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HelloVote is seeking to bring voter registration further into the digital age. HelloVote wants to attract young and underrepresented voters through text and Facebook Messenger. Getty Images Launching Thursday, HelloVote said it’s a chatbot-based tool that allows voters to register over text message or Facebook Messenger in under one minute. Voters can go to hello.vote, …

With less than six weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are hoping a new social media app will help the party attract voters, volunteers and donations to support their party’s candidates. The Republicans are hoping a new app will help the party get more voters out on Election Day. Republican National Committee The GOP launched the Lead Right 2016 …

Director/writer Joss Whedon is back on Twitter with an important get-out-the-vote campaign wrapped in a video that satirizes traditional campaign commercials and features nearly all of his Avengers, James Franco, Keegan-Michael Key, Stanley Tucci and more. Whedon and friends make no attempt to hide their disdain for the Republican presidential candidate. The video calls Trump a “racist, abusive coward who …

Thanks to phones and social media, a lot has changed since President Obama’s election eight years ago. Obama, making his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, reflected on the progress that’s been made on global issues during his presidency, from pulling the nation out of the 2008 financial crisis to pushing for attention on issues like …

The sprint to dominate music streaming isn’t the only race commanding Spotify’s attention. The streaming music service on Tuesday launched a weekly series of video and podcast-like clips, aimed at educating young US listeners on election issues. “Music and social issues have always been linked — music both reflects the culture in which we live but also helps shape it,” …

Apple TV might not be getting an Amazon Video app anytime soon, but the latest software upgrade, available today for free, brings some new capabilities including new Siri voice tricks, “dark mode” and control for smart home devices. Absent for now, however, is one of the bigger usability enhancements Apple promised earlier this year: single sign-on. Apple’s representative told CNET …

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is upping the ante in his fight to make sure the US maintains control over the Internet. The former presidential candidate is meeting with conservative congressional leaders in an effort to block the US Department of Commerce from transferring its oversight of the domain-naming system for the Internet, which is scheduled to happen on October 1. …

Get ready for YouTube’s mockery of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to really look the part. At its “YouTube Spaces” in Los Angeles and New York, Google’s video site has created fake election settings for video makers to use. Los Angeles has a 360-degree Oval Office and a multipurpose set including a news desk, presidential podium and polling station. New …

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Maria Booth and I sit at a table at Mälarpaviljongen, a gay-friendly bar and cafe in Stockholm. It’s a sunny, breezy day on the Baltic waterway that surrounds the city. The cafe’s floating patio …

OK, Google, where do I vote? Yup, the search giant is adding information about how to vote in the upcoming presidential election in November. When people search for information about voting, they’ll get information, such as what’s on the ballot in each state, the ID requirements and deadlines for voting by mail. “We hope this customized state-by-state guide will help …