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Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's | WIRED

When Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen appeared before Congress last week, it felt like it might finally be a turning point. Haugens testimony created a major crisis for a company that until recently seemed unable to be regulated, and unlikely to be broken up. Scandals before this have made splashes yet somehow havent resulted in meaningful change. But if history is any indication, the tide is about to turn.

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Netflix employees file labor charges against company following Dave Chappelle controversy
Netflix employees file labor charges against company following Dave Chappelle controversy
Twotrans Netflix employees have filed labor charges alleging the company retaliated against them for speaking out against Dave Chappelle's special.


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Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?
Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?
Many degrees dont teach students the skills theyll need in the future.


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Why flat-Earthers are a clear and present threat to an AI-powered society
Why flat-Earthers are a clear and present threat to an AI-powered society
Is the Earth flat? No. Do vaccines work? Yes. Is the climate-crisis real? Of course. We're educated rational people. Right? Right??



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Svatvak Betting On Digital Economy To Tap Into $2.57 Bn Skincare Market
Svatvak Betting On Digital Economy To Tap Into $2.57 Bn Skincare Market
Svatvak, a skincare brand, is offering preservative-free, plant-based products to tap into this rising opportunity


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PM Modi calls on Pope Francis in Vatican, invites him to visit India
PM Modi calls on Pope Francis in Vatican, invites him to visit India
It is the first-ever one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Pope Francis



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China sets new bank risk rules to prevent financial crisis | South China Morning Post
China sets new bank risk rules to prevent financial crisis | South China Morning Post
Measures come as country wrestles with the threats to credit quality and capital markets.


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Stop Wasting Money on Team Building
Stop Wasting Money on Team Building
There are better ways to learn collaboration.



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What CEOs need to know about how their HR teams are feeling
What CEOs need to know about how their HR teams are feeling
There are some big reasons youre likely struggling to retain (and grow) your HR team during this time of great change.


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Imposter Syndrome in the Boardroom: How Executives Handle Self-Doubt
Imposter Syndrome in the Boardroom: How Executives Handle Self-Doubt
If you feel like an imposter, it's probably because you're not.



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Tourists head to Spanish island of La Palma to see erupting volcano | Reuters
Tourists head to Spanish island of La Palma to see erupting volcano | Reuters
Olga Reinoso took advantage of the All Saints Day public holiday to see the erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma but like other tourists she wanted to help islanders whose homes have been destroyed and crops ruined.


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Lebanon ministers hold crisis meeting over Saudi dispute | Reuters
Lebanon ministers hold crisis meeting over Saudi dispute | Reuters
Lebanon's government cannot afford to resign over a growing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and some Gulf states, a member of a Lebanese crisis group of ministers said on Saturday following a near three-hour meeting over the widening rift.



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Philadelphia Settles Lawsuit in Fatal Police Shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
Philadelphia Settles Lawsuit in Fatal Police Shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
The city agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the family of Mr. Wallace, a Black man with a history of mental illness who was shot by officers last year while holding a knife.


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Is Hurricane Season Still Going? You Bet.
Is Hurricane Season Still Going? You Bet.
There hasnt been a named storm in the Atlantic Ocean since early October, but about a month remains in the hurricane season. Dont raid your hurricane supplies yet, said one meteorologist.



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A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.
A Stranger Looked Like My Twin. That Was Just the Beginning.
How a family secret was unraveled by 23andMe.


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Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case
Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case
After being hired as expert witnesses for groups opposing a restrictive voting law, three University of Florida academics were told they could not participate in the lawsuit against the state.



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Supreme Court Wont Block Maines Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
Supreme Court Wont Block Maines Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
A state regulation that does not allow exemptions on religious grounds was challenged by workers who said taking a coronavirus vaccine was at odds with their faith.


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Slow-Moving Storm Brings Heavy Flooding to Mid-Atlantic
Slow-Moving Storm Brings Heavy Flooding to Mid-Atlantic
A National Weather Service forecaster warned that heavy rain during high tides could lead to astronomical surges of ocean water.


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Opinion | What We Did the Last Time We Broke America
Opinion | What We Did the Last Time We Broke America
Our current situation isnt hopeless.


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Opinion | When Will Kids' Masks Come Off at School?
Opinion | When Will Kids' Masks Come Off at School?
With vaccines soon available to kids 5 and up, planning should start now.


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Different Way of Fighting: Lyrics Are the Weapons of All-Women Roma Band
Different Way of Fighting: Lyrics Are the Weapons of All-Women Roma Band
Many Roma women face pressures to marry young and take on traditional gender roles. Pretty Loud, a hip-hop group from Serbia, wants girls to decide for themselves.


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Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel
Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel
Three new books Daniel Sokatchs Can We Talk About Israel?, Omri Boehms Haifa Republic and Ethan Michaelis Twelve Tribes explore various dimensions of the Jewish state.


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Top GameStop executive steps down after less than a year on the job
Top GameStop executive steps down after less than a year on the job
GameStop COO Jenna Owens stepped down this week, the company announced on Friday.


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Fossil fuels doomed in New York as regulator blocks new gas power plants | Ars Technica
Fossil fuels doomed in New York as regulator blocks new gas power plants | Ars Technica
New fossil fuel power plants are "inconsistent" with state climate law.


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Pirate-site operator hacked MLB and tried to extort $150,000, feds say | Ars Technica
Pirate-site operator hacked MLB and tried to extort $150,000, feds say | Ars Technica
Extorter threatened to reveal security flaw used for illegal streaming, FBI says.


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Rocket Report: Russia finally agrees to fly SpaceX, Firefly targets early 2022 | Ars Technica
Rocket Report: Russia finally agrees to fly SpaceX, Firefly targets early 2022 | Ars Technica
"From our viewpoint, SpaceX has gained sufficient experience."


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Tesla recalls nearly 3,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over separating suspensions | Engadget
Tesla recalls nearly 3,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over separating suspensions | Engadget
Notification letters are heading to affected owners on December 24th..


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The US Army will test a 300 kW laser weapon system in 2022 | Engadget
The US Army will test a 300 kW laser weapon system in 2022 | Engadget
Even if its only a demonstration, the system represents a significant step up from the lasers the military has had access to in the past..


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In Italy, 3D Printers Are Making Eco-Friendly Emergency Housing
In Italy, 3D Printers Are Making Eco-Friendly Emergency Housing
The primeval appearance belies the state-of-the-art building technology used to create a structure that Cucinella hopes will combat homelessness and displacement of communities after emergencies or natural disasters.


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Climate experts warn world leaders 1.5C is real science, not just talking point | Cop26 | The Guardian
Climate experts warn world leaders 1.5C is real science, not just talking point | Cop26 | The Guardian
Scientists say keeping temperature rises to 1.5C is vital physical threshold for planet that cannot be negotiated


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Five Essential Activities For First-Time Visitors To Juneau
Five Essential Activities For First-Time Visitors To Juneau
It may be a little tough to get to, but visiting Alaska's capital city is certainly worth the effort.


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Capitalism is killing the planet its time to stop buying into our own destruction | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Capitalism is killing the planet its time to stop buying into our own destruction | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Instead of focusing on micro consumerist bollocks like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up


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A roadmap for a coup: inside Trumps plot to steal the presidency | US elections 2020 | The Guardian
A roadmap for a coup: inside Trumps plot to steal the presidency | US elections 2020 | The Guardian
A startling memo, a surreal Oval Office encounter just some of the twists in the unfolding story of Trumps bid to cling to power, which critics say was no less than an attempted coup


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Rail commuting in Great Britain at less than half pre-pandemic level | Rail transport | The Guardian
Rail commuting in Great Britain at less than half pre-pandemic level | Rail transport | The Guardian
Number of commuter trips made in mid-October was just 45% of pre-Covid figure, industry says


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Banana price war in UK supermarkets is hurting farmers, growers warn | Supermarkets | The Guardian
Banana price war in UK supermarkets is hurting farmers, growers warn | Supermarkets | The Guardian
Retailers accused of ignoring soaring production costs to keep prices low, with Aldi singled out as leading way


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Pumice stones from undersea volcano wash ashore in Japan video | World news | The Guardian
Pumice stones from undersea volcano wash ashore in Japan video | World news | The Guardian
Drone footage shows vast amounts of pumice pebbles, spewed out months ago by an undersea volcano, clogging up a fishing port in Kagoshima prefecture, in southern Japan


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Macrons fighting talk on fishing is driven by far-right election threats | France | The Guardian
Macrons fighting talk on fishing is driven by far-right election threats | France | The Guardian
Analysis: British government is not entirely innocent but Paris knows forceful rhetoric should only go so far


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Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable TechCrunch
Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable TechCrunch
Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2 million in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinators Summer 2021 cohort. The companys work suggests the brain-monitoring headband could save lives by alerting people to possible strokes hours


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Credit Card Debt Can Be Bad for Your Health, Study Finds
Credit Card Debt Can Be Bad for Your Health, Study Finds
A new study says that worries about repaying debt may lead to poor health later in life. So here are some tips for dealing with your bills.


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Beta Finance, which offers one-click option to short crypto assets, raises from Sequoia Capital India and others TechCrunch
Beta Finance, which offers one-click option to short crypto assets, raises from Sequoia Capital India and others TechCrunch
Beta Finance, a decentralized finance protocol that has developed a one-click solution for lending, borrowing and shorting of any crypto asset, said on Friday it has raised $5.75 million across its private and public launchpad investments rounds. The private investment round was led by Sequoia Capi


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A Truck Broker on the Supply Chain Madness
A Truck Broker on the Supply Chain Madness
He helps move things from point A to point B. And he thinks you should already be shopping for the holidays.


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Eurozone Economy Grows 2.2%; Inflation Is Highest in 13 Years
Eurozone Economy Grows 2.2%; Inflation Is Highest in 13 Years
Economic output grew 2.2 percent in the third quarter as the region recovered from a double-dip recession, while inflation jumped to 4.1 percent.


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Meta moves company away from Facebook 'brand tax'
Meta moves company away from Facebook 'brand tax'
"Brand tax" is the term Facebook employees have used to refer to the negative impact Facebook has on its other brands.




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