Angela Lang/CNET Salesforce on Tuesday said it would acquire Slack for $27.7 billion. The messaging platform…
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Facebook’s oversight board unveils its first slate of cases
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in October 2019. Getty Images Facebook’s content oversight board on Tuesday…
Facial recognition is getting better at making matches around face masks
Some facial recognition algorithms have gotten 10 times better at matching people in masked photos, researchers…
Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency gets a new name: Diem
Facebook and its partners plan to launch Diem, a new global cryptocurrency. Getty Images Libra, the cryptocurrency spearheaded…
Cyber Monday shoppers spent a record $10.8B online
Tevarak Phanduang/EyeEm/Getty Images People looking to take advantage of online deals spent a record $10.8 billion…
Bitcoin is back, hitting record high price
Bitcoin reached an all-time high price Monday, three years after its last spike. Jordan Mansfield/Getty Bitcoin…
Facebook and Google ‘complicit’ in censorship and repression in Vietnam, Amnesty International says
Facebook and Google are “complicit” in censorship across Vietnam, Amnesty International says. Angela Lang/CNET Amnesty International…
Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Joe Rogan: Spotify’s most popular in 2020
Rapper Bad Bunny was streamed on Spotify more than any other artist in the world in…
Mysterious monolith puzzle may have been solved by internet sleuths
Despite comparisons with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the monolith’s origins are earthly in nature.…