How Facebook's stance that it won't ban posts unless they "cause imminent harm", reversed in Feb. 2021, has led people to believe dangerous lies about COVID-19 (Bloomberg)

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How Facebook's stance that it won't ban posts unless they “cause imminent harm”, reversed in Feb. 2021, has led people to believe dangerous lies about COVID-19  —  Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make his social network a reliable source about the pandemic.

These are the 5 most-popular games on iPhones

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LinkedIn is Giving Its Staff Leave for One Week for Their Well-Being

LinkedIn owned by Microsoft is giving nearly all of its 15,900 full-time employees one week of leave this month through its programme called Rest Up! to avoid burnout. https://ift.tt/3fzEoJn

CEO of Google's Self-Driving Cars Unit Waymo John Krafcik Steps Down

Waymo CEO John Krafcik is stepping down from his position after steering Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars. Krafcik will remain an adviser to Waymo. https://ift.tt/3fDEWO8

Tesla Sales More Than Double in Q1 2021 Over Last Year

Tesla has posted record sales numbers in the first quarter of 2021 with deliveries more than doubling over last year. The electric car maker delivered 182,780 Model 3 and Model Y in the first... https://ift.tt/3dvm0P1

Amazon apologizes for tweeting "you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?" and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population (John Cook/GeekWire)

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Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population  —  Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response …

Microsoft's developer event 'Build' goes virtual again

Microsoft Build 2020 was also organised digital-only. The company uses "Build" conference, usually attended by over 5,000 people, to showcase new technologies and features for its Office and Windows products. https://ift.tt/3cJEjRh

Google to invest over $44 million in taxi-hailing firm Kakao Mobility

Tech giant Google will invest more than 50 billion won ($44.15 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp., the top taxi-hailing company in South Korea. https://ift.tt/39G8B5L

CEO of Google's self-driving car steps down from job

The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job. https://ift.tt/3sRLnRC

Myanmar Junta Cuts Wireless Internet to Stifle Coup Protests

Myanmar military cut wireless broadband internet services in the country on Friday to curb protests against the coup. Protesters have continued to defy the threat of lethal violence to oppose the... https://ift.tt/2QUlfHC

Sony Could Launch New Xperia Phone on April 14

Sony has made a low-key announcement about an upcoming event on April 14 where the Japanese company is expected to introduce the latest Xperia phone. https://ift.tt/3cJDjN1

Twitter Fined for Not Taking Down Posts About Joining Protests in Russia

Twitter was fined by Moscow on Friday for not taking down posts encouraging minors to take part in protests, the latest in a series of moves against the social media giant that has been used to... https://ift.tt/2OgnJz5

Biden's $2T infrastructure proposal allocates $50B for creating a technology directorate at the NSF and $50B for funding semiconductor manufacturing and R&D (Emily Birnbaum/Protocol)

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Biden's $2T infrastructure proposal allocates $50B for creating a technology directorate at the NSF and $50B for funding semiconductor manufacturing and R&D  —  President Joe Biden rolled out his highly anticipated infrastructure plan on Wednesday, a $2 trillion proposal that would revitalize …

How Google may go the iPhone way this year for its flagship phone

Google Pixel 6 is the company’s next flagship phone that is expected to be launched later this year. Many online reports have detailed features that are likely to come with the next-generation Pixel phone. Now, as per a report by 9to5Google, Google’s upcoming phone could be powered by Google’s own customised chipset. https://ift.tt/39CCPGJ

Covid vaccine: How to book slot, get e-certificate

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