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Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads

Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network.

Facebook says the researchers violated its terms of service and were involved in unauthorized data collection from its massive network. The academics, however, say the company is attempting to exert control on research that paints it in a negative light.

The NYU researchers with the Ad Observatory Project had for several years been looking into Facebook's Ad Library, where... Read More

Uber's recovery accelerates, but worries about losses linger

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) ??" Uber's ride-hailing service is regaining the momentum that it lost during the pandemic, but it's coming at a cost that's raising more doubts about the company's ability to make money.

At the same time, Uber's unprofitable delivery service is still growing at a torrid pace, indicating that some homebound habits may be here to stay, even though people are going out again.

Those two trends produced Uber's best quarterly report since the pandemic clobbered the San Francisco company 17 months ago.

The results announced Wednesday for the... Read More

Sony's profits gain on 'Demon Slayer,' digital camera demand

TOKYO (AP) ??" Sony's April-June profit rose 9% to 211.8 billion yen ($1.9 billion) as the Japanese electronics and video game maker continued to benefit from a sales perk from the hit "Demon Slayer" animation film.

Healthy results in its music streaming business and robust demand for digital cameras, image sensors and the PlayStation 5 video game console helped Tokyo-based Sony Corp.'s quarterly sales grow 15% to 2.26 trillion yen ($20.7 billion), the company said Wednesday.

Sony had posted a 193.6 billion yen quarterly profit the previous year. Sony raised its full... Read More

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates finalize their divorce

SEATTLE (AP) ??" The divorce of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates has been finalized.

The Microsoft co-founder and his wife announced in May they were ending their 27-year marriage and on Monday a King County Superior Court judge signed the dissolution decree. The New York Times reports the court documents didn't detail how they would divide their assets.

Bill Gates was formerly the world's richest person and his fortune is estimated at about $150 billion.

They met after she began working at Microsoft as a product manager in 1987. The two were married in... Read More

Dating changed during the pandemic; apps are following suit

LONDON (AP) ??" Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Sherlock went out with a few men she met through dating apps. The dates were "weird," she said, and not just because they were masked, socially distanced and outdoors.

One one occasion, a date remained masked while they were out for a stroll, but soon after invited her back to his place, a move Sherlock saw as reckless. "It was so off putting, and awkward," she said. "So we wouldn't be safe outside without mask(s), but we would be safe back at his place maskless?"

She decided she needed a way to filter people,... Read More

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Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads

Uber's recovery accelerates, but worries about losses linger

Sony's profits gain on 'Demon Slayer,' digital camera demand

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates finalize their divorce

Dating changed during the pandemic; apps are following suit

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