A nondescript building hidden away in Silicon Valley might hold the key to an NFL team’s Super Bowl chances. Inside, dozens of colorful computers and widescreens at Zebra Technologies‘ command center intricately track the on-field movements of all the nearly 1,700 players active across each week’s National Football League games. The San Jose, California-based company …
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Following months of complaints that Airbnb has a discrimination problem, the online home-sharing service is responding to the matter. San Francisco-based Airbnb has released a 32-page report (PDF) focusing on a new nondiscrimination policy, the company announced by way of a blog post Thursday. The new policy includes asking users to agree to a “community commitment” that could go into …
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US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is providing a rare glimpse into her personality, including how she has dealt with sexism, in a “Humans of New York” Facebook post. The secretary of state and former first lady and New York senator recalled Thursday how, as a college senior, she was one of the only women in a room taking an …
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Football great Cris Carter is never at a loss for words. So it’s no surprise the loquacious former ESPN analyst is now teaming with Twitter to provide live commentary and analysis through Periscope for each NFL Thursday Night Football game this season, starting with tonight’s Super Bowl 50 rematch between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. The Pro Football …
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Oh, the power of Tim Tebow. Twitter went into a tizzy Thursday after the New York Mets tweeted that they’ve signed the former college and pro football quarterback to a minor league baseball contract. There were more than 61,000 tweets (and counting) — good, bad and ugly — amassing into a tidal wave of a trending topic related to the …
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Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 The new version of the software that runs the iPhone and iPad will be out in six days. Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday during the tech giant’s annual late-summer event in San Francisco that Apple’s newest mobile software, iOS 10, will be available September 13. The release …
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Hey football fans, Twitter and the NFL just made it easier to cheer on or chastise your favorite team by launching hashtag emojis for all 32 of them. Unlike regular hashtags, these particular ones surface a team’s logo when you use them. Some teams are trying creative hashtags with mottos or catchphrases like #KeepPounding (Carolina Panthers), #SiegeThe Day (Tampa Bay …
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A sportswriter is thanking the Twitterverse on Thursday after the social network reinstated his suspended account for posting an Olympics GIF. Twitter has reinstated the account of a sportswriter suspended for posting a GIF of a US Olympic gymnast. Twitter Jim Weber, a contributor for Athlon Sports, posted information Wednesday on LinkedIn about how he was “permanently banned” from Twitter …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple patches major flaws with iOS 9.3.5 1:49 Apple is updating its iOS software after internet security experts discovered that a prominent Arab activist’s iPhone was being targeted. Apple has updated its latest version of iOS after reports of security flaws. Oscar Gutiérrez/CNET Reports published Thursday by the San Francisco-based internet security firm Lookout and internet …
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Twitter has suspended an additional 235,000 terrorist-related accounts in its ongoing efforts to combat violent extremism online, the social network said in a blog post Thursday. The move comes more than six months after Twitter said it had suspended more than 125,000 accounts linked to terrorism since mid-2015, bringing the overall total of deactivated accounts to about 360,000. “Since that …
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