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Google Earth Can Now Show You How Much the Planet Has Changed in 37 Years
A new Google Earth time-lapse feature lets you see how much the planet has changed in the past 37 years, and it’s pretty stunning what you can find.
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Facebook Has More Upside Than Snap, Two Traders Say. Here's the Key Level to Watch
With Wedbush downgrading Facebook and upgrading Snap, two market analysts share why they’d take the other side of the trade.
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Here's What Coinbase Is and How to Use It to Buy and Sell Cryptocurrencies
Here’s how to use Coinbase to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and others.
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Irish Privacy Regulator Launches Inquiry Into Facebook Over Data Leak
It comes after a dataset of 533 million Facebook users worldwide was made available on the internet.
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Amazon Unveils New Wireless Earbuds That Are Smaller, Cheaper and Have Better Noise Cancellation
The new Echo Buds are smaller and start at $99 while offering some of the features, like active noise cancellation, found in Apple’s $249 AirPods Pro.
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Apple Announces April 20 Event Where New IPads and More Are Expected
Apple announced an April “Spring Loaded” press event where new iPads and a product called AirTags that tracks lost items are expected.
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Uber CEO Says Company Could Get Into Cannabis Delivery
Uber could start delivering cannabis once federal regulation allows the company to do so, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC on Monday.
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Apple Agrees to Send a Top Executive to Testify Before the Senate on App Store Competition Concerns
Apple agreed to send a top executive to testify about its app store before a Senate panel on antitrust after leading senators urged it to make one available.
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Study Shows Americans Who Access News on Social Media Are Less Informed About Coronavirus
A new study from Penn State University shows that Americans who rely on social media platforms for their news were less informed about COVID-19 and were more likely to believe false information.
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Are You in #PfizerGang? Explaining the Vaccine Rivalries on Social Media
It’s better to get any vaccine than none, but now people are saying “Pfizer’s for hot people”? Vaccine rivalries are playing out on TikTok, as young people get their shots and find community with others who got the same brand’s dose. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News Youth and Internet Culture reporter, explains the trend.
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How Baseball Card Mania Is Colliding With NFT Boom to Revive Topps and Change the Game for Dealers
Topps’ announcement this week that it plans to go public through a SPAC puts the company at the center of three emerging investment trends.
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Chris Cox Earned Cash and Stock Worth $69 Million After Rejoining Facebook Last Year
Cox is a key moral leader at Facebook and one of its top strategic executives, coordinating how the company’s various services work with one another.
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Facebook Will Use Part of Its Headquarters as a Public Covid Vaccination Site
Facebook will use part of its California headquarters as a Covid vaccination site and work with the state and nonprofits to aid mobile sites, it said Friday.
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Box Stock Plunges After Agreement to Take $500 Million Investment From KKR
Box said on Thursday that KKR is investing $500 million in company stock and that CEO Aaron Levie is giving up the position of chairman.
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New Hampshire Teen Saves Boy 800 Miles Away Using TikTok
A New Hampshire teen is being heralded as a hero after saving a 12-year-old who was trapped under an ATV over 800 miles away.
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NH Teen Helps Save W.Va. Boy After Seeing ATV Accident on TikTok
Like most 13-year-olds, Caden Cotnoir spends plenty of time on social media. On Sunday, his screen time took an unexpected turn.
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Verizon Recalls 2.5 Million Hotspot Devices Due to Fire Hazard
The recall comes at a time when more consumers have relied on hotspots to get by during stay-at-home orders resulting from the pandemic.
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Forget Doomscrolling! Use Social Media to Get Excited for the Weekend
With so many of us working from home, it can be hard to keep track of the days. Reminders help.
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Uber Announces $250 Million Stimulus to Bring Back Drivers
The company said that the incentives will help welcome back existing drivers and “ensure first-time drivers do well as they learn the ropes.”
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YouTube Is Social Media's Big Winner During the Pandemic
YouTube saw the most significant growth of any social media app among American users during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.