Tech
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Twitch Disables Trump’s Streaming Channel, Cites ‘Incendiary Rhetoric’
Platform popular with gamers joins Shopify, Facebook and Instagram in giving president the boot
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Facebook ‘Indefinitely’ Bans Trump, Calling Risks ‘Simply Too Great’
CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement Thursday
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Twitter Suspends Trump’s Account for 12 Hours, Threatens Permanent Ban
“Future violations of the Twitter Rules … will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account,” the company said
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Calls for Twitter to Deactivate Trump’s Account Grow Amid Capitol Riot
Retweets and comments have been disabled for Trump video lying about the election, but many feel that’s just not enough
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Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Pay Rose 28% in 2020
Your iPhone 12 Pro Max helped place nearly $15 million in Cook’s pocket
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‘The Mandalorian’ Dethrones ‘Game of Thrones’ as 2020’s Most-Pirated TV Show
“The Boys” came in at No. 2
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How the Pandemic and Streaming Movie Releases Has Led to a Home Entertainment Sales Boom
“Wonder Woman 1984” had to skip theaters, so consumers are bringing theaters home with them
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Facebook Is Creating an AI Tool to Summarize News Articles Into Bullet Points (Report)
The tool, named “TLDR,” was revealed during an end-of-year meeting this week, according to BuzzFeed News
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Apple TV+ Scraps Gawker Series After Email From ‘Surprised’ CEO Tim Cook (Report)
Defunct gossip website outed Cook as gay in 2011
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Ex-Disney Exec Ben Sherwood Finds His Mojo With New App to Reinvent Youth Sports Coaching
Mojo aims to be the digital “one-stop coach-in-the-box” for millions of kids and families who play youth sports
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Dr Safiya Noble Wants Tessa Thompson to Play Her in an ‘Algorithms of Oppression’ Series (Video)
Power Women Summit 2020: “There is something about visibility that I think can help attract other people to want to come and do work in new areas,” she says
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Facebook Told to Divest Instagram and WhatsApp in Antitrust Lawsuits by FTC, 48 States
Social media company under fire for monopoly power, also sued by states under antitrust lawsuit
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Netflix and Headspace Team Up to Help You Meditate, Sleep Better in 2021 (Video)
One of the three new docuseries promises an “interactive experience”
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YouTube Will Now Remove Any Videos Claiming Voter Fraud
YouTube announced Wednesday that any new content uploaded that claims voter fraud or rigging impacted the 2020 election will be deleted
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‘The Office,’ ‘Community’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ Among Reddit’s Most-Popular TV Shows of 2020
“Big Brother” came in at No. 1