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Saturday, September 21, 2019

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Facebook on Tuesday unveiled its blueprint for an independent oversight board to review the company’s decisions about the posts, photos and videos it takes down or leaves online, responding to a wave of criticism that inconsistent policies have undermined the platform.

Facebook's 'Supreme Court,' where users can go to contest the company's decisions

The roughly 40-person panel is supposed to serve as the final word for Facebook users who want to appeal the company's moderation decisions about the posts, photos and videos it takes down or leaves online.
Woman with having natural hair have faced obstacles at work.

More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work

"I wear my hair straight probably 99 percent of the time because, being in corporate America, I've seen how clients who have braids and natural hair styles can be looked upon," says Minda Harts, founder of a career development company for women of color.
Facebook’s new Portal TV is a $149 box with a camera that turns a TV into a giant video-chatting and co-watching device.

Facebook is still trying to make the Portal happen

Facebook isn't giving up on its dream of putting a camera in everyone's home.
In The Post’s gadget lab, we tested the tracking built into TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL-Roku and Vizio.

You watch TV. Your TV watches back.

Your TV records may not contain sensitive search queries or financial data, but that history is a window to your interests, personality, joys and embarrassments. And they're grabbing it because, legally speaking, tens of millions of us gave our permission.
A rooftop dining terrace to seat 101 people, where Tyler Hite brings out a key lime pie on Thursday, is a new feature of the Cooper’s Hawk restaurant set to open Monday in Downers Grove.
Cooper's Hawk brings reserve room, rooftop dining to Downers Grove
Ready to wine down? Cooper's Hawk opens its 40th restaurant and winery Monday in Downers Grove.
This is an aerial view of the largest flour mill ever built from the ground up in North America. The sprawling mill next to Interstate 39 sports its own railroad overpass rising above a looping track that enables it to unload 110-car grain trains in 15 hours.
ADM opens huge flour mill in Mendota, replacing Chicago plant
Archer Daniels Midland Co. this week officially opened the largest North American flour mill built new from the ground up in downstate Mendota, replacing a 122-year-old mill in Chicago's rapidly redeveloping Fulton Market area, just west of the Loop.
Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of illnesses and deaths related to vaping. The nation's largest retailer said Friday, Sept. 20 that it will complete its exit from e-cigarettes after selling through current inventory. It cited growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity regarding vaping products. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes at its stores
Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string illnesses and deaths related to vaping.
A three-way selfie stick, nicknamed the Triclops, helps The Washington Post’s Geoffrey A. Fowler test three camera phones at once. Washington Post photo by James Pace-Cornsilk
Should you buy the iPhone 11? The new Apple upgrade rule
We're calling an end to a golden rule of tech: You no longer have to upgrade your iPhone every two years. Three will do just fine.
After a rally in Usher Park, a large crowd walks through downtown Itasca Wednesday to what was supposed to be the first public hearing about a proposed drug and alcohol treatment facility.
'We want to save lives': Haymarket says it's proceeding with Itasca rehab center plans despite opposition
Haymarket Center officials are pushing forward with their bid to open an Itasca addiction treatment facility despite a resistance campaign that brought overflow crowds to what was supposed to be the first public hearing on the project.
Lake Zurich won’t be welcoming recreational marijuana retailers to town. The village board voted 5-1 Monday to ban sales when use and possession becomes legal in Illinois on Jan. 1.
Lake Zurich bans recreational pot sales
Lake Zurich will ban the sale of recreational marijuana in the village when its possession and use becomes legal in Illinois next year.
Deerfield-based Walgreens will be the first retailer in the U.S. to test an on-demand drone delivery service with Wing in Christiansburg, Virginia next month.
Walgreens to test drone delivery
Walgreens will be the first retailer in the U.S. to test an on-demand drone delivery service with Wing in Christiansburg, Virginia next month. Credit: Wing
Business Ledger | Call for Nominations to Run for CCU's Board of Directors
Consumers Credit Union is now accepting nominations for members to run for its board of directors.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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