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News Articles: Technology

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, seen here in 2018, and his network of websites have been banned from most major online and social media platforms but have still managed to bring in tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

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Alex Jones' defamation trials show the limits of deplatforming for a select few

Revelations from Jones' defamation trials point to the existence of a rarified class of extreme internet personalities who are better shielded from efforts to stem the reach of their content.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
Google's logo on a building on the company's Mountain View, Calif., campus in 2019. The company says it mistakenly sent a security engineer $250,000.

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  • Business

He got an unexplained $250,000 payment from Google. The company says it was a mistake

Sam Curry, a self-described hacker, was puzzled by the payment. A Google spokesperson says the company paid "the wrong party as the result of human error" and was working to correct it.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
After Queen Elizabeth II's death was announced, Wikipedia editors discussed which historical photo to use for her page.

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  • Pop Culture

Fastest 'was' in the West: Inside Wikipedia's race to cover the queen's death

Within seconds of the news of Queen Elizabeth II's death, an army of Wikipedia editors rushed to update her page on the site. It was chaos.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces a lawsuit against Amazon in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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  • Business

California sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere

California's antitrust lawsuit alleges the company penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices at rival online stores.

September 14, 2022
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  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
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  • Technology

Examining 2 recent cyberattacks against NATO members

The war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on NATO. For alliance members, an attack on one is considered an attack on all. But those obligations are less clear in the cyber sphere.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin and
  • Steve Inskeep
Police and emergency personnel respond the scene of an explosion in Boston on Tuesday. A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries.

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  • National

The explosion at Northeastern University may have been staged, officials say

Federal officials are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident, law enforcement officials said.

September 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill, September 13, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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  • Technology

Twitter may have hired a Chinese spy and four other takeaways from the Senate hearing

Twitter's former security chief Peiter "Mudge" Zatko accused the company of misleading the public, the government and its own board of directors over security flaws.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Peiter Zatko, known by his hacker name "Mudge," talks about cybersecurity with the Senate Governmental Affairs committee on May 19, 1998. He's scheduled to testify again about his whistleblower complaint against Twitter on Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

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  • Technology

Here's why the Twitter whistleblower's testimony to Congress will be crucial

Peiter Mudge Zatko follows Frances Haugen as the second tech whistleblower in less than a year to testify before Congress about the struggles inside a social media company.

September 13, 2022
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  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan speaks during a campaign canvas kickoff event on Saturday in Dover, N.H. Hassan is running for reelection and her Republican opponent will be chosen in the upcoming GOP primary.

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  • Politics

Tuesday is the final day for primary contests before November. Here's what to watch

The 2022 primary season comes to a close as voters in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island choose their nominees. In New Hampshire, a slate of Republicans wants to take on U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Josh Rogers and
  • Ian Donnis

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  • Economy

The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead

Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky and
  • Alina Selyukh
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up in a fire station on Aug. 23 in Miami Beach, Fla.

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  • Technology

Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Apple's Messages app now allows certain users to edit and unsend text messages.

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  • Technology

iPhone users can now edit and unsend text messages (but only to other iPhone users)

The newest version of Apple's iOS will allow users to edit and unsend messages sent via iMessage — although the features work properly only when your recipient's device is also running iOS 16.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury return a shot against Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof during their Men's Doubles Final match on Friday at the U.S. Open.

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  • Sports

At the U.S. Open, line judges are out. Automated calls are in

Electronic line judging has replaced humans at the U.S. Open. But the voices making calls are real people, recorded with varying levels of urgency to sell the call, depending on how close the shot is.

September 10, 2022
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  • Melissa Block
The YouTube algorithm has been criticized for pushing content that radicalizes users rather than keeping them informed.

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  • Books

How the polarizing effect of social media is speeding up

In his new book, journalist Max Fisher unpacks how social media companies have engineered our feeds to keep us angry, and keep us online.

September 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Michael Levitt,
  • and 1 more
Former President Trump created the Trump Media & Technology Group, which includes Truth Social, after he was banned from Twitter.

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  • Business

Trump's social media company dealt another setback in road to stock market listing

The Trump social media company, of which Truth Social is a part of, is hoping to raise more money by merging with a blank check company, but it's faced delays, and legal and regulatory scrutiny.

September 08, 2022
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  • David Gura
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