2019

Facebook Says Users Watched New Zealand Shooting In Real Time But No One Reported It

Not a single Facebook user reported the New Zealand mosque shooting while watching a livestream of the attack, the company said late Monday.  The real-time broadcast of the violence was seen fewer than 200 times, Facebook deputy general counsel Chris Sonderby said in a statement. But it had begun gaining traction by the time the first

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U.S. Figure Skater Accused Of Cutting Rival With Skate At World Championships

American figure skater Mariah Bell is accused of intentionally cutting her South Korean rival Lim Eun-soo with the blade of her ice skate at the World Figure Skating Championships in Japan on Wednesday. The 22-year-old allegedly came up behind Lim during a practice session and kicked her left calf with her skate. The 16-year-old received

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Uber Not Criminally Liable After Self-Driving Car Killed Woman: Local Prosecutor

Uber will not be held criminally liable for a crash last year in which one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona — the first accident of its kind. Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk wrote in a letter Tuesday that there was “no basis for criminal liability for the Uber

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Who Owns Huawei? The Company Tried to Explain. It Got Complicated.

SHENZHEN, China — For one of the world’s largest technology companies, it should be a simple question: Who owns Huawei? As the Chinese smartphone and telecommunications equipment giant battles the United States government over whether it should be allowed to build the world’s mobile networks, the company has been going to great lengths to present

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