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SpaceX finally sent humans to space. What happens next?The SpaceX Dragon Capsule Demo-2 sent two NASA astronauts to orbit on Saturday, the first time a private company has ever sent a crewed mission...
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Trump is threatening to close down social media companies. Can he actually do that?US President Donald Trump has threatened to regulate or close down social media platforms over purported anti-conservative bias. | Saul...
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Twitter has finally started fact-checking TrumpPresident Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 26, 2020. | Win McNamee/Getty Images After the...
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How safe is it to use public bathrooms right now?Experts say that washing your hands and maintaining social distancing are essential to pandemic toilet trips. | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images...
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The pandemic will put billionaires’ commitment to journalism to the testLaurene Powell Jobs, the majority owner of the Atlantic, onstage at the New York Times DealBook Conference in 2017. | Michael Cohen/Getty Images...
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Apple and Google roll out their new exposure notification tool. Interest seems limited.A new software update will allow iPhones and Android devices to use exposure tracing features built into apps from public health authorities. |...
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Here’s Facebook’s new plan to make you shop on InstagramFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that Instagram will get a new dedicated shopping tab in the coming months. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images...
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Why Attorney General Bill Barr is mad at AppleTrump’s attorney general thinks it’s time for a “legislative solution” that would give the federal government more control over private...
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What it’s like to interpret for coronavirus patients remotelyA US hospital worker in Stamford, Connecticut, speaks through a remote Spanish translator while treating a Guatemalan Covid-19 patient on April...
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What a viral headline about Jeff Bezos becoming a trillionaire gets completely wrong and completely rightJeff Bezos, not a trillionaire. | Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG19/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue The study saying Bezos will be a...
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The Senate just voted to let the government keep surveilling your online life without a warrantSen. Mitch McConnell, a vocal opponent of curtailing the government’s surveillance powers, got his way again. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Many...
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Why Elon Musk disobeyed government orders and reopened a Tesla factoryElon Musk has long been critical of the government’s reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. | Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Photo Elon Musk thinks...
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Twitter now labels misleading coronavirus tweets with a misleading labelTwitter is playing catch up in building a strategy to combat coronavirus misinformation. | Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images Following in the...
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Beware of these futuristic background checksJames Bareham for Vox/Recode Tons of people are looking for work. AI-powered background checks could stand in the way....
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Can I get a coronavirus test at home or not?The FDA has authorized at-home collection for saliva coronavirus tests. | Claudio Reyes / AFP via Getty Images The FDA authorized an...
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The Democratic Party’s most hated startup can’t change what happened in Iowa. But it can change its name.The Iowa caucuses debacle was due to a company called Shadow, which is now no longer called Shadow. | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News...
