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Twitter may let you edit your tweets — but everyone needs to wear a mask first

Rob Picheta, CNN Business — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 06:42:53 +0000

(CNN) — Twitter teased a much-anticipated innovation on Thursday — but it comes with a catch. “You can have an edit button when everyone wears a mask,” the company tweeted from its flagship account on Thursday. The comment quickly spread across the platform, being retweeted half a million times in 12 hours and receiving more than

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A free press in China could have prevented the coronavirus pandemic, media watchdog says

Rob Picheta, CNN Business — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:14:29 +0000

(CNN) – Strongman leaders around the world are using the coronavirus crisis to stifle journalists, a leading press freedom watchdog has warned, as it bemoaned a missed opportunity to highlight the severity of the outbreak in its early days in Wuhan, China. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) criticized China for censoring early coverage of the coronavirus

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BBC Africa editor Fergal Keane steps down, suffering from PTSD

Rob Picheta, CNN Business — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:06:00 +0000

The BBC’s Africa editor, Fergal Keane, is stepping down from his role after suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by reporting on conflicts around the world. Keane speaks onstage in New York on May 21, 2016.

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New lithium-sulfur battery could charge your phone for five days, researchers say

Rob Picheta, CNN Business — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:22:07 +0000

This story was first published on CNN.com “New lithium-sulfur battery could charge your phone for five days, researchers say“ (CNN) – Australian researchers claim they have developed a battery that can keep a smartphone charged for five days or power an electric car for 1,000 kilometers (over 600 miles). If the technology comes to be

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Adidas social media debacle produces racist and anti-Semitic tweets

Rob Picheta, CNN Business — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:44:07 +0000

(CNN) — Adidas has come under fire for a social media campaign which inadvertently led to the sportswear giant tweeting out racist, anti-Semitic and abusive terms to hundreds of thousands of followers. The company ran a campaign on Monday aimed at promoting its new Arsenal shirt, which generated personalized images of the new product bearing

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