People wear protective face masks outside of Starbucks in downtown as the city moves to Phase 2 reopening after restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on June 23, 2020 in New York City . Noam Galai | fake pictures Starbucks is the latest company to say it will stop …
Read More »One of SpaceX’s most ambitious projects remains on the ground, for now
A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites floats in orbit above Earth. Source: SpaceX To finance its Martian ambitions, SpaceX intends to transform Earth, covering the planet with ubiquitous Internet coverage transmitted from a tight mesh of thousands of satellites. CEO Elon Musk hopes that this “Starlink” service will eventually …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg loses $ 7.2B from Facebook advertising boycotts
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg took a $ 7.2 billion hit after multiple companies withdrew their Facebook ads, citing the company’s failure by police to hate speech and disinformation on its site. The company’s shares fell 8.3 percent on Friday, the most in three months after Unilever, one of the world’s largest …
Read More »Facebook shares drop as Unilever, Verizon joins progressive boycott
TOPLINE A Facebook advertising boycott called by major civil rights groups continues to gain momentum with more than a dozen large companies, including Unilever, Verizon, Ben & Jerry’s, Patagonia and more, announcing that they will not work with the tech giant until “it is significant action “is taken to address …
Read More »Honda suspends its Facebook ads
Honda AsimoPhoto: Sling (Sling) Verizon, Ben and Jerry’s, The North Face and Patagonia said this week that would suspend advertising on Facebook about the handling of disinformation and hate speech on the social network. Today, Honda became the first automaker to do the same. The campaign, called “Stop hatred for …
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