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Shellanoo Group founder O.D. Kobo Shellanoo Group An amazing drama unfolded this week in Israel’s tech community after tech startup Shellanoo Group filed to go public in the Tel Aviv stock exchange. The tight-knit community, who knew the company’s work intimately was appalled at some of the claims made in the IPO documents, with one VC calling…
“exotic sights and sounds” at the Wangfujing Night Market Last week, I saw a New York Times article shared on my Facebook feed by several high school friends about a common sight in Beijing where we all lived at the time: Chinese men rolling up their shirts just enough to reveal their stomachs as a summertime…
In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation. The vote took place just hours before the close of Univision’s purchase of Gawker Media’s assets, and was carried out under a provision in Gawker’s existing collective bargaining…
“Our lightest product ever,” the page announces. Lithe and sleek like all Apple’s wares, the Apple Plug is a small, aluminum stopper meant to seal up the “archaic headphone connector” in your iPhone 6 or 6s. Machine-rounded at the end to match the device’s curve, it comes in gold, rose gold, and space gray to…
A strange thing happened yesterday afternoon — women across the internet began denouncing the pursuit of equal rights upon learning that one David Hon would never date a feminist. Who is this David Hon, you ask? He is a 25-year-old man from Missouri who has been described as a “journalist,” despite having only about eight…
At the same time, we are revising our practices to require removal and correction of any AP tweets found not to meet AP standards, including tweets that contain information that is incorrect, misleading, unclear or could be interpreted as unfair, or having a problem in tone. The tweet sent on Aug. 23 was the subject…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Facebook on Friday reversed its decision to remove postings of an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam, after a Norwegian revolt against the tech giant. Protests in Norway started last month after Facebook deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer…
Hipsters were today hailed as capitalists boosting Britain’s culture and economy as it reshapes its position on the world stage. In his first keynote speech, culture and digital minister Matthew Hancock said London’s art and tech sectors are key to the UK “paying her way” after Brexit. He highlighted how innovative parts of London…
Celebrity esports team FaZe Clan is taking heat for co-producing a video game that, over a year after its targeted launch date, remains unreleased. Backers donated nearly $20,000 to first-person shooter Starnet Eclipse, which critics are now calling a scam, an allegation FaZe Clan denies. In January of 2015, FaZe Clan announced they were co-producing…
Mercy may be off the market, according to a Blizzard customer support rep. A Redditor reached out to Overwatch’s publisher asking whether he could marry the winged, Swiss healer. Their response? “I’m afraid it’s her decision, and she already offered her digital heart to the most noble, handsome, fit, intelligent and morally upright character in…