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Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together

Mr. Doyle runs a parody Twitter account about identity politics and cancel culture. He said his work has been described as “racist” and “misogynist.” (“I’ve had one friend literally scream at me in the pub,” he said.) He reached out to Lisa Hardcastle when her similar Twitter account was suspended in 2018. Now they, too,

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Google buys Fitbit for $2.1B, enters crowded wearables field

Fitbit is being acquired by Google’s parent company for about $2.1 billion, a deal that enables the search-engine company to leap into the hotly competitive market for smartwatches and health and fitness trackers. Fitbit is a pioneer in wearable technology, but it’s been shredded by that competition. The company’s market capitalization soared to just under

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Behind Apple’s ‘Slow-Roll’ Marketing Push for Its New Streaming Service

On the New Jersey-side of the Lincoln Tunnel, by contrast, three gargantuan signs for the iPhone 11 Pro, which was unveiled and made available in September, hang above the three tunnel entrances, dominating the sight lines of captive drivers and passengers in the traffic-clogged patch of Weehawken below. Lee Clow, who crafted many of Apple’s

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