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Amazon’s next CEO defends the company against racial bias reports in an internal note but says there’s “a lot of work to do”Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon Web Services and successor to Jeff Bezos. | Asa Mathat for Vox Media Andy Jassy was responding to allegations...
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What companies can do to speed up board diversityIn the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, companies promised to make their boards more diverse. | FangXiaNuo via...
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The bigger stakes of the TikTok debateIt’s not just TikTok that’s in trouble. The open internet is too. On August 6, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting...
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Facebook banned violent militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform.Protesters belonging to a group that calls itself the Three Percenters attend an alt-right rally on August 17, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. | Photo...
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Apple’s Fortnite ban, explainedApple is facing increasing pressure to change its App Store practices. | Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Epic Games is suing the iPhone...
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Problems with the Postal Service are getting worseSome say that recent delays in the mail are part of an effort by President Trump to sabotage mail-in ballots in the November election. | Paul...
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Trump’s China fight has extended to TikTok. But is it really a threat?Yan Guolin/VCG via Getty Images What we know — and don’t know — about the alleged national security concerns surrounding TikTok and WeChat....
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Trump issued an executive order effectively banning TikTok if it doesn’t sell in the next 45 daysPresident Donald Trump is reportedly expected to issue an order compelling social media app TikTok to sell its US operations. | Anna...
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Last week the US wanted to break up Big Tech. Now it’s trying to supersize it.Donald Trump sits next to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a 2017 event. | Chip Somodevilla / Getty The TikTok/Microsoft deal — if it happens...
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On Mars, an autonomous rover and helicopter will roam freeThe Perseverance rover is the size of a small car and more technologically sophisticated than anything you’ve ever seen. | NASA / JPL Some...
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The Big Tech hearings won’t lead to real change. That’s okay.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in October 2019. | Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images The heads of Apple,...
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Join the Vox Book Club!Zac Freeland/Vox Our pick for July 2020 is Rodham, by Curtis Sittenfeld. Here’s how the Vox Book Club works: Every month, we pick a...
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Contraband cellphones have given us prison TikTokPeople who are incarcerated are turning to TikTok to express themselves and show what living conditions are like inside prison. | Sajjad...
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Lawmakers are very upset about this week’s massive Twitter breachSen. Ron Wyden spoke out against Twitter’s lax security after this week’s breach. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images A hacker took over countless...
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Amazon walks back its order for employees to delete TikTok from their phonesSoumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Employees can use the social media app on their phones, after all. Amazon says its request that...
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How can we ban facial recognition when it’s already everywhere?Apple iPhones offer Face ID, which allows you to unlock your phone and some apps by using a facial scan. | AFP via Getty Images A growing...
