Drew Angerer/Getty Images The BBC’s “Panorama” documentary has investigated how tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat get their users hooked. The show spoke to Silicon Valley insiders who claim that social media companies deliberately engineer their platforms to be addictive. Facebook said it is working with third parties to …
Read More »Former federal prosecutor lays out why a presidential pardon for Michael Cohen could actually increase Trump’s risk of exposure
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A former federal prosecutor explained why it would be “stupid” for President Donald Trump to pardon his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. Cohen split with the president in an interview with ABC News, breaking his silence on the criminal investigation he’s at the center of. The interview fueled speculation …
Read More »Maxine Waters Becomes Target Of Fake News
The congresswoman did not call for an illegal immigrant to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Read more: huffingtonpost.com
Read More »Facebook quietly relaunches apps for Groups platform after lockdown
Facebook is becoming a marketplace for enterprise apps that help Group admins manage their communities. To protect itself and its users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook locked down the Groups API for building apps for Groups. These apps had to go through a human-reviewed approval process, …
Read More »‘Dog Whisperer’ Cesar Millan revealed he illegally crossed the US border with only $100 to his name
Getty Images Cesar Millan appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook show Red Table Talk. The Dog Whisperer shared his experience crossing the border from Mexico when he was 13. Millan said he struggled with depression and contemplating suicide. Cesar Millan discussed his experience coming to America with his longtime friend Jada …
Read More »‘China doesn’t need to punish itself for other’s foolish trade policies’: Wall Street warns Beijing against weakening its currency
AP/Emily Wang The Chinese yuan has been sinking to fresh lows versus the dollar. The People’s Bank of China has tolerated the depreciation beyond its own stated exchange-rate policy. But analysts say yuan depreciation as a tool in a trade war would be too costly. Follow the Chinese yuan in …
Read More »MoviePass parent says it may sell up to $1.2B in equity and debt to finance operations and growth
The all-you-can watch movie theatre subscription service MoviePass, now with 3 million paying users, continues to burn through cash, and today its majority owner announced one more way it might continue to finance operations and its growth as some investors and observers raise questions about its financial future. Helios and Matheson …
Read More »5 Outdoor Entertaining Tips to Amp Up Your Summer Parties
Prep for summer fun with these outdoor entertaining tips. Image: Apex Pools We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. ‘Tis the season to start moving your gatherings outdoors. As temperatures warm …
Read More »Brexit: EU has abandoned hope of signing a deal by October, leaving massive question marks over March withdrawal
Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/Press Association Images The European Union believes a Brexit deal with the UK will not be struck by October. This leaves massive question marks over whether the UK will actually be able to exit the EU in March, 2019. A political logjam in Theresa May’s government is to …
Read More »Business analytics firm Domo closes at $27.30/share, up 30% after raising $193M in its muted IPO
Domo, the business analytics company based out of Utah, today became the latest enterprise tech company to go public, and it did so with a small pop. Trading on Nasdaq as DOMO, the company opened at $23.80/share, up 13 percent on its initial pricing of $21. Last night, the company …
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