Facebook said Thursday it identified and removed hundreds of pages and accounts linked to Myanmar military efforts to spread fake news and hate speech, which has fueled deadly violence in the country. In all, Facebook said it removed 425 Facebook pages, 135 Facebook accounts, 17 Facebook groups and 15 Instagram accounts linked to the Myanmar …
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Apple is giving back to the armed forces — in the form of a new online store with a relatively big discount. The consumer electronics giant on Monday launched a new store — linked out via its main Apple Store site — for both veterans and active military personnel that offers a 10 percent discount on Apple products and other …
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Google is committed to diversity and supports its employees in their protests, the company’s financial chief said Monday. Ruth Porat, chief financial officer of Alphabet and Google, said Monday during the Wall Street Journal D.Live conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., that she participated in this month’s walkouts with her financial team. “Diversity overall makes an organization stronger,” she said. “People …
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The Belgian defense ministry plans to sue Google over its failure to blur satellite images that reveal military sites. The ministry said it requested that sites like air bases and nuclear power stations be obscured on the search giant’s satellite mapping services, citing national security, according to Reuters. It plans to sue Google for not complying with the requests, said …
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The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it had seized nine copycat websites that harvested and sold users’ personal information by posing as US military recruitment sites. The operators of websites such as Army.com and NavyEnlist.com tricked people interested in joining the military out of their personal information by falsely claiming to be affiliated with specific branches of the military, …
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Google is giving US veterans find jobs that fit the skills they learned in the military, and highlighting veteran-led businesses in searches. Those who’ve been in the military can now search “jobs for veterans” in Google, then use their military job codes — such as MOS, AFSC or NEC — to narrow down the job listings to those needing the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Overkill: $3M missile destroys $200 drone 1:15 We’ve heard about people shooting down drones buzzing over their property, but this takes things to a whole new level: A store-bought quadcopter drone has been shot down by a Patriot surface-to-air missile. “That quadcopter that cost 200 bucks from Amazon.com did not stand a chance against a Patriot,” …
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There are few rock formations more recognizable than the Rock of Gibraltar, a towering white and green peak jutting out from Spain and up from the Mediterranean. Its location, so close to the Strait of Gibraltar and within sight of North Africa, has been a key defensive position for centuries. A British Overseas Territory for 300 years, it’s now mostly …
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