Cain's Twitter account sent a now-deleted tweet downplaying covid-19, highlighting an ongoing debate over verified Twitter accounts of the deceased. https://wapo.st/2ELyAwj
Sal Khan, head of the Khan Academy and one of distance learning’s early pioneers, shares tips on how to make the most of learning from home during a pandemic. https://wapo.st/2ER2ajs
The many (many) added modes and options feel like justification to younger gamers to buy a new version each year, but the core things that made the franchise great still sing in "Madden 21." https://wapo.st/31EICIl
Google declined to remove ads that echo President Trump’s misleading claim that there is a meaningful difference between voting by mail and absentee voting. Facebook removed similar material in response to a Washington Post story last week. https://wapo.st/34LQkCf
The Halo Band listens to your conversations so its AI can tell you how you sound to others. And its app 3D scans your body to measure fat. https://wapo.st/3b0s7t9
Four years after Russian operatives used social media in a bid to exacerbate America’s racial divisions and suppress Black voting, such tactics have spread to a wide range of disinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The potency and persistence of this playbook was on display this week as Twitter deleted an account that claimed to belong to a former Black Lives Matter protester who had switched allegiances to the Republicans. https://wapo.st/2D5nq4I
The inclusion of former President Ronald Reagan and the removal of Tiananmen Square footage from a promotional trailer already has the clouds of controversy swirling. https://wapo.st/32zoLJU
Typically the domain of government agencies, U.S. corporations are becoming trustbusters in order to curtail the power of big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. https://wapo.st/31eB4f5
The move targeted 3,280 pages and groups, as well as 10,000 accounts on Instagram. It is less severe than recent action by Twitter. https://wapo.st/2QevJhj
Apple became the first American publicly traded company to hit $2 trillion, a milestone that was long in sight for the iPhone maker. https://wapo.st/34dhnWL
Widely touted initiatives to introduce privacy-friendly, voluntary smartphone apps to help track the spread of coronavirus have largely foundered. https://wapo.st/316U8fh
Bluetooth exposure-notification apps like Virginia’s Covidwise aren’t much of a privacy risk. But we won’t know if they’re useful until many more people try them. https://wapo.st/2E9zulG
As Facebook's bias is under federal scrutiny, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg points to his philanthropic arm, CZI. But Black employees there say his efforts are hamstrung by race bias and fear of the right https://wapo.st/3atOoz8
The temporary general license allowed U.S. software providers to continue sending updates and patches to Huawei so the Chinese company could disseminate them to customers using Huawei cell phones or Huawei wireless network equipment. https://wapo.st/34fr8nF
The warriors depicted in the smash-hit Sucker Punch game never existed. The myth surrounding them was born many years later and used to help fuel the militarization of Japan. https://wapo.st/3asjt68
During the pandemic, Baskin joined an app where you can hire the likes of Anthony Scaramucci and Lindsay Lohan to create videos about … basically anything. https://wapo.st/2DS8pnb
Popular video game Fortnite was no longer appearing on the App Store after its maker, Epic Games, announced a cheaper payment system that sidestepped Apple's. https://wapo.st/3g2DH85
Mushroom Cup, Flower Cup, Star Cup ... World Cup? The ambitious event garnered a record audience that bodes well for future growth. https://wapo.st/3ak1fnA
The company also said it labeled 98 million posts with warning notices about coronavirus misinformation between March and June. https://wapo.st/3gP9VVh
An investigation linking a network of right-wing sites to a digital marketing venture illuminates the financial motives behind the spread of hyperpartisan, low-quality news. https://wapo.st/3ivpQbT
Frequent riders said it was like Uber ‘didn’t exist’ anymore. Longtime observers fear riders won’t come back after lockdowns ease up. https://wapo.st/31Clkl9
The Tennessee Valley Authority reversed course Thursday and rehired some tech workers just three days after President Trump singled out the federally owned utility for outsourcing those jobs. Trump also blasted the TVA's CEO for his "ridiculous" pay package. https://wapo.st/3fB9exw
The people behind the deceptive content used fake accounts and other methods to post about American political news, including drumming up support for the president’s reelection, the company said. https://wapo.st/30BGvEF
The letter from more than 20 state attorneys general is the latest volley in a pressure campaign targeting the company's civil rights record and free speech policies. https://wapo.st/3a0gbqE
More than merely appealing to the young users of TikTok, Microsoft could use the data culled from its videos to better compete against its AI rivals. https://wapo.st/30rhewK