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WhatsApp Bans 100,000 Accounts Before Brazilian Election, Which Is Still A Real Mess
Facebook subsidiary and encrypted chat service WhatsApp has banned more than 100,000 accounts ahead of the upcoming federal elections in Brazil, where leftist Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad will face down far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
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Report: Tech-Loving Saudi Prince Suspected In Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Has Twitter Troll Army
Saudi crown prince and heir to the throne Mohammed bin Salman is big on PR. He’s fond of selling himself as a Silicon Valley-style disruptor eager to take Saudi Arabia into the future as a regional tech and logistics hub, trying to ink big deals with international tech giants that could help solidify his claim…
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Banksy’s Secret Video Reveals How ‘Girl With Balloon’ Shredding Should Have Worked
When Banksy remotely shredded his “Girl with Balloon” during a Sotheby’s auction earlier this month, it was both surprising and unsurprising. While the act itself shocked at the time, in hindsight, it lines up perfectly with the mysterious artist’s MO. The only hitch being the destruction stuffing up halfway through. Now, Banksy has released a…
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San Francisco’s Electric Scooter Drama Is Getting Feisty
Lime — the San Francisco-based company behind those scooters that threatened to call the cops on people — lost a request on Friday for a temporary restraining order that would have delayed two competitors from launching in the California city next week.