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How a Second Trump Presidency Could Impact Truth Social

Donald Trump's majority ownership in Truth Social's parent company creates another curveball if he wins a second presidential term.

Kiplinger · Aug 17, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg gave his ex-engineer startup at advice 2am over chess

Mark Zuckerberg told ex-Facebook intern Sophie Novati: ‘Figure out a way to capture people's valuable attention’.

Fortune · Aug 17, 2024

Lawmakers send letter to Zuckerberg saying Meta approved ads for illicit drugs

In July, a watchdog group found over 450 drug advertisements on Facebook and Instagram, including images of “piles of pills” and “bricks of cocaine.”

Fortune · Aug 16, 2024

Many of Epic's exclusivity deals were 'not good investments,' says Tim Sweeney, but the free games program 'has been just magical'

The most cost-effective way to get new users on the Epic Games Store has been the free games, not the exclusives.

PC Gamer · Aug 16, 2024

What business can do to fight misinformation

Business leaders have a vested interest in combating false information.

Fortune · Aug 16, 2024

Meta just closed a vital online research tool. It’s bad news for the fight against misinformation

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

Meta Fends Off AI-aided Deception As US Election Nears

Russia is putting generative artificial intelligence to work in online deception campaigns, but its efforts have been unsuccessful, according to a Meta security report released Thursday.

International Business Times · Aug 16, 2024

An exposé of whatever-it-takes culture, Eric Beecher’s The Men Who Killed the News is an idealistic book for the times

Eric Beecher is a rare beast: a combination of journalist, media owner and idealist. In 1984, aged 33, he became the youngest-ever editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and he has worked around the world as a journalist. He is currently chair and the largest shareholder in Private Media, owner…

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2024

50 Hilariously Relatable Memes If You Need To Feel Seen Today

This Facebook page has been sharing memes since 2012. The post 50 Hilariously Relatable Memes If You Need To Feel Seen Today first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Aug 15, 2024

DapuStor and Memblaze Target Global Expansion with State-of-the-Art Enterprise SSDs

The growth in the enterprise SSD (eSSD) market has outpaced that of the client SSD market over the last few years. The requirements of AI servers for both training and inference has been the major impetus in this front. In addition to the usual vendors like Samsung, Solidigm, Micron, Kioxia,…

AnandTech · Aug 15, 2024