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Twitter won’t ruin the world. But constraining democracy would | Kenan Malik | Opinion
Has the retweet ruined the world? Chris Wetherell, the software developer who built Twitter’s retweet button, thinks so. Introduced in 2009, retweeting transformed the social media landscape, he suggests, by allowing people to pass on information without having bothered to digest it. The result has been “the incentivising of extreme, polarising and outrage-inducing content”. Jack …
Yankees woes won’t force me into bad trade
BOSTON — If nothing else, the past week has reinforced the Yankees’ need for starting-pitching help, as each starter was smacked around over the last turn of the rotation. General manager Brian Cashman acknowledged Friday the Yankees have hit “a bad stretch,” but added it wouldn’t force him into making any moves prior to Wednesday’s …
China won’t rule out force in reuniting Taiwan with mainland
The Chinese government said Wednesday it will not rule out the use of force in its effort to reunite Taiwan with the mainland. Beijing’s latest Defense Ministry report listed the containment of Taiwanese and Tibetan “separatists” as its top priorities. The report also said the United States’ deployment of a missile defense system in South Korea has …
Trump says he won’t watch Mueller testify, but he might
President Trump said he doesn’t plan to watch former special counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress Wednesday, but he might watch some of it. Mr. Trump, seated alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, reiterated his claims that Mueller is very “conflicted” and his report exonerates him. “No I’m not going to be watching, probably, maybe …
Feds won’t urge jail time for Roger Stone over gag order dust up
Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. | Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Photo Legal Instead, government attorneys told a judge to consider banning the longtime Donald Trump associate from using social media while he awaits trial later this fall. By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 07/16/2019 12:31 PM …
No, technology won’t transform your business
In January 2019, rock icon Nick Cave was asked if artificial intelligence could ever write a good song. “AI could write a good song, but not a great one,” he replied. “It lacks the nerve.” A few months earlier, Harvard Business Review found that while digital transformation was still the number one concern of CEOs …
Jerome Powell: I won’t leave if Trump asks me to quit
“Of course, I would not do that,” replied Powell, who was appointed by Trump. “I can’t hear you,” said Waters in response to which the hearing room erupted in laughter. “The answer would be, ‘No,’” Powell said. Waters pressed further, asking, “Do you believe the President doesn’t have the authority?” He replied: “What I have …
Ford will sell a $1.2 million supercar that won’t be street-legal
The 700 horsepower Ford GT Mk II is intended for track use only. It was also not designed to comply with the regulations of any particular racing series, giving engineers free reign to maximize the car’s performance potential, Ford said. That means the 3.5-liter turbocharged engine in the GT Mark II will produce 53 horsepower …
Rapinoe-Trump spat won’t distract USWNT
12:23 PM ET Graham HaysespnW.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. PARIS — With one of the most anticipated games in the history of women’s soccer a day away, United States coach Jill Ellis and veteran forward Megan Rapinoe attempted Thursday to shift …
White House says Kellyanne Conway won’t show up to Hatch Act hearing
Chairman Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, told CNN that he planned to subpoena Conway on Wednesday. Cummings warned that his panel would vote to hold Conway in contempt if she ignores the subpoena. White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to Cummings that he was citing longstanding precedent that allows members of the …
