A bug in Instagram’s algorithms reportedly pushed content favoring President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign over that of presumptive Democratic rival Joe Biden. A search for Biden showed a variety of pro-Trump content, while searches for Trump didn’t provide hashtags promoting alternative viewpoints, Buzzfeed reported Wednesday. Hashtag searches for #JoeBiden produced over 390,000 posts tagged with …
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Its been a busy year for T-Mobile, but the carrier continues to see subscriber growth and says it has now moved past AT&T to become the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier despite the coronavirus pandemic. For its second quarter, which ended June 30, T-Mobile on Thursday said that it added 1.25 million subscribers, 1.11 million of which were postpaid additions. Of …
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Facebook said Thursday that its employees will be able to continue working from home until July 2021, a move that comes after other tech companies, including Google and Uber, push back plans to reopen their offices as coronavirus cases surge. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company made the decision “based on guidance from health and government experts” and “internal discussions.” …
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Disney will release its live-action film Mulan online through its Disney Plus service on Sept. 4, but it won’t be included as part of a standard subscription. Mulan will cost $30 in the US in addition to Disney Plus’ regular subscription fee, and it will be priced at roughly the same amount in international markets where it’ll be available online too, including Canada, …
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In the short video, a pigeon wearing a chef’s hat makes a Lunchables’ pizza as Italian music plays in the background. The video’s creator, San Francisco art director Pablo Rochat, then picks up the mini pizza and eats it. The quirky video might remind you of content often found on TikTok, the popular short-video app that’s recently landed in political …
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Google’s bid to enter the fitness tracker market through its acquisition of Fitbit has just hit a major roadblock. The EU’s Competition Commission announced on Tuesday that it’s opening a full-scale investigation into the purchase. In a press release, the Commission said it’s concerned Google’s purchase of Fitbit would further entrench its market position in the online advertising markets by …
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Android is getting a feature that’s been beloved among iPhone users for years. Google, which makes the Android mobile operating system, on Tuesday said it’s launching a tool called Nearby Share that lets people quickly send files to the devices of people around them. The feature is similar to Apple’s AirDrop, which debuted for Mac computers in 2011, then came …
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Apple may have expressed interest in possibly buying TikTok, according to a report, the latest in a swirl of speculation about takeover interest in the virally popular social media app. Apple is one of several parties that has expressed interest in TikTok, according to a report Tuesday from Axios, citing multiple unnamed sources; the report disclosed that none of those sources …
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After months of delays, Google on Monday unveiled the Pixel 4A, a budget phone carrying a $349 price tag that’s less than half the cost of last year’s Pixel 4 flagship. The 4A is Google’s latest entry in the midtier phone market and comes as the company struggles to gain traction in the premium phone game. The lower price is unintentionally …
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After reports US President Donald Trump is considering an order to force Beijing-based tech company ByteDance to divest ownership of popular social-video app TikTok, Microsoft has announced it will be “continuing discussion” on a potential purchase of TikTok after a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the President. “Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns,” said Microsoft, in …
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