Cloudflare’s CTO Thinks Too Many Websites Hate Their Users

Everyone hates the SEC’s bank bail-in take

FinReg FUBAR

World - Financial Times - October 29

Xenophobia and Hate Speech Are Spiking Heading into the Election

Leading Republican politicians and lax social media controls have contributed to a proliferation of hate rhetoric and anti-immigrant sentiment.

World - The New York Times - November 1

Xenophobia and Hate Speech Are Spiking Heading Into the Election

Leading Republican politicians and lax social media controls have contributed to a proliferation of hate rhetoric and anti-immigrant sentiment.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 1

Why Some New Yorkers Hate the Marathon

In a city where grousing about nearly anything is fair game, some people see the race more as an inconvenience than as a festive occasion.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 2

Strictly's Tasha Ghouri in tears over online hate

Ghouri, who was born deaf, said she received an onslaught of hate after appearing on Love Island in 2022.

Trump is repeating a history of propaganda, violence and hate

Psychological propaganda has been used before to undermine democracy, freedom, equality and human rights — should sound eerily familiar to anyone following the 2024 election.

Politics - The Hill - November 5

12 students at Maryland university charged in hate crime

A dozen students from Salisbury University, aged 18 to 21, were charged with a hate crime on Thursday after allegedly luring a man to an off-campus apartment using social media before assaulting ...

Politics - The Hill - November 8

I hate Trump, but I’m glad he won

My moral tastebuds, triggered for years by an increasingly priggish, intolerant — and, yes, racist — left, wanted to see Team Blue cut down to size.

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Senator Accuses Valve Of Allowing Hate To Spread On Steam

Since its launch in 2003, Steam has grown to become one of the biggest digital stores for PC games. But bringing so many players together has also had some unexpected consequences in the real ...

Tech - GameSpot - 3 hours ago

Conor McGregor's many retirement announcements

As he talks once more about not fighting again, fans have become accustomed to McGregor saying farewell.

Sports - ESPN - October 29

Jason Kelce regrets greeting 'hate with hate' after fan's anti-gay slur about Travis dating Taylor Swift

ESPN analyst Jason Kelce apologizes after slamming the cellphone of a fan who shouted an anti-gay slur about his brother, Travis, dating Taylor Swift.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 5

Mattel apologises after Wicked movie dolls mistakenly link to pornography website on packaging

Toy company advises parents to ‘discard the product packaging or obscure the link’ on Glinda and Elphaba dolls. The toy company Mattel says it is taking “immediate action” after mistakenly printing ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

Mattel pulls thousands of 'Wicked' dolls off shelves after printing adult web address on packaging

Target, Walmart and Amazon had removed the line of "Wicked" dolls from their online storefronts as of midday Monday, as had Best Buy, Barnes & Noble and Macy's.

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Mattel pulls thousands of 'Wicked' dolls off shelves after printing adult website on packaging

Thousands of Mattel’s “Wicked”-branded fashion dolls are flying off shelves, but not because of consumer demand.

Too loyal? Too stubborn? Questions for Ineos after Ten Hag sacking

Have Ineos failed their first big test in charge of Manchester United with their delayed decision to sack Erik ten Hag?

Wisconsin's free-thinking battleground voters

60 Minutes traveled to Wisconsin as the 2024 presidential election nears the finish line to see why, in this battleground state, it's anybody's game.

Startup Thinking: A Blueprint for Corporate Transformation

Change your culture so employees feel empowered to experiment, collaborate, and make decisions.

Business - Inc. - November 1

Has poppymania gone too far?

Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it. In autumn 2003, about six months after ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Anthropic says latest AI model can control users’ computers

Start-up backed by Google and Amazon says tool can act like a ‘human collaborator’

Business - Financial Times - October 22

OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case

A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not

A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection

The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.

Business - Inc. - November 5

Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users

Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 6

Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User

Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’

Business - Inc. - November 6

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription

Tech - ABC News - 6 days ago

Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election

With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.

Business - The New York Times - 3 days ago

X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.

X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election

Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

What 23andMe business troubles could mean for users' genetic data

The company is laying off 40% of its workforce and discontinuing its therapeutics division.

Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content

Tech - ABC News - 4 days ago

How Sema4.ai is empowering business users to deploy AI agents in minutes

Many early AI agents tend to be singularly-purposed or IT-driven. Sema4.ai says it is the differentiator for diverse horizontal use cases.

Tech - VentureBeat - 4 days ago

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome's Colosseum

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago

What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X?

Bluesky reported one million new users after President-elect Trump tapped X owner Musk for his next administration.

Latest in Cloudflare’s CTO Thinks Too Many Websites Hate Their Users