Summary List Placement Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged that Russia will “pay a price” for attempted election meddling in the 2020 election while speaking at a CNN town hall, as President Donald Trump attacked FBI Director Christopher Wray on Twitter for affirming that election interference is taking place in 2020. Biden referred to election […]
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Biden admits at CNN town hall that he’s benefited from white privilege
Summary List Placement Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday acknowledged that white privilege has worked in his favor. “I’ve benefited just because I don’t have to go through what my Black brothers and sisters have had to go through,” Biden told CNN’s Anderson Cooper during a drive-in town hall at PNC Field in Moosic, […]
How to delete individual Facebook messages or entire conversations on your computer or mobile device
Summary List Placement Facebook’s instant messaging system is a handy way to connect with friends, acquaintances, or anyone else you’re trying to get in touch with on the platform. In a desktop web browser, messaging happens within the Facebook website, but on your phone, it’s a separate app entirely. Either way, Facebook gives you the tools […]
Sumo Logic is the latest in a string of enterprise tech firms to go public and its CEO shares the ‘three dimensions’ for growth that it’s constantly balancing (SUMO)
Summary List Placement Data analytics company Sumo Logic was the latest in a line of enterprise tech companies to go public, debuting Thursday, a day after the software companies Snowflake and JFrog. The company’s stock price saw a modest 22% pop, closing at $26.88 per share. The company decided to enter the public markets amid […]
Evangelical leaders express shock over report of sterilization of detainees at an ICE detention facility
Summary List Placement Evangelical leaders are expressing horror over allegations that women at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center have been non-consensually sterilized, saying the claims should be investigated and that the US government should embrace alternatives to incarceration. In a statement released Sept. 17, the Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition of […]
President Trump’s move to force ByteDance to sell TikTok is part of a growing global trend of countries scrutinizing who owns their citizens’ data
Summary List Placement The Trump administration’s hardline stance against ByteDance and TikTok has turned into something of a public spectacle, which is unusual when it comes to government scrutiny of deals for national security concerns. But ByteDance isn’t the first foreign — or, particularly, Chinese — company to come under scrutiny by US authorities […]
Joe Rogan falsely claimed that ‘left-wing’ activists set forest fires in Oregon
Summary List Placement Podcast host Joe Rogan recently echoed a debunked claim that “left-wing” activists had been arrested for setting forest fires in Oregon on the latest episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “They’ve arrested people for lighting forest fires up there,” Rogan said on the podcast while speaking about Portland, Oregon. “They’ve arrested left-wing […]
THE CONTENT MODERATION REPORT: Social platforms are facing a massive content crisis — here’s why we think regulation is coming and what it will look like
Summary List Placement This is a preview of The Content Moderation Report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. To check to see if you already have access to Business Insider Intelligence through your company, click here. Content moderation has become a top priority for social platforms — including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn […]
Beyond search, YouTube, and Cloud: Here are the 4 products that analysts believe could be Google’s next big revenue hits (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Google now has nine products with over 1 billion monthly active users, but the company’s revenue engine still primarily runs on search and advertising. It will probably be a long time before moonshot bets like Waymo and Loon start paying off for Google, but Wall Street need not panic: experts believe the […]
Facebook employees with video camera glasses are prowling the streets to do research on privacy (FB)
Summary List Placement Facebook is years deep into a project that aims to replace smartphones with augmented reality glasses. Its first step toward that goal, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a broadcast on Wednesday, is creating a set of smartglasses — standard eyeglasses, but with “smart” functionality like cameras and wireless internet connectivity. Those glasses […]
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez reportedly dropped $33 million for a mansion on a high-security Miami island that’s guarded 24/7 — take a look inside
Summary List Placement SEE ALSO: ‘Rocky’ actor Sylvester Stallone is trying to sell his desert home in an exclusive private community east of LA. Here’s a look inside. NOW READ: Jackie Kennedy’s childhood summer home just hit the market. Look inside the 125-year-old Hamptons property. Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have snatched up a […]
Twitter is ramping up account security measures for high-profile US politicians and media to prevent hacking ahead of 2020 elections (TWTR)
Summary List Placement Twitter announced in a blog post Thursday that it’s taking new proactive measures to protect the accounts of high-profile US politicians, government officials, candidates, and news media ahead of the 2020 elections. “Voters, political candidates, elected officials and journalists rely on Twitter every day to share and find reliable news and information […]