Jason Abbruzzese
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Rupert Murdoch admits some Fox News hosts 'endorsed' false election fraud claims
News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch declined to rein in Fox News hosts who spread false claims of widespread voter fraud in the days after the 2020 election despite privately expressing that he saw little evidence for then-President Donald Trump’s claims and that he found half of them “bulls--- and damaging,” according to court documents unsealed Monday. → Read More
Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts are back
Facebook first suspended Trump’s accounts in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. → Read More
Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company
Musk joined a Twitter Space to say the suspensions were related to new rules banning private jet trackers. Twitter suspended an account that tweeted the whereabouts of his plane. → Read More
New wave of resignations at Twitter after Musk ultimatum
“The train has started in #social-watercooler,” one employee said, referring to a Slack room Twitter employees have used in recent weeks to notify others that they are leaving. → Read More
Elon Musk’s weekend: Plenty of tweets, little clarity
It was a weekend that highlighted just how unpredictable and contradictory Musk can be. → Read More
Twitter’s first full day under Elon Musk is here, and the mood has already shifted
Expectations for change were almost everywhere, with many conservative influencers already celebrating what they saw as a tectonic shift. → Read More
Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion
The deal brings arguably the internet’s most influential platform under the control of one of the world’s richest people. → Read More
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, says company ‘needs to be transformed’
“Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company,” Musk wrote in a letter to Twitter's chairman. → Read More
Obama on UFO videos: 'We don't know exactly what they are'
Former President Barack Obama on Monday offered a blunt assessment of the videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon. → Read More
Long live the bundle: How AT&T's big deal harkens a return to TV's old days
What streaming service is that show on? It's a question that has begun to dog consumers in the modern streaming age. → Read More
Discovery and WarnerMedia merge, creating one of the largest U.S. media companies
WarnerMedia and Discovery announced a merger on Monday that will → Read More
Can one homemade website save wasted vaccinations? These guys want to try
Jimmy Chion's homemade website offers a simple solution to the problem of wasted Covid-19 vaccinations: a one-stop destination to pair people anywhere in the U.S. → Read More
Robinhood and Reddit: A timeline of two apps tormenting Wall Street
Founded within 15 months of each other, Robinhood and r/wallstreetbets each grew slowly at first and then in a sudden rush in recent months. → Read More
Pfizer vaccine vials hold some extra doses — experts say that's normal
Dr. David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner, said Wednesday on "The Rachel Maddow Show" that it is not a sign of error in the manufacture and preparation of the vaccines. → Read More
Twitter breach exposes one of tech's biggest threats: Its own employees
Cybersecurity professionals broadly agree on a central problem: Computers and code are fixable, but humans are not. → Read More
What is pooled testing? How lessons from the HIV epidemic could help fight the coronavirus
The White House Coronavirus Task Force is considering sample pooling, also known as pooled testing, as a way to ramp up local authorities’ ability to determine the extent of the infection in their areas. → Read More
Coronavirus testing at home: What you need to know
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for private companies to offer at-home COVID-19 test kits. Here's the information to be aware of, including empty claims and possible scams. → Read More
CDC recommends canceling all events of 50 people or more until early May
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that people throughout the U.S. should avoid events of 50 people or more for the next eight weeks. → Read More
How three stories in one hour changed America's perception of coronavirus
The rush of coronavirus news Wednesday night drove home that the outbreak had moved beyond a small concern or a general nuisance. → Read More
Second case reported in New York
Japan says Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be moved to the end of the year Mask-clad commuters make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo Friday.Charly Triballeau / AFP - Getty ImagesTokyo’s Olympic 2020 contract allows it to postpone the Games until the end of the year, Japan’s Olympics minister said Tuesday, amid concern the coronavirus could disrupt the… → Read More