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The Capitol rioters put themselves all over social media. Now they’re getting arrested.

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A pro-Trump rioter poses for a photo with the vandalized statue of former President Gerald Ford. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images How law enforcement and internet detectives are identifying the Capitol rioters. Capitol Police may have allowed nearly every member of a mob of pro-Trump rioters to enter, vandalize, and leave the Capitol building scot-free, but …

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Parler begins to come back online with the help of a Russian tech company 

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Some of those who participated in the riot at the US Capitol were users of the platform Parler, which went offline over the weekend. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A preliminary page for Parler has come back online, but the full app hasn’t returned. Parler, the largely unmoderated social network popular with conservatives, often …

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Why the best referees for Twitter and Facebook may be the people who work there

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Donald Trump boards Air Force One on January 12, 2021. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The big platforms finally policed Donald Trump. But there’s no one — really — to police the platforms except their owners and employees. Who convinced Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg to kick Donald Trump off of their platforms last …

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Google Assistant’s new Guest Mode is more private, but there’s a price

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Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images “Hey Google, don’t save any of my interactions with you.” If you have a smart speaker or smart device but aren’t thrilled with the possibility that your data — including your voice — is being collected and stored on it, Google Assistant might have an answer for you: Guest …

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One of Donald Trump’s biggest Silicon Valley backers is renouncing his support

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Doug Leone and his wife donated about $700,000 to boost Trump in 2020. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images “After last week’s horrific events, President Trump lost many of his supporters, including me.” One of Donald Trump’s biggest backers in Silicon Valley is renouncing his support for the president in the wake of last week’s riot at …

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What is Signal, and why is everybody downloading it right now?

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Following the Capitol riots, a privacy-minded messaging service is now the most popular app in the US. | Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images The encrypted messaging app is currently the most downloaded app on both app stores. Signal, once a niche messaging service for the privacy-minded, is currently the most downloaded app in the United …

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Now with more money than anyone else, Elon Musk faces a new challenge: How to give it away

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The big decision before Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. | Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images More scrutiny than ever will be on Musk’s philanthropy, now that he’s the richest person in the world. The richest person in the world would like your help giving away his billions of dollars. One of the first things …

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