In just nine days, France is going to vote for the next French president — there’s going to be a second round face-off in three weeks too. And it looks like Facebook wants to avoid another fake news scandal as the company is preemptively running full page ads in major French newspapers. The ad gives ten tips to spot fake news on the internet. You’ll find it today in the… Read More
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Backpacks, T-shirts, hats and even your very own F8 air freshener are part of this week’s prizes that six lucky winners can take home. This sweepstakes ends April 27, 2017.
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Four years after we made our TechCrunch China events a twice-annual affair in Beijing and Shanghai, we are very proud to announce that we will host the event in Shenzhen, known as ‘The Silicon Valley For Hardware,’ for the very first time this coming June!! This is hugely exciting for us and our China partner Technode. We’ve done one-day events in the city in the past, but… Read More
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Commentary: A man says he was stung by a scorpion that fell from an overhead bin while flying the friendly skies.
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The social network rolls out changes to identify fake accounts that promote fake news.
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A group of Marines is demanding that Facebook get a grip on the systemic harassment that plagues its female servicemembers. In a thorough, thoughtfully articulated letter, veteran and Not in My Marine Corps co-founder Erin Kirk-Cuomo calls for Sheryl Sandberg to take a personal interest in fighting the spread of nonconsensual photo sharing and gendered harassment on Facebook. Read More
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Instagram Stories surpasses Snapchat in terms of users, Susan Fowler joins Stripe, Google makes its fashion image searches look more like Pinterest and Yext shares pop more than 20 percent in public debut. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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Voluntary Disembarkment aims to put you in the shoes of a flight attendant training to “re-accommodate” passengers designated as “volunteers” to give up their seats.
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OK, maybe you won’t get all the answers, but you’ll get to explore science, physics, humanity and more with a narrator who will make you laugh while you learn.
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For every bad idea, there’s a crowdsourcing campaign with a soapbox and a big-ass megaphone, ready to make it even worse. Interested? In case you missed it, it’s not too late to vote to shake up the executive branch — surely the No.1 priority of every red-blooded American in these mostly ho-hum, sleepy times. Read More
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