Tech
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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
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Former Politico Journalists to Launch Playbook Newsletter Competitor (Report)
Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan are the latest journalists strike out on their own with an independent newsletter, per Axios
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OANN Blasts YouTube Suspension: ‘Arbitrary Rules Infringe Upon First Amendment Rights’
The conservative channel says that the video in question was “unlisted,” not “public”
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Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: The Looming Antitrust Case Against Facebook | PRO Video
As regulators revisit Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram, can the FTC fine a company for an acquisition it previously approved?
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Inside the Making of Zynga’s First ‘Star Wars’ Mobile Game
“We have a beloved property that literally spans generations and each generation has their own take on the brand,” studio head Jeff Hickman tells TheWrap
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Virtual Concerts Are Set to Reshape the Music Industry Post-Pandemic
“COVID is going to prove over time to be the greatest thing that ever happened to the music industry,” music technology investor Zach Katz tells TheWrap
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Zuckerberg Says Steve Bannon Video Calling for Dr Fauci’s Beheading ‘Did Not Cross the Line’
Facebook CEO defends decision not to suspend former Trump adviser over video advocating execution of Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray
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Strong ‘Monster Hunter,’ ‘Resident Evil’ Video Game Sales Bode Well for Film Adaptations
Capcom has sold a whopping 16.4 million copies of “Monster Hunter: World” in two years