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Saturday, Oct 23

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China's bitcoin crackdown forces exchanges to close. The price is crashing

BTC China announced Thursday that it is planning to cease trading by the end of the month.

Facebook pulls feature that helped advertisers target anti-Semitic users

Facebook will no longer allow targeted ads based on education or employment after acknowledging that some users were filling the fields with anti-Semitic phrases.

Monday, Apr 9

19

Why Mali has its own homegrown version of Facebook

Lenali is a social media app created for those who can't read or write. Is it a social media game changer?

Monday, Feb 26

18

Kylie Jenner returns to Snapchat

Kylie Jenner is back on Snapchat after tweeting last week that she hasn't been using the app.

Monday, Feb 13

22

How 'America First' could turn into to 'India First'

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.

21

Will the next iPhone charge wirelessly?

The days of plugging in an iPhone to charge won't last forever.

19

Apple stock nears record high

Apple stock is less than $1 away from its all-time high amid renewed optimism for the iPhone.

18

Verizon's plan: Consumers win, investors lose

Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.

04

Cutting trash with bamboo packaging

Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.

Sunday, Feb 12

23

Tim Cook wants all-out fight vs. fake news

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants the tech industry to take action against "fake news" stories that are polluting the web. "There has to be a massive campaign. We have to think through every demographic," Cook said in a rare interview.

Friday, Feb 10

02

Expedia CEO: Hopefully we live to end of year

Some CEOs live for a better bottom line. Expedia's CEO just hopes we live, period.

Thursday, Feb 9

App helps people track internet censorship

When governments shut down certain sites on the internet, Ooniprobe can tell.

Wednesday, Feb 8

20

Facebook expands Safety Check feature

Facebook's new tool, Community Help, is an addition to the Safety Check feature that lets people mark themselves as safe in emergencies.

15

'This year': Elon Musk hopes to bring Tesla to India

Replying to a question on Twitter, Musk said the Tesla electric car company will hopefully enter India in the summer of 2017.

Netflix wants to get into the toy business

Netflix job posting signals move to sell toys and licensed merchandise tied to its shows.

04

Twitter tries new anti-harassment measures

Twitter announced a new set of features Tuesday to combat hateful and abusive content, the latest attempt to shake its bad reputation.

01

Facebook doubles down on paid family leave

Facebook employees will now receive up to 20 days paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member, COO Sheryl Sandberg announced Tuesday.

Tuesday, Feb 7

20

Tesla Model S is now the world's quickest car

The Tesla Model S P100D goes from zero to 60 mph faster than any other production car ever, according to Motor Trend.

16

Google uses data to design the perfect dress

Google has teamed up with Ivyrevel, a fashion house backed by H&M, to create "data dresses" that are customized to fit an individual's lifestyle choices.

15

More than 100 companies in legal fight against Trump travel ban

America's biggest tech firms have stepped into the legal fight against President Donald Trump's travel ban.

04

The big tech holdouts in legal battle with Trump

Tesla, Oracle, IBM and Cisco are among the big names in tech that are notably absent from an amicus brief opposing Trump's immigration order.

Monday, Feb 6

00

These 127 companies are fighting the travel ban

Here are the companies supporting the suit challenging Donald Trump's ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Trump's formidable foes

Dozens of companies worked together to file court papers. Others used Super Bowl ads to promote messages of inclusion and tolerance to 111 million viewers. Starbucks promised to hire 10,000 refugees.

17

Facebook, Google to help fight fake news

Google and Facebook are partnering with journalists to help prevent fake news stories from spreading during France's presidential election.

Syrian refugee takes Facebook to court over fake news

Fake news producers hijacked a selfie of Anas Modamani and Angela Merkel, repeatedly using Modamani's name and likeness in social media posts about terrorism.

16

Tech industry braces for Trump's visa reform

As President Trump is fighting in court for his seven-nation travel ban, the tech industry is bracing for another executive order that could hit business hard.

15

Russian sues Buzzfeed for publishing Trump dossier

A Russian technology executive plans to sue a British investigator who claimed in a series of unverified memos that his company helped hack into the Democratic National Committee.

Friday, Feb 3

22

Snap spent $890,339 on CEO's personal security

The world inside Snapchat is even quirkier than you'd expect, with Snap executives making casual mentions of poop while also exerting total control of the secretive firm.

15

He was denied an H-1B. Now he competes with Amazon

Kunal Bahl was all set to join Microsoft in Seattle. Denied an H-1B visa, he started Snapdeal, a rival to Amazon in the giant Indian market.

Musk taking travel ban objections directly to Trump

Elon Musk defended his participation in Trump's business advisory council just hours after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced he was pulling out of it.