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While I think this new situation might be a weak case to object to Uber on, I would still argue that they broke a union-run work stoppage in order to perform the work of that union. This would be enough to consider them scabs. Now, we can debate if it was a strike or not…
The presidency of Donald J. Trump has been noteworthy for its speed. In his first week in office, as the president’s aides won’t tire of reminding us, Mr. Trump has already put in motion plans to do much of what he promised to do while campaigning. But it’s not just the politician who is moving…
Do you want to log in or join Facebook? Security Key for safer logins with a touch People ask all the time what they can do to make their online accounts more secure. Like most security professionals, I recommend setting up two-factor authentication (login approvals). That means when you log into Facebook from a new…
Trump and staff still use private email and bad security settings for Twitter [Updated] Update January 27: Following our coverage, the emails associated with President Trump’s @POTUS account were updated to what appears to be government addresses. “The most awesome stage” Last year, Facebook’s VP of Design thought the TNW Conference main stage was the…
Trump is in power, and one of his first acts has been to gag government agencies. After the National Park Service bruised his ego by retweeting a New York Times tweet showing Trump’s inauguration numbers to be lower than President Obama’s 2009 crowd, they were ordered to stop all tweets, including scheduled ones. He then…
Image: Twitter White House Press Secretary and shouting ball of wax Sean Spicer has tweeted plenty of dumb things. (And who among us hasn’t?) This morning, though, he may have accidentally compromised the security of his Twitter account. At 8:42am Spicer sent a string of nonsense out to the world: “n9y25ah7.” It’s not long enough…
No alternative facts about it: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer really loves tweeting about his food fixations. The headstrong spokesman — who criticized and stonewalled the press in his White House briefing on Saturday — has seen some viral attention for his five-year Twitter feud against Dippin’ Dots. Turns out that was merely one…
The National Park service retweeted some sick Donald Trump burns, noting how, uh, lightly attended his inauguration was compared to Barack Obama’s in 2009. But now, the NPS has been ordered by its Washington support office to “immediately cease use of government Twitter accounts until further notice,” according to an internal email obtained by Gizmodo….
Dan Scavino has shared articles from websites that claim 9/11 was an ‘inside job’, Michelle Obama is a man and Beyonce is funded by the CIA. scald=5187301:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=5187301 President Donald Trump speaks at the CIA headquarters on January 21, 2017 in Langley, Virginia. Olivier Doulier/Getty The man behind Donald Trump’s official presidential…
Facebook spent more than $50 million last year paying publishers and celebrities to create live video on the social network. Now numerous publishers tell Recode that Facebook is de-emphasizing live video when it talks to them. And none of the publishers we’ve spoken with expect Facebook to renew the paid livestreaming deals it signed last spring to get live video off…