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Lyft said it would pay the legal fees for any of its drivers sued under Texas' new abortion law, which it called "incompatible" with company values. Uber quickly followed suit.

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  • Technology

Lyft And Uber Will Pay Drivers' Legal Fees If They're Sued Under Texas Abortion Law

Texas's restrictive new abortion law has raised concerns that people who drive for the ride-hailing companies could face lawsuits for transporting passengers to clinics.

September 06, 2021
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  • Shannon Bond
Facebook issued an apology Friday after <em>The New York Times</em> reported on the social media giant's artificial intelligence error.

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  • Race

Facebook Apologizes After Its AI Labels Black Men As 'Primates'

A video shared on Facebook last year showed an encounter between a white man and a group of Black men. Facebook's recommendation tool then asked users if they wanted to see more videos of "primates."

September 05, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
A screen capture of the website established by Texas Right to Life encouraging members of the public to submit "anonymous tips" about violators of the state's new restrictive abortion law.

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  • Technology

GoDaddy Is Booting A Site That Sought Anonymous Tips About Texas Abortions

The company will no longer host a website that promoted itself as a way to "help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act." Online activists and boycotters inundated the site with false reports.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Activists have taken to TikTok and other platforms to fight a restrictive new abortion law in Texas.

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  • National

TikTok Activists Are Flooding A Texas Abortion Reporting Site With Spam

A new law in Texas makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks, as well as to help anyone have an abortion. Activists are spamming a website set up to report people for violating the law.

September 03, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
A person scans a QR Code on an Apple Watch to send a digital driver's license temporarily to another mobile phone last month in Salt Lake City. Utah is among eight states that eventually will let users add a license or state ID to Apple Wallet.

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  • Technology

Driver's Licenses Will Soon Be Coming To The iPhone And Apple Watch In These 8 States

Arizona and Georgia will be the first two states to introduce the new feature, which will allow users to add a license or state ID to their Apple devices.

September 02, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The popular streaming platform Twitch is facing boycotts on Wednesday, over a wave of "hate raids" attacking mostly Black and queer streamers.

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  • Technology

Twitch Users Are Boycotting Over Attacks Targeting Black, Queer And Disabled People

Organizers of the one-day protest say the video game streaming platform hasn't done enough to combat "hate raids," in which bots bombard streamers with racist, sexist or homophobic messages.

September 01, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
Elizabeth Holmes walks into the United States Federal Courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

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  • Technology

Elizabeth Holmes Promised Miracles By A Finger Prick. Her Fraud Trial Starts Tuesday

Holmes and her former business partner and ex-boyfriend, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, have pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding investors and patients of the blood-testing company Theranos.

September 01, 2021
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  • Bobby Allyn
House Select Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., listen during the panel's first hearing last month. The committee has asked 35 social media and communication companies to preserve records associated with the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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  • Politics

House Panel Investigating The Capitol Attack Orders 35 Companies To Preserve Records

The Democratic-led committee is targeting the communication records of individuals who've been charged with crimes related to the attack, and those who participated in a rally preceding the riot.

August 31, 2021
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  • Claudia Grisales
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco.

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  • Technology

Elizabeth Holmes Plans To Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Of Abuse At Theranos Fraud Trial

Newly released documents reveal how the founder of the biomedical startup intends to defend herself at a federal fraud trial starting next week.

August 31, 2021
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  • Bobby Allyn
In an effort to curb video game addiction among children, Chinese authorities are tightening the reins on just how much that online gaming companies are allowed to offer young users.

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  • Technology

In China, Kids Are Limited To Playing Video Games For Only 3 Hours Per Week

Online gaming companies are barred from offering their services to minors except for an hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. New rules also require players to sign on using their real names.

August 30, 2021
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  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
When investigators discovered the hack on Microsoft Exchange servers in January, they thought it was about stealing emails. Now they believe China vacuumed up reams of information in a bid to develop better artificial intelligence, or AI.

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  • Investigations

China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

China broke into tens of thousands of email accounts in January. Now officials fear the breach wasn't just about spying. It was to build the next generation of artificial intelligence.

August 27, 2021
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  • Dina Temple-Raston
The almost 40-foot 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has been opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axis robotic arms equipped with welding gear, spans the Oudezijds Achterburgwal in Amsterdam's Red Light District.

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  • Architecture

Check Out The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Recently Unveiled In Europe

The almost 40-foot bridge, revealed last month, will now serve pedestrians and cyclists in Amsterdam's city center.

August 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

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  • History

Fortnite Is Letting You Relive MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech

The video game's new feature takes players back in time to experience Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 speech. But some people worry it sends the wrong message about the civil rights leader.

August 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
OnlyFans reversed its proposed ban after content creators, many of whom have come to rely on the site during the pandemic,  pushed back.

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  • Business

Reversing A Planned Ban, OnlyFans Will Allow Pornography On Its Site After All

OnlyFans said just days ago that it would block sexually explicit material starting in October in response to concerns from banks and other financial services companies.

August 25, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Facebook is defending itself from accusations from the White House and other critics that it's not doing enough to curb health misinformation.

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  • Technology

Facebook's Most Viewed Article In Early 2021 Raised Doubt About COVID Vaccine

The social network acknowledged it had held back a report about the most viewed content on its platform in the first three months of 2021.

August 23, 2021
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  • Shannon Bond
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