Wall Street Journal
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Puts Spotlight on Fringe Platforms and Their Partners
As mainstream social-media companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit try to push racist commentary and hate speech off their platforms, those conversations are finding homes in other corners of the web.
Upgrade? No Thanks. Americans Are Sticking With Their Old Phones (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 06:21Facebook, Google May Face Billions in New Taxes Across Asia, Latin America (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 06:30IBM to Acquire Red Hat for About $33 Billion to Boost Cloud-Computing Effort (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/29/2018 - 06:30Snap Loses Users but Wrings More Money From Those Who Stayed (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/26/2018 - 06:27At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 17:12Twitter Sheds Users Again in Fake-Account Purge
Twitter reported its first consecutive quarterly drop in users, losing more than it had expected and signaling further declines to come as it continues to purge fake accounts.
Explosive Devices Sent to Clinton, Obama, CNN, Former Head of Democratic National Committee
A series of bombs in manila envelopes with similar address labels were sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats, setting off a nationwide manhunt for the terrorist behind what officials believe was a targeted attack.
Justice Department Accuses Russians of Interfering in Midterm Elections
Russians working for a close ally of President Vladimir Putin engaged in an elaborate campaign of “information warfare” to interfere with the midterm elections, federal prosecutors said in unsealing a criminal complaint against one of them.