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Twitter says it slapped warning labels on about 300,000 “potentially misleading” tweets about the presidential election in just two weeks. Those posts accounted for 0.2 percent of all the election-related tweets sent from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11, a period covering the weeks leading up to and immediately following Election Day, the social network said... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3kwz5ZQ

The Commerce Department has decided not to enforce an order that would have shut down the popular short-video app in the US amid a court battle. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/35s7QLO

Microsoft responded to videos purporting to show brand-new Xbox Series X consoles spouting clouds of smoke, some of which may have been faked by vaping internet hucksters. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/32FiixA

OAKLAND, Calif. — Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google will start limiting how many high-quality photos users can store on the company’s cloud back-up service starting next June, it announced on Wednesday, in a move that could help protect profit margins. “Growing demand for storage” means Google Photos can no longer honor a years-old policy of unlimited... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3pjQYij

The red-eyed canine contraption can be seen growling, shaking its head and emitting a flashing light while propped up on a stand in a field in the small city of Takikawa. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3kjybQx

The camera-equipped doorbells' batteries can overheat if the wrong screws are used to mount them, the Amazon-owned company said in a recall notice. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3eV2Oun

Shares of companies that have benefited from the pandemic -- including Zoom, Peloton, Netflix and Amazon --tanked after Pfizer revealed that it is getting closer to a coronavirus vaccine. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3keQ8zE

Airbnb plans to make its IPO registration public next week, putting it on course for a New York stock market debut in December even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The home rental company’s planned debut on the Nasdaq is set to be one of the largest stock... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3kXUaxo

Uber and Lyft's stock prices soared Wednesday after California voters allowed the ride-hailing giants to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3jXL0zu

Twitter’s board of directors has decided to keep CEO Jack Dorsey in charge following a months-long review of the company’s management structure. The decision by a committee of Twitter directors will let Dorsey breathe a sigh of relief after activist investment firm Elliott Management questioned the social-media giant’s performance under his leadership. Elliott owns about... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/2TMaVja

Google parent Alphabet's stock price surged early Friday as the search giant's advertising revenues recovered from a coronavirus-fueled collapse. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3jIrMha

Joe Lonsdale is taking a break from Facebook to protest what he calls the social network’s capitulation to the “authoritarian left.” The 38-year-old Silicon Valley investor — a Stanford-educated protege of Peter Thiel and co-founder of data-mining giant Palantir — told The Post he’s “really bothered” by the power Facebook has to control what its... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/2TyzpfG

Uber is getting into the grocery game in New York City, The Post has learned. The ride-hail giant announced Wednesday that its Uber and Uber Eats apps will roll out a grocery delivery service to most of Manhattan, and said it plans to expand citywide through the rest of the year. New Yorkers who open... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3oAzQEE

Google’s high-handed tactics with US regulators have come back to haunt it, with critics saying the tech giant set the stage for a dramatic showdown with the Department of Justice nearly a decade ago. The DOJ last week sued Google, accusing it of using anti-competitive tactics to maintain its search engine’s dominance over rivals. The... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3jvPXzv

The Louisiana National Guard was dispatched to stop a series of cyberattacks aimed at government offices across the state in the run-up to the presidential election next month, according to a report. The attacks follow similar ones across Washington state, according to a Reuters report. In Washington, hackers infected government offices with a type of... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/37Dcvw0

A California appeals court said Uber and Lyft must treat their drivers there as employees, handing the ride-hailing giants another defeat in a legal battle that could upend their business. The Thursday ruling came as the Silicon Valley firms urged California voters to exempt them from a state law meant to force companies to treat... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/2Thg5Ub

Airbnb has tapped famed Apple design boss Jony Ive to spruce up the home-sharing startup's products as it prepares to go public. from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/35kQ7Vr

Japan is joining the fight against Big Tech’s market dominance. The head of the country’s antitrust watchdog said Monday that it would be teaming up with the US and Europe to tackle efforts to regulate the four biggest names in Silicon Valley, adding that Tokyo could open a probe into Google’s attempted Fitbit merger. “If... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/3jcfFJc

TikTok is up and running once again in Pakistan 10 days after it was banned following a failure to filter out “immoral and indecent” content. The popular social media app was given a second chance after it pledged to enforce the rules set forth by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). “TikTok has agreed to moderate... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/37jHpJv

A top Federal Communications Commission staffer blasted Twitter for freezing The Post’s Twitter account in the wake of its exposé on Hunter Biden’s e-mails — while Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is still free to fire off tweets. The dictator — who once called for the destruction of Israel on the social media site... from Technology News & Reviews | New York Post https://ift.tt/2HjeOsJ