With that in mind, the company decided that being a source of frivolity during trying times is part of its DNA. So, this year, the…
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Election Tech That’s Super Simple
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Friends, I love technology that is deceptively…
View More Election Tech That’s Super SimpleAs Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
About a decade ago, Mr. Timpone started Journatic, a service that aimed to automate and outsource reporters’ jobs, selling it to two of the nation’s…
View More As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its PlacePaleontologists See Stars as Software Bleeps Scientific Terms
The trouble started when Thomas R. Holtz Jr., an expert on the Tyrannosaurus rex, typed “Hell Creek Formation,” the rock unit in Montana where the…
View More Paleontologists See Stars as Software Bleeps Scientific TermsWhat Went Viral This Week
Here at Daily Distortions, we try to debunk false and misleading information that has gone viral. We also want to give you a sense of…
View More What Went Viral This WeekIn Reversal, Twitter Is No Longer Blocking New York Post Article
SAN FRANCISCO — It is the 11th hour before the presidential election. But Facebook and Twitter are still changing their minds. With just a few…
View More In Reversal, Twitter Is No Longer Blocking New York Post ArticleHow The Babylon Bee, a Right-Wing Satire Site, Capitalizes on Confusion
I’m wondering the extent to which being a satire site — which makes them exempt from Facebook’s fact-checking program — has allowed them to traffic…
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Brace for Holiday ‘Shipageddon’ – The New York Times
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Facebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm
Since 2016, when Russian hackers and WikiLeaks injected stolen emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign into the closing weeks of the presidential race, politicians and…
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As Twitter and Facebook Clamp Down, Republicans Claim ‘Election Interference’
SAN FRANCISCO — President Trump called Facebook and Twitter “terrible” and “a monster” and said he would go after them. Senators Ted Cruz and Marsha…
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Ignore Phone Companies About 5G
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