.S. Tech Firms as ’19 Starts


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Huawei’s ‘Wolf Culture’ Helped It Grow, and Got It Into Trouble


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Most Voters Have Positive Views of Their Midterm Voting Experiences

Most Voters Have Positive Views of Their Midterm Voting Experiences

Voters approached the 2018 midterm elections with some trepidation about the voting process and many had concerns that U.S. election systems may be hacked. After the election, however, most say it was “very easy” to vote and confidence in election security has increased.

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Published December 17, 2018 at 08:29AM
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A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress

A record number of women will be serving in the new Congress

When the 116th Congress convenes, women will make up nearly a quarter of both chambers – the highest percentage in U.S. history.

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Published December 18, 2018 at 08:00AM
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Russian Trolls Came for Instagram, Too


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Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook


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Monday, December 17, 2018

A Toaster on Wheels to Deliver Groceries? Self-Driving Tech Tests Practical Uses


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Tech Companies Dragged Feet on Russian Interference Data, Reports Say


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Social Media’s Forever War


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Gender and Jobs in Online Image Searches

Gender and Jobs in Online Image Searches

Men are overrepresented in online image search results across a majority of jobs examined; women appear lower than men in such search results for many jobs

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Published December 17, 2018 at 08:57AM
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Google to Add $1 Billion New York Campus for 7,000 More Workers


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International relations experts and U.S. public agree: America is less respected globally

International relations experts and U.S. public agree: America is less respected globally

A large majority of foreign affairs experts say the U.S. is less respected abroad than in the past. Many Americans agree, to a lesser extent.

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Published December 17, 2018 at 06:01AM
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Tech Workers Got Paid in Company Stock. They Used It to Agitate for Change.


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Friday, December 14, 2018

Apple Will Update iPhones in China to Avoid a Ban on Sales


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Facebook Says Bug Opened Access to Private Photos


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The Week in Tech: Sundar Pichai Has a Chat With Congress


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In the U.S. and Europe, women are about as likely as men to favor legal abortion

In the U.S. and Europe, women are about as likely as men to favor legal abortion

In many European countries and the United States, women do not actually differ significantly from men in their views about abortion.

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Published December 14, 2018 at 06:00AM
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After Yellow Vests Come Off, Activists in France Use Facebook to Protest and Plan


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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Chase for Talent Pushes Tech Giants Far Beyond West Coast


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How YouTube’s Year-in-Review Video Set Off a Civil War


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18 striking findings from 2018

18 striking findings from 2018

Pew Research Center takes the pulse of Americans and people around the world on many issues every year. Read 18 of this year’s standout findings.

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Published December 13, 2018 at 11:03AM
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Dans les écoles françaises, la leçon du jour : à quel tweet se fier ?


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Apple to Add $1 Billion Campus and 5,000 Jobs in Texas


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