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As the U.S. braces for midterm elections, the first major voting cycle since the violence on January 6, Elon Musk’s intensely chaotic Twitter takeover adds more uncertainty to an already tense time. While other major platforms pull out their dusty playbooks for dealing with viral misinformation, coordinated attacks and misleading claims about election results, Twitter’s…
Siri, show me fintech companies, founded in the last two years, that haven’t raised over the past year but have grown headcount by 100% in the same time frame; and can it be founded by Stanford alumni whose Twitter traction has grown by at least 50% in the last six months? This is Harmonic’s vision;…
Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI have been sued by programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick for breaking several policies, copyright terms, and laws that could amount to damages of over $9 billion. The claim alleges that GitHub Copilot, which is designed to translate natural language into code, violates the terms of open source licenses by being trained…
YouTube Shorts, the vertical, short-form, and very TikTok-like YouTube video format is now making its way to TV screens. The sixty-second clips have been wildly successful for YouTube. Sunder Pichai, CEO of YouTube’s parent company Alphabet, revealed earlier this year that Shorts get over a billion views daily. Quick to capitalize on it, the developers…
Ron DeSantis talked about reforming the Republican Party long before Trump became its leader. Experts say DeSantis has leveraged his past and his family today to help him stand out with voters. We went through footage of DeSantis to find out how he positioned himself to become the next GOP leader. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
John Tyson mugshot Washington County Sheriff’s Office Tyson Foods CFO John Tyson was arrested Sunday in Arkansas after allegedly becoming intoxicated. He was also arrested on trespassing after a woman who didn’t know him found him asleep in her bed. Tyson is a fourth-generation member of the Tyson family, and was made CFO of the…
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Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017. Susan Walsh/AP Stewart Rhodes’ testimony opened him up to questions about his spending of Oath Keepers funds. Rhodes acknowledged “falling-outs” and a board member resigning over scrutiny of…