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Tech NewsUber Buys Uber for Booze
Uber is getting into the alcohol-delivery business by buying an alcohol-delivery business. On Tuesday, Uber announced its plan to purchase Drizly for $1.1 billion, expanding its grip on the gig worker-powered delivery ecosystem. Drizly’s booze-focused service will eventually be integrated into the Uber Eats app, according to the company. In a statement, Uber CEO Dara … Continued
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Tech NewsSEC Issues Vague Threats Against Everyone Involved in the GameStop Stock Saga
The Securities and Exchange Commission broke its silence Friday morning on the populist investor uprising that has sent the stock price of beleaguered retailer GameStop “to the moon,” warning everyone involved that they are watching… and, for the time being, not doing a whole lot else, it seems. “The Commission will closely review actions taken … Continued
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Tech NewsRobinhood Sued by Furious GameStop Stockholders
Stock-trading app Robinhood now faces a class-action lawsuit after it blocked stock purchases of GameStop and other companies favored by Reddit’s WallStreetBets community on Thursday morning. The complaint alleges Robinhood violated its customer agreement when it failed to disclose that it would “randomly pull a profitable stock from its platform.” It claims Robinhood’s explanation for … Continued
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Tech News‘Democratized Finance’ App Robinhood Halts Purchases Of GameStop, AMC, American Airlines
The lulz (and soaring financial gains) of Reddit’s insurgent investor community, WallStreetBets, are on hold Thursday morning as popular stock-trading app Robinhood halted key types of trades of its favorite stocks due to “significant market volatility.” Robinhood’s decision to halt trading on GameStop and other Reddit “YOLO” stocks is the latest bump in the ongoing … Continued
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Tech NewsError 404: The Internet Broke
A strange outage is impacting internet users in the Northeast U.S. It’s not entirely clear what is going on, but it sure is annoying. Around noon on Tuesday, outage reports began pouring in, according to DownDetector, which tracks online service outages. But it’s not limited to one company; users reported issues with Comcast, Google, Zoom, … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Fate of Trump’s Facebook Account to be Decided by Facebook’s Supreme Court
Facebook has handed the keys locking Donald Trump off its platforms over to its Oversight Board, which will decide whether the former president can once again spew his thoughts on a major social network. The question of whether to restore Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram, which the company blocked the day after Trump helped … Continued
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EartherThere Is Such a Thing as Too Late
No one needed to predict a frothing horde of Trump supporters would lay siege to the Capitol on Wednesday because they told us that was the plan all along. They told us not just on Twitter, TikTok, and TheDonald in the weeks leading up to the attack. They’ve been telling us for years from the … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebook Blocks Trump ‘Indefinitely’
Facebook has blocked President Donald Trump from accessing his accounts “indefinitely,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on Thursday morning, just hours after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building seemingly at the president’s behest. The swift action against the president is a stark departure for Facebook, which has allowed … Continued
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Tech News190,000 Ceiling Fans Recalled After Blades Flew Off and Hit People
More than 190,000 fans sold at Home Depot in the United States and Canada have been recalled by the manufacturer because the blades can detach, fly through the air, and hit people. The recalled fan is the Hampton Bay 54 in. Mara Indoor/Outdoor ceiling fan, which was sold exclusively at Home Depot and via its … Continued
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Tech NewsHere’s How the Mysterious Twitter ‘Carp’ Meme Came to Be
For a brief moment on Friday night, spectacularly bored and homebound Twitter users marveled in delight at a strange phenomenon on the social network: Everyone was tweeting the word “carp.” Questions abounded. What? Why? Huh? I’m missing something, right? Now, hundreds of thousands of tweets and at least one dumb joke blog later, we have … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Best Gifts for Chicken Nerds
This year, we have to find the silver linings wherever we can. One of those glimmering plus-sides is a sudden rise in chicken ownership—at least, I’d call that a silver lining. Chickens are great! (Salmonella outbreaks aside, of course.) And plenty of others seem to think so, too. According to My Pet Chicken, which sells … Continued
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Tech NewsDrone Giant DJI Added to U.S. Blacklist
The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added drone maker DJI to its “Entity List,” effectively banning U.S. companies from doing business with the China-based firm. The addition of DJI to the Entity List, first reported by Reuters, marks a last-minute acceleration in the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese firms and follows similar action against Huawei, … Continued
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Tech NewsTwitter Kills Periscope Because It Was a Broken Cash-Suck
Livestreaming app Periscope, beloved by far-right conspiracy theorists and child predators alike, will be put out of its misery by the end of this coming March, Twitter announced on Tuesday. Shutting down the app was apparently a no-brainer that was a long time coming. According to Twitter, which purchased Periscope in 2015, the app was … Continued
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Tech NewsChuck Yeager, First Faster-Than-Sound Pilot, Dies at 97
America has lost one of its great daredevils of the sky. Chuck Yeager, the Air Force test pilot who made history by being the first person to break the sound barrier, died on Monday evening. He was 97. “It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed … Continued
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Tech NewsNobody’s Gonna Miss You
Cartoonish internet supervillain Ajit Pai, the Donald Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced Monday that he is leaving the agency on Jan. 20 before the incoming Biden administration shows him the door. Pai’s departure marks the end of an era at the FCC overshadowed by scandals, screw-overs, and screw-ups. Despite the list … Continued
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Tech NewsBrits Upset Apple Cart
Police in central England are asking for help catching thieves who made off with an estimated $6.6 million in Apple gadgets last Tuesday night. Between 7:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time on Nov. 10, thieves hijacked a truck carrying some 48 pallets of Apple products, including iPads, AirPods, and Apple Watches, police said. The … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityThese Are the Creepiest Gadgets of 2020, According to Mozilla
The weather outside is turning frightful, and that means it’s time for the Mozilla Foundation to scare the crap out of you with its annual “Privacy Not Included” buyer’s guide. Each year, the Mozilla Foundation judges a handful of gadgets based on their privacy chops, giving shoppers an easy way to judge whether a gift … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeThe Biggest Climate Report in the U.S. Is Reportedly Being Led by a Climate Denier Now
The Trump administration has found yet another way to slow-release malignant stupidity into our future world. A climate-denying National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist known for cheering global warming’s ability to create enormous crabs has reportedly been tapped to lead the creation of the most important climate study the U.S. government produces. According to the … Continued
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