Of course, we should remember that Hookers for Jesus was just one of two groups mentioned by the whistle-blower. What about the other one?
This really has been a crazy week for the Department of Justice, hasnt it?
The Takeaway: At least some people were ask…
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Shakeups at the Justice Department Top This Week’s Internet News Roundup
Augmented Reality From the Driver’s Seat, and More Car News This Week
If youre reading this, chances are you feel like you need more information. Welcome to the club. This week we followed a bunch of transportation players in search of more nuggets of knowledge. Retailers jumping on the ecommerce bandwagon are hoping to discove…
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The Arctic Is Getting Greener. That’s Bad News for All of Us
Right now the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and transforming in massively consequential ways. Rapidly melting permafrost is gouging holes in the landscape. Thousands of years worth of wet accumulated plant matter known as peat is …
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Clearview AI’s Massive Client List Got Hacked
It was the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, and the security industry descended on Moscone Center for days of handing out free stickers, demoing products, and presenting research. And the week was punctuated by fewer handshakes and more elb…
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The ‘Robo Revenge’ App Makes It Easy to Sue Robocallers
Just when you thought the catastrophic Equifax breach was entirely in the rearview, the Department of Justice this week charged four Chinese military hackers with the theft. That’s 147.9 million people’s Social Security numbers and other personal information …
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A Travel Ban, Gig Economy Risks, and More Car News This Week
Well, that was fast. For plenty of Americans, this week began with the regular, old commute to school or work, and ended with canceled semesters, robust work from home policies, fears about making rent next month, and canceled eventseverything from weddings t…
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News Brief: February Updates from the Google News Initiative
During the GNI EMEA Summit, Debunk.eu showed us how they brought journalists, fact-checkers and AI specialists together to curb the spread of disinformation. Partners and Digital News Innovation Fund recipients shared insights about the latest products and in…
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Letter from Africa: Fake news and Nigeria’s media
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In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the impact that fabricated news stories can have.
Nigeria’s popular ThisDay newspaper recently published a story headlined: “Dram…
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Clobbered by coronavirus econ news? Here’s an in-depth, 90 day rewind
Theres just been a torrent of economic news since the first identification of patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in early December 2019 until the declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday. Investors have fled the pu…
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Apple News adds a special coverage section for tracking the coronavirus outbreak
Apple today is rolling out a dedicated section within its Apple News app that will help readers stay updated on the coronavirus outbreak. The special coverage will include informative, fact-based stories from reputable publishers, says Apple, which are curate…
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