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Twitter Announces Mute Button To Silence Annoying Users
Source: Rheana Murray / ABC News Twitter announced today it is introducing a new “mute” button that allows users to silence their friends without unfollowing them. It’s a temporary fix to avoid users...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Targets Tech’s Lack Of Diversity
Rev. Jesse Jackson brought diversity advocates to an eBay shareholder meeting Tuesday. He is pushing to improve Silicon Valley’s poor record of including African Americans and Latinos in hiring, board...
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MEDIAITE: The Pope’s X-Rated Twitter Typo Elicits Some Pretty Horrible Responses
Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite So… when the average joe accidentally makes an x-rated Twitter typo, nary a peep from the internet. But when someone as important as Pope Francis makes one, the...
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FCC And Net Neutrality: What You Need To Know Before Today’s Big Meeting
Source: Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable This story is about net neutrality. Have we lost you yet? Few words strike fear into the hearts of Internet advocates and boredom into the the minds of the general...
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FCC Votes To Move ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules Forward
Source: Julianne Pepitone / NBC News The Federal Communications Commission, which is trying to rewrite the rules for regulating Internet providers, voted 3-2 to publish a proposed new set of “net...
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US Government: China Cited In Cyber-Spying Case
Attorney General Eric Holder announced cyber-espionage charges Monday against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. nuclear power, metal and solar product companies to gain trade...
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Status Update: Facebook Not So Diverse
Source: Jessica Guynn / USA Today SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook, the world’s most popular social network, for the first time released statistics on the makeup of its workforce that do not reflect the...
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Rihanna’s Palestine Tweet Gets 7,000 Retweets Before She Deletes It
Source: Evan McMurry / Mediaite Rihanna, fresh from livetweeting the World Cup, sent out a slightly more charged tweet Tuesday morning: She deleted it about shortly afterward, but not before it...
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Few Minorities In Non-Tech Jobs In Silicon Valley, USA TODAY Finds
Source: Jessica Guynn, Paul Overberg, Marco della Cava and Jon Swartz / USA Today SAN FRANCISCO — In 2014, leading technology companies released data showing they vastly underemploy African Americans...
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Office Of Personnel Management Says Second Hack Affected More Than 21M Americans
Source: Erin Kelly and David Jackson / USA Today WASHINGTON — The massive hack of background check records at the Office of Personnel Management compromised the data of 21.5 million people — five times...
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