Hurricane-ravaged North Carolina kicks off early voting
Polls opened for early voting on Thursday in North Carolina—a critical battleground in the 2024 U.S. presidential election—just weeks after Hurricane Helene left some residents still without power,...
View Article‘I figured I ought not to waste the dinner credit’: Meta laid off staffers...
Meta has sacked a number of staff for abusing the company’s $25 meal scheme to order everything but lunch—including acne pads, toothbrushes, and wine glasses. The sacking of nearly 30 staff in the...
View ArticleEarly-voting tracker 2024: This handy tool lets you see who has voted in the...
With just 19 days until the 2024 presidential election, early voting returns have become a major focus for both candidates as Americans cast pre-Election Day ballots in record numbers. What is early...
View ArticleTrump will likely challenge any election loss in November. Here’s how
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if he does not win the Nov. 5 election, he will cry fraud and not accept the results – just as he did four years ago when he lost to Democratic...
View ArticleNetflix is looking unstoppable right now as profit rises and a ‘Squid Game’...
A good year for Netflix is only getting better, as the streaming giant saw its ranks of paid subscribers surge 14.4% to 282.7 million members during the third quarter of 2024. The company also...
View ArticleMeta partners with horror movie maker Blumhouse Productions to test Movie Gen
Facebook owner Meta said on Thursday it had teamed up with Blumhouse Productions, the Hollywood company behind popular horror films such as The Purge and Get Out, to put its new generative AI video...
View ArticleMeat and poultry Listeria recall hits at least 200 schools across 16 states:...
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has released a preliminary list of schools that received ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that were recalled over fears of Listeria contamination....
View ArticleCalifornia wildfire risk will escalate with arrival of notorious ‘diablo wind’
A major “diablo wind”—notorious in autumn for its hot, dry gusts—is expected to whip up across Northern California on Thursday evening, causing humidity levels to drop and raising the risk of...
View ArticleSamsung’s $17 billion Texas chip factory faces another setback. Here’s why
Samsung Electronics has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Texas as it has yet to win any major customers for the project, three people familiar with...
View ArticleTikTok approved election misinformation ads despite its own ban, says watchdog
Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads, according to a report published...
View Article25 year-old Alabama man arrested for January hack of SEC’s X account
An Alabama man was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in the January hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media account that led the price of bitcoin to spike, the Justice...
View ArticleGoogle, Meta, and TikTok shut down a Russian drone factory’s accounts over...
Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in...
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The Trump campaign releases a meta MAGA hat, Wendy’s Krabby Patty meal faces...
This week in branding news, Trump’s new MAGA hat inspired some analysis, Wendy’s Krabby Patty came under fire, and Nike released dumbbells made from recycled shoes. Here’s everything you need to know...
View ArticleTwo Virginia congressional candidates debated an AI chatbot. It was...
On Thursday night an AI chatbot participated in a political debate with candidates for a congressional seat, and, despite a few technical glitches, performed well. There was no robot voice, no...
View ArticleCVS shakeup: Stock tumbles on abrupt news that David Joyner will replace CEO...
One of the nation’s largest healthcare companies is experiencing a seismic shakeup. CVS Health announced on Friday morning that David Joyner was appointed as the company’s new president and CEO,...
View Article‘This is horrendous’: Back-to-back hurricanes left behind this costly...
When a hurricane sets its sights on Florida, storm-weary residents may think of catastrophic wind, hammering rain and dangerous storm surge. Mounds of sand swallowing their homes? Not so much.That’s...
View ArticleWhy Iowa and Wisconsin chicken farmers are struggling to feed their flocks
Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken producer abruptly closed a year after getting a $39 million federal...
View ArticleWhy is Mark Cuban all over social media acting like Kamala Harris’s business...
A lot of billionaires seem hellbent on reelecting Donald Trump. In return, the Republican candidate has promised that their support will pay dividends. Given all this mutual affinity, it certainly...
View ArticleAmazon AWS CEO says quit if you don’t want to return to office
One of Amazon’s top executives defended the new, controversial 5-day-per-week in-office policy on Thursday, saying those who do not support it can leave for another company. Speaking at an all-hands...
View ArticleNetflix shares are up, but some analysts are concerned about the streamer
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission. Netflix shares are rising by nine percent early Friday after the company Thursday evening beat with its...
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