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- Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PMDays after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company has been hit with two lawsuits from individuals who said they had their gallbladders removed after consuming it.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber watched by millions, dead at 23
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PMMinecraft YouTuber Technoblade has died at the age of 23 following a year-long battle with cancer, his family announced Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AI made these stunning images. Here's why experts are worried
Thursday - 06/30/2022 - 07:49 PMA million bears walking on the streets of Hong Kong. A strawberry frog.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The newest content moderation minefield for tech platforms: abortion posts
Wednesday - 06/29/2022 - 08:20 PMIn the wake of the Supreme Court's controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, people have flooded social media platforms with information about how to access in-person or medication abortions to help those in states that have outlawed the procedure or could soon do so.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Airbnb makes its ban on parties permanent
Tuesday - 06/28/2022 - 10:24 PMAirbnb said Tuesday it will make permanent a ban on parties originally implemented in the early months of the pandemic, citing its effectiveness at curbing unauthorized gatherings.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A reporter tried the AI Instagram wants to use to verify age. Here's what it found
Monday - 06/27/2022 - 10:21 PMInstagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple and Google should face FTC probe over ad practices that could end up harming abortion-seekers, US lawmakers say
Saturday - 06/25/2022 - 01:48 AMThe Federal Trade Commission should investigate Apple and Google over what they initially told consumers about how their information would be used for advertising purposes, according to a group of US lawmakers warning that the loosely regulated data industry could result in particular harms to abortion-seekers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two killed as Nio electric car crashes from third floor of a Shanghai building
Friday - 06/24/2022 - 01:36 PMTwo people died this week when a Nio electric car crashed to the ground from the third floor of a parking lot in Shanghai.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jeff Bezos' ship, named for his mom, will no longer be used to catch rockets
Thursday - 06/23/2022 - 03:30 PMJeff Bezos — the billionaire founder of Amazon and rocket company Blue Origin — made a grand public announcement a year ago that he purchased a ship to capture Blue Origin rockets after they return from space, and he named the vessel after his mother.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says
Thursday - 06/23/2022 - 03:30 PMAn Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet's Google said in a report on Thursday.
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- Google will pay US app developers $90 million in a settlement over app store policies
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PMUS Android app developers will be able to claim money from a new $90 million fund Google will establish as part of a wider settlement with app makers over the tech giant's app store practices, the company said Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SpaceX gets approval to bring Starlink internet to airplanes
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pioneering NASA official on aerospace industry: 'Bro-culture' is bad for business
Thursday - 06/30/2022 - 07:49 PMLori Garver spearheaded the NASA program that paved the way for SpaceX to return human spaceflight to the United States after a decade-long wait.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Xerox CEO John Visentin dies at 59
Wednesday - 06/29/2022 - 08:20 PMPrinter maker Xerox Holdings Corp said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer John Visentin, 59, has died due to complications from an ongoing illness.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pinterest CEO steps down, Google executive to take over in e-commerce push
Tuesday - 06/28/2022 - 10:24 PMPinterest said long-time Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann would step down, handing over the reins of the social media platform to Google commerce executive Bill Ready.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Watchdog moms' on TikTok are trying to keep minors safe
Monday - 06/27/2022 - 11:06 AMSeara Adair, a mother of two young daughters from Atlanta, revealed in a TikTok video last year that she was sexually abused by a family member as a child.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These US companies will cover travel costs for employees who need an abortion
Saturday - 06/25/2022 - 01:48 AMAfter the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to overturn Roe v.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Search histories, location data, text messages: How personal data could be used to enforce anti-abortion laws
Friday - 06/24/2022 - 01:36 PMThe Supreme Court's Friday ruling to overturn Roe v.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink 'unusable' for most Americans
Thursday - 06/23/2022 - 03:30 PMSpaceX, Dish Network and other 5G providers are locked in a heated battle over radio frequencies, which SpaceX says it needs for its orbital internet service, Starlink, and which Dish says it needs for its own customers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber, Lyft drivers claim price-fixing in lawsuit against companies
Wednesday - 06/22/2022 - 06:12 PMA group of drivers for Uber and Lyft on Tuesday accused the companies of unfairly controlling how much passengers are charged for rides in an antitrust lawsuit in California state court.
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- Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PMFacebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (META) has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
Friday - 07/01/2022 - 06:39 PMWith safe, legal abortion access in the United States being restricted in numerous states after last week's Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber releases safety data: 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 rape reports in 2020
Thursday - 06/30/2022 - 07:49 PMEven as its ridership was decimated by the pandemic in 2020, Uber recorded 141 reports of rape on its platform in the United States, the company disclosed in its safety report released Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FCC commissioner calls on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores
Wednesday - 06/29/2022 - 08:20 PMA member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing national security concerns surrounding TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A big question for tech companies post-Roe: How to respond to law enforcement requests for data?
Tuesday - 06/28/2022 - 10:24 PMIn the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, privacy advocates have expressed renewed concerns about how tech platforms may handle requests from law enforcement for user data in states that outlaw abortion.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'I've never experienced pain like that': Influencers recount harrowing experiences with Daily Harvest crumbles, blast company's
Monday - 06/27/2022 - 11:06 AMInstagram-friendly meal kit service Daily Harvest is facing a firestorm of online backlash over the voluntary recall of one of its products, after a slew of people who consumed it reported becoming ill with mysterious symptoms, including extremely elevated liver enzymes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The criminal fraud case of Elizabeth Holmes' former second-in-command heads to jury
Saturday - 06/25/2022 - 01:48 AMThe criminal fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend and former second-in-command at Theranos is heading to the jury, roughly three months after it kicked off in the same San Jose, California, courthouse where she was found guilty on four charges of defrauding investors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon Alexa will be able to mimic deceased loved ones' voices
Friday - 06/24/2022 - 03:00 AMThe latest iteration of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant could sound eerily familiar.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Instagram tests new tools for age verification
Thursday - 06/23/2022 - 03:30 PMInstagram said on Thursday it is testing new options for users to verify their age on the platform, starting with people in the United States.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Hang them all': January 6 committee members target of violent rhetoric on right-wing social media platforms
Wednesday - 06/22/2022 - 06:12 PMCalls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found.
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