Justice Department Charges Russian National for Misinformation Campaign Aimed at 2018 Midterm Elections
Elena Khusyaynova spread fake news on issues like gun control and immigration, DOJ says
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Apple Chief Tim Cook Calls on Bloomberg to Retract Chinese Spy Chip Story
“There is no truth in their story about Apple,” Cook tells BuzzFeed News
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‘Halloween’ Billboard Sabotaged to Show Maxine Waters as Michael Myers
“Michael Myers doesn’t scare me, crazy nutbags like Maxine do,” conservative street artist Sabo says
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Did Nick Clegg Audition for Top Facebook Job With 2017 Essay Defending Company Against Rupert Murdoch?
Former deputy prime minister calls News Corp boss an “old predatory crocodile”
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Facebook Hires Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as Global Affairs Chief
Politician joins company following a string of high-profile data breaches
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Facebook Removes Louis Farrakhan Video Comparing Jews to Termites: ‘Tier 1 Hate Speech’
“The video was taken down because it violates our hate speech policies,” company tells TheWrap
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Ebay Says Amazon ‘Illegally’ Poached High-Value Sellers in New Lawsuit
E-commerce giant ran a “coordinated” attack “designed to inflict harm on eBay,” lawsuit says
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Drops out of Saudi Arabia Investment Summit
Mnuchin won’t attend the Future Investment Initiative summit following journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance
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Jamal Khashoggi’s Family Joins Twitter, Calls for ‘Impartial’ Investigation Into Disappearance
Family’s social media plea comes after Turkish officials tell the New York Times there is audio evidence of journalist being killed inside Saudi consulate
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From Kanye Gossip to Feet Photos, How Hollywood Wants to Clickbait You Into Voting
Millions of people have been misdirected to a voter registration site thanks to a funny, deceptive meme
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Major Facebook Investors Push for Mark Zuckerberg to Step Down as Chairman
Proposal comes after another data breach hit 30 million users
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Facebook Inflated Video Views up to 900 Percent, Amended Lawsuit Says
Social network showed “reckless indifference toward the accuracy of its metrics,” according to lawsuit
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Twitter Releases Millions of Russian, Iranian Troll Tweets
Tweets emphasized politicians like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, as well as civil unrest around Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel for the national anthem
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YouTube Hit By Widespread Outage, Including TV and Music Services
Service appeared to be restored after about 90 minutes
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Netflix Smashes Q3 Earnings and Subscriber Projections, Stock Soars 14 Percent
Streaming giant beats analyst subscriber projections by 2 million new customers
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President Trump Has Already Raised $100 Million for 2020 Campaign
POTUS took the unprecedented step of fundraising from the moment he entered office
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Social Media Inflames ‘Identity Politics, Tribalism’
CEO calls the internet a “confirmation bias machine”
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Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies at 65
Allen founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975
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Netflix Q3 Earnings Preview: Can ‘Ozark,’ ‘Black Panther’ Drive International Growth?
Analysts expect strong content slate to drive a bounce-back quarter for streaming giant
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Sears Files for Bankruptcy After Missing $134 Million Debt Payment
The retailer plans to close hundreds of stores by the end of 2018
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Elon Musk Says ‘Teslaquila’ Is ‘Coming Soon’
Electric car company files U.S. trademark application for its own liquor
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Facebook Hack Hit 30 Million Users, Not 50 Million as Originally Believed
Breach left phone numbers and recent search history vulnerable
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Facebook Removes 810 ‘Inauthentic’ Accounts Ahead of Midterm Elections
Spammers were increasingly spreading “sensational political content,” Facebook says
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Walmart to Develop ‘Interactive Content’ With $250 Million Eko Partnership
W*E Interactive Ventures will create content viewers where viewers can choose the plot direction
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Kanye West Pitches ‘iPlane 1’ to President Trump as Air Force One Replacement
Rapper says they’ll get Apple to make the hydrogen-powered plane
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President Trump, Flanked by Kid Rock, Signs Music Modernization Act
Artists are “not going to be treated unfairly anymore,” says president
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Jimmy Buffett Sued By Trucker for ‘Severe Bodily Injury’ Caused by Fallen Stage Equipment
Mary Kay Puckett is seeking at least $75,000 for injuries sustained from 2016 incident
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Netflix, Facebook Can’t Escape Wall Street’s Worst Day in Months
S&P 500 continued its worst streak in two years
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Elon Musk Says Report James Murdoch Will Become Tesla Chairman Is ‘Incorrect’
Musk agreed to step down — while remaining chief executive — as he settled fraud charges with SEC last month
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WarnerMedia Announces Streaming Service Slated for 2019 Debut
CEO John Stankey says HBO will be the centerpiece of bundle
