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Churches And Politicians Lie To People To Get Money When For Anyone Else, That Would Be Fraud

[photo1]Believe it or not, I was an altar boy for many years (they now call them "altar servers" and girls can do it too -- hey, even the Catholic Church progresses somewhat over time). However, unles...

Mar 2023

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After a string of creator controversies, Twitch is pretty sure it made the right changes

Despite a number of recent controversies, from unpopular monetization changes to rampant ads to high-profile creators leaving for YouTube, Twitch thinks now is the best time to be on the platform."I d...

Mar 2023

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Pixel Watch sales power Google to No. 2 in worldwide wearables marketshare

Believe it or not, the Pixel Watch appears to be a hit! At least, that's according to new numbers from Canalys, which has Google capturing the No. 2 spot for worldwide wearable band marketshare in Q4 ...

Mar 2023

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Who Would Make A More Exciting Presidential Candidate: Ron DeSantis Or A Piece Of Dry Toast?

(Photo by Ronda Churchill/Getty Images)I suppose if you went back and read everything I've ever written, you could be forgiven for thinking I'm a big ol' liberal lefty. Yes, it's true: I believe in so...

Mar 2023

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Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 16.4 to Developers

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 16.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the launch of the second tvOS 16.4 beta.tvOS updates are usually...

Mar 2023

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Facebook's latest test brings back in-app messaging

Facebook head Tom Alison announced today that the company is testing the ability for users to access their Messenger inbox within the Facebook app. Back in 2016, Facebook removed messaging capabilitie...

Mar 2023

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BetterHelp owes customers $7.8M after FTC alleges data mishandling

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requiring online therapy company BetterHelp to pay $7.8 million to consumers in a settlement over alleged data mishandling between 2017 and 2020. This marks the f...

Mar 2023

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Uber and Lyft Are More Likely to Fire Drivers of Color, Report Says

[photo1]Vittoria ElliottJames Jordan had worked as an Uber driver in Los Angeles for five and a half years by the spring of 2022. But in late March, after a flurry of customer complaints, Jordan found...

Feb 2023

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Kuo: Apple to Launch High-End and Low-End Versions of Second-Generation Headset in 2025

Apple's cheaper second-generation AR/VR headset will come in two high-end and low-end models, according to Apple industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.Apple's second-generation AR/MR headset has two high-end ...

Feb 2023

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We Sure Have A Lot Of Complaints As The Most Pampered People In History

[photo1]No one can deny that we have problems in America in 2023. There are mass shootings, there is Russian disinformation, there are apparently spy balloons floating overhead. We should, of course, ...

Feb 2023

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ByteDance's Slack-like tool generated $100M in 2022

Feishu, ByteDance's workplace collaboration app, surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue last year, Xie Xin, the chief executive of Feishu, told staff Thursday, according to a person famili...

Feb 2023

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Intuitive Machines' post-SPAC war chest depleted by shareholder redemptions

Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines received far less cash from its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) than it forecasted, according to filings with the U.S. Securities a...

Feb 2023

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Talked To Some Union Guys Building Buses And The Secret Service, Also Kamala Harris Was There

Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)The news cycle has been dominated by deadly military jets shooting down mysterious but apparently benign objects with $400,000 Sidewind...

Feb 2023

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Who Cares What Law Students Think? We Do!

[photo1]Did you interview for a 2023 summer associate position?Which firms impressed you? Which were disappointing? Whose offer, if any, did you ultimately accept?Tell us about it in this shor...

Feb 2023

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Apple Music Halftime Show: Rihanna Interview, iPhone Wallpaper, and More

Apple Music is the official sponsor of the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show taking place this Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Rihanna will be the headline singer at the show, and Apple...

Feb 2023

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The UK government just threw a huge wrench in Microsoft's Activision deal

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) came down squarely against Microsoft's proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Wednesday morning. In a sprawling provisional report summary, the...

Feb 2023

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What Does The Future Look Like To Millennial Lawyers?

[photo1]According to a 2022 ATL survey, more than 40 percent of associates plan to leave their firms within the next couple of years.Is firm "loyalty" a meaningful concept for young attorneys? As the...

Feb 2023

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Affirm's stock plunges as it misses earnings, cuts 500 jobs and shutters crypto unit

Citing economic turbulence, buy now, pay later giant Affirm announced today that it is reducing its staff by 19%, or about 500 employees, and shutting down its crypto unit.That leaves the company with...

Feb 2023

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Biden administration acknowledges it can force Bitcoin mines to disclose pollution

Federal agencies have the authority to force crypto mining companies to divulge how much energy they use and greenhouse gas emissions they create, according to letters between the agencies and Democra...

Feb 2023

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Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics Is an Actual Linguistic Thing

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Pia Ceres
"Blank Space, baby," "red lip classic," "look what you made me do," a million allusions to lost scarves--across subreddits and Twitter, Taylor Swift fans communicate in code. ...

Feb 2023