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'Me too.' Alyssa Milano urged assault victims to tweet in solidarity. The response was massive.
Oct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Actress Alyssa Milano took to Twitter on Sunday with an idea, suggested by a friend, she said. She urged any women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted to write ...
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Facebook and Instagram were down for many users
Oct 11, 2017 1:00 am - The feeds stopped flowing across the world. Facebook confirmed Wednesday that several of its users were having trouble accessing the social network and its sister netwo...
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Russian Facebook ads showed black woman firing rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strife
Oct 02, 2017 1:00 am - One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing" a rifl...
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The week in fake news: The real facts behind these widely shared stories
Sep 22, 2017 1:00 am - A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
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Equifax asks consumers for personal info, even after massive data breachSep 08, 2017 1:00 am - After hackers gained access to Equifax files that included sensitive personal data on 143 million Americans, the credit reporting company said Thursday it will offer fre...
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Making sense of Facebook Watch
Aug 12, 2017 7:20 am - Facebook Watch, the social network's new video site, started rolling out Thursday. Watch is the social network's first attempt to showcase videos made specifically for F...
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David Letterman, Netflix working on new showAug 08, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK - David Letterman, who said goodbye to his long-running talk show two years ago, will say hello to TV again with a new show for Netflix. Netflix announced Tuesd...
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R.I.P. Gchat - You let us pretend we were working
Jul 01, 2017 7:18 am - Gchat was born the day after Hurricane Katrina: Aug. 24, 2005. The latter made landfall in Louisiana a few days later, thrashed cities and killed people and became short...
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Aspiring YouTube star shoots, kills boyfriend in stunt gone wrong
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Feder: Robin Amer to launch investigative podcast seriesJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Robin Amer, a stellar investigative journalist and former deputy editor of the Chicago Reader, has joined Gannett's USA Today Network to launch "The City," an ambitious ...