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Snap Says It Won’t Promote Snapchat Account of President Trump
Social-media company determines president’s public comments could incite violence. Snap Says It Won't Promote Snapchat Account of President Trump Social-media company Snap Inc. said Wednesday that it would no longer promote the Snapchat account of President Trump on its home page after finding that his public remarks could incite racial…
Obama’s Statement On The Protests Exposes Trump’s Failures
Read this to understand what it would be like to have a real president in office now. Obama’s Statement On The Protests Exposes Trump’s Failures On Monday morning, former President Barack Obama posted a statement on the wave of protests and police violence rocking the country, celebrating peaceful protesters and…
Facebook Labels Trump Posts On Grounds That He’s Inciting Violence
Some staff take issue with company decision to allow the posts about social unrest to remain on the platform. Facebook Labels Trump Posts On Grounds That He's Inciting Violence Some Facebook Inc. employees staged a virtual walkout Monday to protest CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to leave up a post from…
Secret Service Locks Down White House As George Floyd’s Death Protestors Gathered On Pennsylvania Avenue
Protests continue into the night. Here's what 'Justice for George Floyd' protests looked like in DC. Secret Service Locks Down White House As George Floyd's Death Protestors Gathered On Pennsylvania Avenue On D.C.'s first day of reopening, demonstrators marched near the White House, squared off with Secret Service and blocked…
Twitter Adds Fact-Check Notices To Trump Tweets On Mail-In Ballots (#GotBitcoin?)
Move follows earlier appeal by widower that president’s false tweets about death of his wife be pulled down. Twitter Adds Fact-Check Notices To Trump Tweets On Mail-In Ballots (#GotBitcoin?) Twitter Inc. on Tuesday for the first time applied a fact-checking notice to a tweet from President Trump, hours after the…
If You Have 10 Bitcoin Then You’re Now In The Top 0.5% of 30 Million Bitcoin Addresses
There are now 30.4 million Bitcoin addresses with a balance, but those with even a whole coin form a tiny minority. If You Have 10 Bitcoin Then You’re Now In The Top 0.5% of 30 Million Bitcoin Addresses Bitcoin (BTC) wallets with a positive address have crossed 30 million for…
How To Replace Politicians With Computers (It’s Working!) #BitcoinFixesThis #GotBitcoin
After sneaking his AI-written water bill into law, Ramiro Rosário says other public servants could go, too. How To Replace Politicians With Computers (It’s Working!) #BitcoinFixesThis #GotBitcoin The 37-year-old legislator in Brazil’s southern city of Porto Alegre passed the country’s first law in November that was written entirely by ChatGPT,…
Fired State Department Watchdog Was Probing Pompeo’s Requirement Of Staffer To Walk Dog, Pick Up Laundry
Chief diplomat faced allegations in inspector general probe that he asked an aide to walk the dog, pick up his laundry. Fired State Department Watchdog Was Probing Pompeo’s Requirement Of Staffer To Walk Dog, Pick Up Laundry The State Department inspector general ousted by President Trump last week was conducting…
Fed Chair: ‘We Have The Ability To Create Money Digitally’ (#GotBitcoin?)
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the bank has flooded the economy with money and would continue lending programs for as long as they’re needed. Fed Chair: ‘We Have the Ability To Create Money Digitally’ (#GotBitcoin?) Chair of the United States Federal Reserve Jerome Powell recently spoke about measures taken during…
More Than A Dozen Obama Officials Requested ‘Unmasking’ That Identified Michael Flynn in Intelligence Reports
The list includes then-Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan; the requests came after Russian interference in U.S. election. More Than A Dozen Obama Officials Requested ‘Unmasking’ That Identified Michael Flynn in Intelligence Reports The National Security Agency received and approved requests on behalf of more than…
What Happens When A Lender’s Borrowers All Lose Their Jobs At Once?
Credit unions whose borrowers work in casinos, oil and other industries hit hard by the coronavirus struggle to respond. What Happens When A Lender’s Borrowers All Lose Their Jobs At Once? When Nevada’s governor ordered all nonessential businesses to close, Rick Schmidt told his wife, “there goes the Strip.” With…
Google Erases Thousands of Links, Tricked By Phony Complaints
Dubious copyright claims citing 1998 law led the search giant to make unfavorable articles vanish. Google Erases Thousands of Links, Tricked by Phony Complaints A Google search, at one time, could locate a news article on a man accused of attempted child rape, another on someone charged with fraud and…