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Better Business Bureau tips for cybersecurity safetyOct 16, 2023 12:08 PM - October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an important time to embrace simple actions that can keep you safer.
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Musk's X has taken down hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, CEO says
Oct 12, 2023 8:27 AM - Elon Musk's social media platform X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled thousands of pieces of content since the militant group's attack on Israel, according to the CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter.
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Jeremy Rahn named director of data governance, IT, security operations at DataDeliversOct 5, 2023 6:50 PM - Jeremy Rahn has been appointed the director of data governance, IT, and security operations team of DataDelivers, a leading marketing technology firm.
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X removes article headlines in latest platform update, widening a rift with news media
Oct 5, 2023 1:56 PM - X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Now, X only displays an article's lead image and a link to the story.
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Media entrepreneur unites young activists with power brokers for fight to make social media safe
Oct 5, 2023 10:23 AM - The newly-formed Sustainable Media Center is intent on stopping companies from using algorithms to push damaging information to vulnerable youths, dark things like suicide methods. Venture capitalist and trustee Bradley Tusk has seen it personally; he believes his daughter's eating disorder was made worse by what she saw online.
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Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion
Oct 4, 2023 1:29 PM - A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebrities, before his historic fraud was exposed, leaving customers and investors without at least $10 billion they thought was secure. A defense lawyer insisted his client didn't steal from anyone.
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Got packages to return? Call Uber. The ride-hailing service is now offering to return parcels for $5
Oct 4, 2023 1:28 PM - The ride-hailing and delivery company said Wednesday that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores. Uber will charge a flat fee of $5 for the service or $3 for its Uber One members.
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All Onewheel electric skateboards are under recall after 4 deaths and serious injury reports
Oct 2, 2023 2:55 PM - The 300,000 now-recalled skateboards, manufactured by the California-based Future Motion, can stop balancing a rider if the boards' limits are exceeded -- which risks serious crashes, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
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Sam Bankman-Fried must now convince a jury that the former crypto king was not a crook
Oct 2, 2023 2:39 PM - For a while, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to convince politicians and the public that he was the next J.P. Morgan. Now, he has to convince a jury that he wasn't, in reality, the next Bernie Madoff.
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The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution
Sep 29, 2023 9:36 AM - The justices will review laws enacted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas. While the details vary, both laws aim to prevent the social media companies from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
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