Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Your move, Mark. Donald Trump will stay off Facebook for now, Facebook’s new oversight board decided on Wednesday. But will he eventually come back? In an unexpected decision, the […]
Google launches Agent Assist for Chat in preview
Google’s Agent Assist for Chat, which is now in preview, provides call center agents with recommendations to help customers address problems.Read More
Twitter rolls out improved ‘reply prompts’ to cut down on harmful tweets
A year ago, Twitter began testing a feature that would prompt users to pause and reconsider before they replied to a tweet using “harmful” language — meaning language that was abusive, trolling, or otherwise offensive […]
Oversight Board to Facebook: We’re Not Doing Your Dirty Work
The decision on Trump is the clearest indication yet that the board does not want to be Facebook’s flunky.
Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone
Facebook is launching a new section of its app designed to connect neighbors and curate neighborhood-level news. The new feature, predictably called Neighborhoods, is available now in Canada and will be rolling out soon for […]
What Rap and Business Have in Common
UC Berkeley students from the M.E.T. program (Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology) approached me recently to speak about my experience in business. Though I am approaching my 50’s — I have always been in business. I […]
Gamescom announces online-only festival in August, reversing hybrid event plan
Reversing a plan announced in March, Gamescom has decided to focus on an online-only event at the end of August.Read More
Peloton stock crashes following recalls, security report
Shares of home-exercise giant Peloton are falling today, off some 13.6% as of the time of writing. This comes after the company announced a recall of its treadmill product, and TechCrunch reported that the company […]
48 hours left to save $100 to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021
In just slightly more than a month, the mobility industry’s visionary movers, makers, shakers, innovators and investors from around the world will gather on June 9 for the virtual mind meld that is TC Sessions: […]
You can bid for a seat on Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight on July 20
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is offering up one seat on the inaugural flight of its sub-orbital rocket New Shepard, set to take place July 20 – but instead of a fixed price ticket sale, the […]