The year that brought Silicon Valley back down to earth

On the first trading day of 2022, Apple hit a new milestone for the tech industry: the iPhone maker became the first publicly traded company to hit a $3 trillion market cap, with Microsoft and Google not far behind. As eye-popping as that valuation was, there were headlines speculating about how long it would be before Apple and its rivals topped $5 trillion.

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The US House of Representatives banned TikTok on official electronic devices, according to an internal notice sent to House staff. CNN's Josh Campbell reports.

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US House bans TikTok from official devices

TikTok has been banned from electronic devices managed by the US House of Representatives, according to an internal notice sent to House staff.

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Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data leak

Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a longstanding class action lawsuit accusing it of allowing Cambridge Analytica and other third parties to access private user information and misleading users about its privacy practices.

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The tech we couldn't live without in 2022

Bone conduction headphones, TV streaming devices and Bluetooth speakers are among the tech gadgets topping holiday wish lists this year. Other notable products -- ahem, the new 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max -- are near impossible to find.

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Microsoft tells judges its $69 billion Activision deal would benefit gamers

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday its $69 billion bid to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard would benefit gamers and gaming companies alike.

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Twitter layoffs continue under Elon Musk

Additional Twitter employees were terminated Thursday as part of ongoing, rolling layoffs under new owner Elon Musk, including from the public policy and media and entertainment teams, according to tweets from affected employees.

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TikTok confirms that journalists' data was accessed by employees of its parent company

TikTok parent company ByteDance has fired four employees who improperly accessed the personal data of two journalists on the platform, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter confirmed to CNN Thursday.

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Some universities are now restricting TikTok access on campus

A small but growing number of universities are now blocking access to TikTok on school-owned devices or WiFi networks, in the latest sign of a widening crackdown on the popular short-form video app.

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Washington moved fast to crack down on TikTok but has made little progress with Big Tech

In a matter of days, the United States is expected to ban federal employees from downloading or using TikTok on government-issued phones or tablets, marking the country's broadest crackdown on the short-form video app to date.

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How virtual clothes could help solve fashion's waste problem

The clothing industry is using digital tools to reduce waste and push fashion into the future.

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Twitter hit by legal complaints from 100 former employees following Musk's layoffs

Twitter has been hit with allegations from 100 former employees affected by mass layoffs at the company, including that it unfairly laid off more women than men, terminated employees who were actively on medical or parental leave and reneged on promises related to severance pay.

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Video gamers sue Microsoft in US court to stop Activision takeover

Microsoft Corp was hit on Tuesday in US court with a private consumer lawsuit claiming the technology company's $69 billion bid to purchase "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc will unlawfully squelch competition in the video game industry.

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Elon Musk's security team sought for questioning over incident he cited as reason to ban journalists

Police in Southern California are looking to speak with Elon Musk and his security team over an alleged assault last week that Musk claimed involved a "crazy stalker" and led to the suspension of a private jet-tracking account on Twitter as well as several prominent journalists.

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Elon Musk says he will leave Twitter CEO role — but not right away

Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed Tuesday evening he will step down as the company's CEO, but only when he identifies a successor, directly addressing for the first time a Twitter poll he created this week in which millions of users voted for his ouster.

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Zuckerberg weighed naming Cambridge Analytica as a concern in 2017, months before data leak was revealed

Mark Zuckerberg considered disclosing in 2017 that Facebook was investigating "organizations like Cambridge Analytica" alongside Russian foreign intelligence actors as part of an election security assessment before ultimately removing the reference at his advisers' suggestion, according to a 2019 deposition conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and reviewed by CNN.

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After Twitter users voted to oust Elon Musk as CEO, he wants to change how polls work

When Elon Musk polled Twitter users about whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump's account, he quickly followed through on the majority's wish to do so. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei," he pronounced via tweet, Latin for "the voice of the people is the voice of God."

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EU accepts Amazon commitments in antitrust agreement affecting data and sellers

The European Union has struck a deal with Amazon that will resolve multiple antitrust investigations into the company and impose binding restrictions on the e-commerce giant's business, in another major step by EU officials to rein in Big Tech.

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As Twitter backlash grows, rival Mastodon reaches 2.5 million monthly users

Twitter rival Mastodon has grown eight times its size in a matter of weeks, going from approximately 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million in November, according to a blog post by the platform's founder, Eugen Rochko.

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Brooklyn hospital network reverts to paper charts for weeks after cyberattack

A network of three hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, has had to work off paper charts for weeks following a cyberattack on its computer systems in late November, the hospital group's chief executive told CNN Monday.

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Here's who Elon Musk could pick to be Twitter's next CEO

Elon Musk may soon be on the lookout for a new chief executive to run Twitter.

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Meta faces EU probe over antitrust concerns linked to Facebook Marketplace

The European Union is investigating Facebook-parent Meta for possible antitrust violations stemming from the tight link between its core social media service and its online shopping platform, Facebook Marketplace.

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Elon Musk voted out as CEO of Twitter by poll he created

A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should "step down as head of Twitter" ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative.

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Twitter deletes controversial new policy banning links to other social platforms

Twitter deleted its controversial new policy on Sunday evening that had banned links to certain other social media platforms, less than 24 hours after the policy's initial introduction.

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Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO if voted out by a poll he tweeted

Twitter's mercurial new boss may be out the door after less than two months on the job, if results of a Twitter poll go against him.

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Elon Musk's Twitter bans links to other social media sites, including Facebook and emerging rivals

Twitter will ban links to other social media services and suspend accounts that try to direct Twitter users to alternative platforms, the company announced Sunday, in an apparent attempt to stem user defections to competitors.

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Virtual reality titan John Carmack is leaving Meta

Video game pioneer John Carmack is resigning from his consulting position at Meta with "mixed feelings" about the "end of his decade in VR," he announced in a Facebook post Friday.

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Listen up: Headphones are getting really weird

When Huawei recently teased a new smartwatch in a promotional video, it featured an unusual design: the watch face flipped open to reveal a secret compartment where a pair of magnetic earbuds sat inside charging.

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Amazon warehouse workers in UK vote to go on strike

Amazon warehouse workers at a facility in the United Kingdom plan to go on strike, their union confirmed to CNN on Friday, in a move that's being billed as a first for the company's workers in the country.

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Elon Musk's Twitter blocked links to rival Mastodon. That could raise alarms among regulators

Elon Musk's Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news organizations who cover him.

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TikTok might be too big to ban, no matter what lawmakers say

In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States, Callie Goodwin of Columbia, South Carolina, posted her first video on the app to promote the small business she had started out of her garage during the pandemic.

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'There are red lines': Europe warns of sanctions after Twitter bans journalists

Elon Musk's decision to suddenly ban prominent tech journalists from Twitter is fanning a fierce backlash in Europe.

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Inventor of the world wide web wants us to reclaim our data from tech giants

The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web in 1989. Now, with his startup Inrupt, he believes it's time for us to reclaim our personal data.

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Tech groups ask Supreme Court to rule on hot-button Texas social media law

Two technology industry groups asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a hotly debated Texas law restricting social media platforms' ability to moderate content, potentially opening the door to a sweeping reinterpretation of First Amendment precedent.

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TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds

TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within minutes of them creating an account, a new study suggests, likely adding to growing scrutiny of the app's impact on its youngest users.

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Former employees suing Twitter over layoffs score an early victory

A group of former employees suing Elon Musk's Twitter scored an early win Wednesday when a judge ordered the company to inform any laid-off staffers of the pending lawsuit. The move ensures workers will be better informed before they are required to sign a severance agreement that includes a release of legal claims.

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Uber Eats launches robot delivery service in Miami

The next time you order a meal from Uber Eats, it may be delivered by a robot -- at least if you live in Miami.

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Senate passes legislation to ban TikTok from US government devices

The Senate passed legislation Wednesday evening to ban TikTok from US government devices, in a move designed to limit perceived information-security risks stemming from the social media app.

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An Ethiopian professor was murdered by a mob. A lawsuit alleges Facebook fueled the violence

The son of an Ethiopian chemistry professor who was killed during unrest in the country last year has filed a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook's parent company, alleging that the social media platform is fueling viral hate and violence, harming people across eastern and southern Africa.

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Why Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto

With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding themselves under fresh legal scrutiny.

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Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's private jet, despite billionaire's 'free speech' pledge

Twitter has suspended an account that tracked the location of Elon Musk's private jet. The suspension comes despite Musk last month tweeting, "My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk."

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US government charges 8 social media influencers over alleged pump-and-dump scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven Twitter users and a podcaster in an alleged $100 million stock manipulation scheme run through social media, the agency said Wednesday.

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Why a growing number of states are cracking down on TikTok

Two years after TikTok avoided a national ban in the United States, the popular short-form video app is now facing growing pushback at the state level.

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Blizzard tells China's 'World of Warcraft' fans to back up data as it seeks new partner

"World of Warcraft" fans in China will have to back up their playing history as the distributor of the hit game winds down its agreement with Blizzard Entertainment.

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US lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok

A trio of US lawmakers has introduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States.

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Airbnb finds people have more trouble booking stays if hosts think they are Black

Airbnb on Tuesday said it has found a "meaningful difference" in the booking success rate for users who are perceived to be White compared to those who are perceived to be Black. The findings come after the company launched an initiative to uncover and remedy race-based discrimination on its platform.

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How Anghami became the 'Spotify of the Middle East'

With nearly 20 million active users, Abu Dhabi-based Anghami is growing its footprint from the virtual world to the real world.

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Elon Musk says Trump didn't violate Twitter's rules. The truth is more complicated

A series of internal Twitter documents shared on the social media platform Monday offer a glimpse into internal debates among some of the company's employees ahead of its decision to ban then-President Donald Trump following the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

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Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid 'Twitter Files' release

Twitter's former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk's campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.

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Twitter adds gold check marks as it readies relaunch of option to pay for verified accounts

Twitter on Monday expanded its verification system beyond its signature blue check marks, with new colors for different types of notable accounts. The move comes ahead of a planned relaunch on Monday of the company's updated subscription service that allows users to pay for verification.

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Microsoft buys stake in London Stock Exchange in cloud data deal

Microsoft is buying a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange as part of a deal that will see the market operator spend at least $2.8 billion over 10 years on the software provider's cloud services.

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The Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight around the moon, ended successfully as NASA's Orion spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean.

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As the world courts TSMC, Taiwan worries about losing its 'silicon shield'

Semiconductor giant TSMC was feted this week by US President Joe Biden and Apple CEO Tim Cook during a ceremony to unveil its $40 billion manufacturing site in Arizona — a huge investment designed to help secure America's supply of the most advanced chips.

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Apple made China the backbone of its iPhone assembly. Shifting away could take years

In early November, weeks before the peak holiday shopping season was about to kick off, Apple issued an unusual warning: customers would have to wait longer for the new iPhone 14 Pro models. That's because one of its key assembly facilities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou was "operating at significantly reduced capacity" due to Covid curbs.

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Elon Musk says Twitter is rolling out a new feature that will flag 'shadowbanning.' It's complicated

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Thursday said he plans to introduce an option to make it possible for users to determine if the company has limited how many other users can view their posts. In doing so, Musk is effectively seizing on an issue that has been a rallying cry among some conservatives who claim the social network has suppressed or "shadowbanned" their content.

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Former employees suing Twitter speak out on Elon Musk's 'clumsy and inhumane' layoffs

A group of former Twitter employees who are suing the company spoke out Thursday, alleging that new owner Elon Musk's mass layoffs at the company have triggered multiple labor rights violations.

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Apple abandons controversial plan to check iOS devices and iCloud photos for child abuse imagery

Apple is abandoning its plans to launch a controversial tool that would check iPhones, iPads and iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) following backlash from critics who decried the feature's potential privacy implications.

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Pentagon awards multibillion-dollar cloud contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle

The Defense Department has named Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as the winners of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract whose predecessor the Pentagon had to cancel amid Amazon's allegations that then-President Donald Trump had interfered in the award process.

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Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams

Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. 9, in a bid to consolidate processes.

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Apple plans to expand encryption of iCloud data

Apple on Wednesday said it plans to expand end-to-end encryption of iCloud data to include backups, photos, notes, chat histories and other services, in a move that could further protect user data but also add to tensions with law enforcement around the world.

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Indiana Attorney General files lawsuits against TikTok

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Wednesday announced he has filed two separate lawsuits against TikTok, which accuse the company of making false claims about the safety of user data, and age-appropriate content.

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Microsoft says it has reached a 10-year deal to bring 'Call of Duty' to Nintendo

Fans of the popular first-person shooter game "Call of Duty" may soon have more options for where they can play it.

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DC attorney general sues Amazon for allegedly misusing driver tips

Amazon faces a new lawsuit from the attorney general of Washington, D.C. that alleges the e-commerce giant used customer tips meant for delivery drivers to reduce what it owed in driver wages.

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Uber launching self-driving cars in Las Vegas

Ridehailing giant Uber is now offering Las Vegas riders the option on its app to hail a self-driving taxis developed by another company, according to a press release Wednesday. While the autonomous vehicles are currently only available for ride hailing in Las Vegas, there are plans to expand to Los Angeles "at a later date," according to the release.

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Amazon's checkout page stops working for some users

Thousands of customers looking to purchase an item on Amazon early Wednesday encountered an error message on the e-commerce site's checkout page, a rare issue for a platform that has become even more of a central shopping hub for countless households during the pandemic.

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Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved

A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after US lawmakers omitted an antitrust bill it opposed from the text of an annual defense spending bill released late Tuesday evening.

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Former Theranos COO set to be sentenced

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former chief operating officer of failed blood testing startup Theranos, is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for fraud, marking an end to the stunning downfall of a high-flying Silicon Valley company that resulted in the rare convictions of two tech executives.

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Apple now lets developers charge as much as $10,000 for an app

If you were worried about how much money you could blow on apps before, buckle up.

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Apple sued by two women alleging their exes used AirTags to stalk them

Apple has been sued by two women who allege their previous romantic partners used the company's AirTag devices to track their whereabouts, potentially putting their safety at risk.

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Microsoft could soon have its first union

Some 300 quality assurance workers at Microsoft-owned gaming studio ZeniMax are in the process of voting to form what would be the first union at the tech giant, organizers confirmed to CNN Business.

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Facebook Oversight Board recommends overhaul of controversial content moderation process for VIPs

After a yearlong review, Meta's Oversight Board on Tuesday said the company's controversial system that applies a different content moderation process for posts from VIPs is set up to "satisfy business concerns" and risks doing harm to everyday users.

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Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill

Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill.

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DOJ antitrust regulators should look at Apple, Google's handling of TikTok, says FCC commissioner

Apple and Google's continued hosting of TikTok on their app stores, despite US national security concerns about the short-form video app, reflects the tech giants' "gatekeeper" power and should be made part of any antitrust reviews the app stores may face, a member of the Federal Communications Commission wrote to the Justice Department last week.

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The clean energy company turning city blocks greener

BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based clean energy company, is bringing eco-friendly, all-electric heating and cooling systems to older buildings in lower income communities, with the goal of reducing carbon footprints and energy bills.

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Foxconn says it's restoring production at the world's largest iPhone factory

Apple supplier Foxconn says it is "gradually" restoring production capacity at its sprawling campus in central China, which has been hit by Covid-19 restrictions and worker protests since October.

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Forget smartwatches, consumers are snapping up these quirky alternatives

In 2015, the same year Apple introduced its smartwatch, a Kickstarter campaign launched for a very different kind of wearable device: a wellness-tracking ring called the Oura.

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Released Twitter emails show how employees debated how to handle 2020 New York Post Hunter Biden story

For days, Twitter owner Elon Musk had teased a massive bombshell disclosure based on internal company documents that he claimed would reveal "what really happened" inside Twitter when it decided to temporarily suppress a 2020 New York Post story about Hunter Biden and his laptop.

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Hate speech dramatically surges on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover, new research shows

New Twitter owner Elon Musk declared last month that "hate speech impressions" had dramatically fallen on the platform since he took over.

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Kanye West's Twitter account has been suspended after Elon Musk says it violated rule against incitement to violence

Kanye West's Twitter account was suspended early Friday morning after Elon Musk said it violated the platform's rules on inciting violence.

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Kanye West is no longer acquiring Parler, company says

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West will no longer be acquiring Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives including some far-right extremists, the company announced on Thursday. West has legally changed his name to Ye.

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