Twitter is reporting surprisingly strong user numbers and revenue even as it eliminates robotic and fake accounts on its platform. On that front, the company said instances of suspicious behavior and spam dropped by 18% during the second quarter when it posted financial results for the second quarter Friday. But Twitter‘s push to cut down […]
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Caeleb Dressel broke Michael Phelps’ world record in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday at the world swimming championships. The American won his semifinal heat in 49.50 seconds — 0.32 seconds better than Phelps’ mark set at the 2009 world meet in Rome at the height of the high-tech suit era. Dressel was out in 22.83
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Economic growth probably slowed sharply last spring, but don’t panic — the decade-long expansion has lost some momentum, but there’s little reason to think it is about to stall out. The Commerce Department will release its preliminary estimate of second-quarter economic growth at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Forecasters surveyed by MarketWatch expect the report to show
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The host showed TV news segments that explained how the combined student debt had reached $1.4 trillion. Borrowers are averaging $29,800 in debt, and 69% of students need a loan to make it through college. The problem is so widespread that Democratic presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are proposing solutions to
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Image copyright Getty Images Ofcom has fined a Russian news service £200,000 for “a serious breach” of impartiality rules in several news and current affairs programmes. The broadcasting regulator said RT’s breaches included reports on the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury and the Syria conflict. Ofcom has instructed RT, formerly Russia Today,
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SURFACING In a city known for samba, “nobody expects a black, poor woman to play the violin.” Morro da Providência is one of Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favelas. For Gláucia da Silva, a young classical musician, the thirty-minute hike from the base of the favela to her mother’s house follows a steep incline and a
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The police grabbed Mr. Cheung 11 days after the Telegram channel was created, accusing him of administering it. They also accused him of posting a guide on how to assassinate police officers. Mr. Cheung denies the allegations, and a New York Times search could not find posts matching what the police described. Mr. Cheung, a
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The year Maggie MacNeil was born, people thought the world might end. They packed away canned goods and fretted about computer meltdowns as the year 2000 approached, unsure what the dawn of a new millennium would bring. MacNeil was born two months later in London, Ontario. A little bundle of swimming potential waiting to be
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time. But while the bipartisan report’s warning that the United States remains vulnerable in the
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Orders to U.S. factories for large manufactured goods rose last month after sharp declines the previous two months, propelled by demand for commercial aircraft and cars. A category that tracks business investment had its biggest increase in four months. Orders for durable goods — or items meant to last at least three years — rose
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