NEW YORK (AP) – The BET Awards served as an extension of the voices of blacks protesting on the streets about the inequalities blacks face on a daily basis, as the artists used their performances to highlight the Black Lives Matter movement, the civil rights and the lives of those …
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Search engine startup asks users to be the customer, not the product.
Enlarge / / Neeva doesn’t even have a logo yet, let alone helpful screenshots, so enjoy this remixed version of a 1940s coin-operated toilet lid dispenser. In November 2017, Sridhar Ramaswamy, the head of Google’s $ 95 billion ad arm, left the company after a scandal over big corporate ads …
Read More »Here’s the impact on revenue Facebook will take when Diageo and Starbucks join the list of companies pulling ads from the platform.
Facebook shares fell in pre-market trading on Monday, after Diageo and Starbucks became the latest companies to stop advertising on social media platforms for ineffective surveillance of hate speech. Shares of the social networking company FB, -2.48%, which operates Instagram and WhatsApp, in addition to its eponymous platform, fell more …
Read More »Eleven people were “shot in less than 12 hours in New York, including a woman with a head injury”
Eleven people are shot in less than 12 hours in New York City, including a 30-year-old woman who received a blow to the head and is in critical condition. Eleven people were shot in New York City in less than 12 hours last weekend, according to New York police. The …
Read More »Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations, and Increased Positivity Rate in Los Angeles County, Residents Should Take Precautions
Never miss a morning briefing. Subscribe today to receive our AM newsletter in your inbox. In news that should not surprise anyone, a new report The California Center for Budget and Policy believes that the loss of coronavirus-related jobs in the state is affecting women and people of color, and …
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