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Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism โ€” then Elon arrived

Twitter had a new plan to fight extremism โ€” then Elon arrived

It had been a long pandemic for Twitterโ€™s research team. Tasked with solving some of the platformโ€™s toughest problems around harassment, extremism, and disinformation, staffers absconded to Napa Valley in November 2021 for a company retreat. Despite a tumultuous change in leadership โ€” Jack Dorsey had recently stepped down, appointing former chief technology officer Parag …

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Amazonโ€™s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is small-screen high fantasy done right

Amazonโ€™s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is small-screen high fantasy done right

It almost never bodes well when a studio leads with its desire for a new project to become the Next Big Thingโ„ข the way Amazon has with its ultra-expensive Lord of the Rings prequel series, The Rings of Power, from co-showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. But despite its being a product of the …

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How Twitterโ€™s child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor

How Twitterโ€™s child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor

In the spring of 2022, Twitter considered making a radical change to the platform. After years of quietly allowing adult content on the service, the company would monetize it. The proposal: give adult content creators the ability to begin selling OnlyFans-style paid subscriptions, with Twitter keeping a share of the revenue. Had the project been …

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Moderna is suing Pfizer over its coronavirus vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer over its coronavirus vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech over alleged infringement of its mRNA vaccine technology patents, the company announced today. โ€œWe are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic,โ€ said Moderna chief executive officer Stรฉphane …

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Twitter is a mess โ€” but in the Elon Musk trial, it might not matter

Twitter is a mess โ€” but in the Elon Musk trial, it might not matter

In a fight between rich tech guys who like to move fast and break things, there isnโ€™t always a โ€œgoodโ€ side. This was underscored on Tuesday when Twitterโ€™s former security head Peiter โ€œMudgeโ€ Zatko accused the company of hiding a wealth of risky behavior โ€” and, in the process, put himself in the middle of …

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