TikTok may be known for its young, viral dance craze-loving user base…but you still have to at least pretend to be 13 years or older to use it. On Wednesday, TikTok, the viral video app that blew up in popularity during the pandemic, released its...
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July 1, 2021 albert
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There’s an ongoing debate happening around how the history of racism in America should be taught in schools, with critical race theory back at the centre of it all. But despite its recent politicization by conservatives, the theory has been around since the ’70s, as...
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June 17, 2021 albert
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Substack has attracted a number of high-profile writers to its newsletter platform — and it hasn’t been a secret that the venture-backed startup has lured some of them with sizable payments. For example, a New Yorker article late last year identified several writers (Anne Helen...
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March 18, 2021 albert
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VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of popular news and entertainment app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, said on Monday it has raised over $ 100 million as part of a Series H financing round from Qatar Investment Authority and Glade Brook Capital Partners. The...
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February 8, 2021 albert
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Amazon -owned Ring devices have long been under scrutiny of privacy advocates. Now the brand is dealing with another issue entirely, as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has posted a recall notice for its second-generation doorbell. Some 350,000 units in the U.S. and...
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November 11, 2020 albert
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Alphabet’s board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives at the company have handled misconduct claims, CNBC reported earlier today after viewing materials that it says show an independent subcommittee has been formed — and a law firm hired — to look into...
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November 7, 2019 albert
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As of 2017, there were roughly 7,000 people living without homes in San Francisco, a number that comprises minors — a lot of them. The San Francisco Unified School District estimates that as of 2017, roughly 2,100 of the children in the school system were...
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March 30, 2019 albert
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration has threatened to pull e-cigarettes out of U.S. markets entirely unless e-cig makers take greater measures to curb the youth’s use of their products. Speaking at a public hearing Friday, Scott Gottlieb, the FDA Commissioner, said he...
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January 20, 2019 albert
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Uber is reportedly on track to go public in the first quarter next year, and in the lead up to that, it’s sewing up some loose ends. TechCrunch has learned that Uber has offered a tentative settlement to pay out 11 cents for every mile...
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December 23, 2018 albert
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Google might just have to get used to protests. Weeks after Google employees around the globe walked out of offices in protest of the company’s handling of claims of sexual misconduct, the Mountain View-based search giant is about to face yet another worldwide protest. This...
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