Wiretap: One surprising Election Day indicator
Talk to anybody today (or on social media) and you’ll find plenty of folks suffering from election fatigue. You’re not alone: Just check in with CafePress, the purveyors of personalized coffee mugs,...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina’s presidential announcement sidetracked by spoof site
Carly Fiorina’s newly announced presidential campaign got off on the wrong foot Monday, thanks to an oversight involving a domain bearing her name. As visitors discovered Monday, the domain name...
View ArticleFacebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz giving $20 million to beat Donald Trump
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has pledged $20 million to help Hillary Clinton win the presidency and defeat Donald Trump. In a Medium post late Thursday, Moskovitz wrote that he and his wife,...
View ArticleFacebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as Hillary Clinton’s treasury secretary? Rumor...
Will Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg finally lean back into politics if presidential candidate Hillary Clinton comes knocking? Rumors have been flying for a while that Democratic nominee Clinton might tap...
View ArticleOff topic: U.S. goat vote, Cubs’ goat curse, not extinct, controlling falling...
What if only goats voted in the U.S. presidential election? Here’s a map of what that would look like. Speaking of goats, here’s the story of the Chicago Cubs’ goat curse. Not dead yet: The reports of...
View ArticleFacebook is going to get even noisier with personal political endorsements
Prepare yourselves, Facebook users. Just in time for tonight’s third and final presidential debate, the election season is about to get even noisier. Facebook, which appears to see itself as the...
View ArticleDonald Trump tweets disdain, then ‘love’ for protesters’ passion
Donald Trump, who rode his social-media popularity all the way to the White House, may be the first true Twitter president. His account, with its 14 million-plus followers, is more than a tool to make...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg: Idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election is...
Facebook’s role in the 2016 presidential election has ignited a debate about how much influence the social network had in Republican Donald Trump’s path to victory. Some people are blaming Facebook,...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers aim to teach students how to spot fake news
This news is true, read all about it: A couple of California lawmakers are joining the fight against fake news. They propose tackling the issue by teaching the state’s students how to read critically...
View ArticleSilicon Valley’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week — OK, month
From Facebook’s advertising and fake-news issues to Google’s pay practices and antitrust woes, Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies are feeling the heat lately. The left, the right and those in...
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