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At the same time, we are revising our practices to require removal and correction of any AP tweets found not to meet AP standards, including tweets that contain information that is incorrect, misleading, unclear or could be interpreted as unfair, or having a problem in tone. The tweet sent on Aug. 23 was the subject…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Facebook on Friday reversed its decision to remove postings of an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam, after a Norwegian revolt against the tech giant. Protests in Norway started last month after Facebook deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer…
Hipsters were today hailed as capitalists boosting Britain’s culture and economy as it reshapes its position on the world stage. In his first keynote speech, culture and digital minister Matthew Hancock said London’s art and tech sectors are key to the UK “paying her way” after Brexit. He highlighted how innovative parts of London…
Celebrity esports team FaZe Clan is taking heat for co-producing a video game that, over a year after its targeted launch date, remains unreleased. Backers donated nearly $20,000 to first-person shooter Starnet Eclipse, which critics are now calling a scam, an allegation FaZe Clan denies. In January of 2015, FaZe Clan announced they were co-producing…
Mercy may be off the market, according to a Blizzard customer support rep. A Redditor reached out to Overwatch’s publisher asking whether he could marry the winged, Swiss healer. Their response? “I’m afraid it’s her decision, and she already offered her digital heart to the most noble, handsome, fit, intelligent and morally upright character in…
Facebook’s Trending Topics feature is in trouble. Again. The section, whose human editors were recently replaced by algorithms, has promoted a “truther” article from a British tabloid claiming the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on Sept. 11 due to a “controlled demolition.” On Friday morning, users hovering over the “September 11th” trending topic ahead…
When it comes to the once-expected joy of parenthood, many millennials are shrugging and lackadaisically saying “NOPE.” “NOPE NOPE NOPE.” After all, long gone are the days when sex was reproductive; where the natural progression after marriage is 2.5 thankless spawn and a white picket fence in suburban hell. Today’s copulating post-youths…
After weeks of virtual dormancy, a bona fide stock-market selloff took hold on Wall Street. Both the S&P 500 index SPX, -2.45% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.13% plunged below their 50-day moving averages, precipitated by a rout in equities and government bonds, like the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, +4.91% on intensifying fears…
After a decade of documenting job losses for journalists totaling more than 20,000 since 2006, the American Society of News Editors has abandoned the effort. The annual ASNE census (renamed the ASNE Diversity Survey) was released today on the eve of the group’s yearly convention. For the first time in its nearly 40-year history, the…
Abstract BACKGROUND: It is essential to anticipate and limit the social, economic and sanitary cost of type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is in constant progression worldwide. When blood glucose targets are not achieved with diet and lifestyle intervention, insulin is recommended whether or not the patient is already taking hypoglycaemic drugs. However, the benefit/risk balance…