How I Blew My Bitcoin on Sushi
In 2013, this reporter spent 10 Bitcoin, worth $1,000 at the time, on a dinner for dozens of strangers in San Francisco. The owner...
Month: December 2020
Facebook Takes the Gloves Off in Feud With Apple
The social network said it opposed changes that Apple was making to the tracking of apps and would provide information for an antitrust complaint...
States Plan to Accuse Google of Illegal Monopoly in Online Ads
The Texas attorney general said a coming lawsuit would focus on the advertisements that generate the vast majority of the company’s profits.Read More
Alibaba’s Software Can Find Uighur Faces, It Told China Clients
The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn...
Vaccines Need Effective Messengers
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How health care professionals and internet companies can help in the fight against misinformation.Read More
MacKenzie Scott Announces $4.2 Billion More in Charitable Giving
“She’s disrupting the norms around billionaire philanthropy by moving quickly,” an expert on charities said.Read More
How to Send a Recap of 2020 to Friends and Family
Even if you’ve never done a year-end newsletter, there’s still time to squeeze in a personalized message before the calendar flips the page.Read More
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears
Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people.Read More
Gmail suffers another outage
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Google suffered its second outage in as many days, with its email service Gmail going down on Tuesday for more than two hours.