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Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Buying Up Hawaii
While normal, middle-class Americans struggle to buy starter homes or even just afford rent, American billionaires are busy buying up huge tracts of land all over the world for nebulous reasons. Case in point: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who is estimated to be worth over $US10 billion, is said to be buying up huge chunks…
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Elon Musk Is Using Wikipedia to Determine Which Media Outlets are ‘Government Funded’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk apparently trusts Wikipedia more than any expert or audited report and uses it to make crucial decisions about press freedom.
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Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label to NPR
NPR’s Twitter account received a state-affiliated media label on Wednesday for reportedly being an entity with editorial independence although the outlet receives some funding from the government. The state-affiliated media label has historically been applied to foreign media outlets providing official government views.
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Uber Says Riders Are Willing To Pay The Most When Their Phone Battery Is Dying
When our phones are dying we sometimes do desperate things. And the ride-hailing company Uber knows that. The company recently admitted that riders with a dying battery are willing to pay the most in surge pricing. But they insist they’d never use this knowledge to raise rates on desperate people.