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Why platforms aren’t taking down deceptive political videos

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Say you run a large social network in which your most zealous users frequently discuss their politics. In 2020, one way they are going to do this is through the sharing of memes — pithy, punchy photos and videos designed for maximum partisan impact. Some of these memes will draw on actual facts; others will simply be insults. The most troublesome memes to deal with will be the ones that draw on real life but manipulate it in some way. These manipulations can be an essential part of satire, parody, and criticism. They can also trick people into believing a hoax. It’s up to you to draw a bright line. Where do you draw it?

The question of manipulated media has come up in a big way twice in the past week. The first came when Twitter said it...

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Redmi 8A Dual vs Realme C3 Comparison: Which One Should You Buy?

Every Penny Counts when it comes to a budget buy. The buying decision for us customers becomes a tough task when there are multiple options vying neck to neck. Things get even more tricky when the pick is between similarly named as well as specced alternatives. Yes, we are talking about the archrivals Redmi and […]

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India vs New Zealand | Kane Williamson Hails 'Outstanding, Clinical Performance' in Third ODI

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson lauded his side's 'outstanding performance' against India in the third ODI at Mount Maunganui on Tuesday (February 11).

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India vs New Zealand | We Lacked Composure on Field, Didn't Deserve to Win: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli rued India's lack of composure on the field in all three matches of the ODI series against New Zealand, saying they were not up to international standards.

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India vs New Zealand | Kiwis Inflict India's First ODI Series Whitewash in 31 Years

India suffered their first ODI whitewash in more than three decades as New Zealand completed a 3-0 sweep with a five-wicket victory in the third ODI on Tuesday.

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Redmi 8A Dual Launched in India starting at Rs. 6,499 alongside new Redmi Power Banks

Today, the Xiaomi sub-brand has launched multiple products in India. With the Redmi 8A Dual, the brand has brewed the low-end tussle. If you’d recall, Redmi had announced the new arrival on the premiere day of its close competition – Realme C3 (review). Now since none of its teasers spilled any beans, you’ll be curious […]

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Intel joins Sony and Amazon withdrawals from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus risk

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Intel and NTT Docomo are joining Sony, Amazon, and others who have cancelled their presence at Mobile World Congress 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. LG, ZTE, Nvidia, and Ericsson have already cancelled various events that were set to take place at MWC in Barcelona, which is the biggest mobile technology trade show on the annual calendar. TCL also announced it would not be holding a press conference at the show, but the company still plans to attend.

“The safety and wellbeing of all our employees and partners is our top priority, and we have withdrawn from this year’s Mobile World Congress out of an abundance of caution,” said an Intel spokesperson in a statement published by Venturebeat. NTT similarly stressed the need to protect...

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Mike Hussey, Andrew Symonds to Join Australian Coaching Staff

Former Australian cricketers Michael Hussey and Andrew Symonds will be joining the Australian team coaching staff in advisory and mentorship roles, in what is a concerted effort by head coach Justin Langer to expose young players to the knowledge that past legends can impart.

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India & Australia Square Off in Women's T20 Tri-series Final

The Indian women's cricket team will take on Australia in the final of the tri-series that also featured England at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Wednesday.

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Corey Anderson Re-signs With Somerset for T20 Blast

English county Somerset has re-signed New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson for the 2020 T20 Blast. The 29-year-old will be available for all 14 games in the group stage plus the quarter-final, should Somerset qualify for the knock-out stages.

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Bangladesh Aim to Learn 'Self-Belief' From U-19 Team

After suffering an innings defeat against Pakistan, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque has insisted that his side will look to seek inspiration from the junior team, who won the U-19 ICC World Cup.

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ICC to Introduce Front Foot No-ball Technology in Women's T20 World Cup

Front foot no-ball technology will be used in a global tournament for the first time at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia later this month, the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday.

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Straight, Full & Repeat – Siddarth Kaul’s Taking No Chances on Comeback Trail

Injuries and setbacks have unfortunately been a dear friend for Punjab’s Siddarth Kaul.

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Amazon’s PR chief gets combative on Twitter over media criticism

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Amazon PR chief Jay Carney spent his Monday evening engaging in series of escalating and increasingly combative arguments with members of the news media on Twitter. It marks a rare case of one of the e-commerce giant’s more notable representatives taking a less measured approach to public relations. As of this article’s publication, Carney’s tweets are still live.

Carney, a former White House press secretary under President Barack Obama, specifically took issue with framings of his op-ed in The New York Times this morning, titled “Why Bernie Sanders Praised Amazon.” Some reporters, most prominently members of BuzzFeed News, found the op-ed opportunistic and too conveniently timed to a recent letter from the Vermont senator and...

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Five Players Including Akash Singh, Ravi Bishnoi Sanctioned for U-19 WC Final Fracas

Five players - three from Bangladesh and two from India - have been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after an altercation following the Under-19 World Cup final.

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Warner Bros. Changes Birds Of Prey’s Title After It Flops At Box Office

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) continues to hold online critical and audience scores of 80% despite the film debuting to underwhelming box office numbers. Its $33 million domestic opening weekend ranks among the lowest comic book movies ever released, and is the worst since the $5.4 million opening of Jimmy Hayward’s 2010 failure Jonah Hex.

The film’s cumbersome title in particular, which is phonetically longer than an actual haiku, is partly to blame for its financial falter according to box office analyst Jeff Bock. “The first mistake is not focusing on” Margot Robbie’s returning antiheroine, he told Variety. “Not naming it Harley Quinn was a huge misfire.” That misfire was apparently so obvious that several theaters, including AMC, have now actually rebranded the movie as Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey in their marketing materials, at the request of Warner Bros.

When comparing Birds of Prey to its financially hampered predecessors, however, it’s worth keeping in mind that the film was made on a budget of about $85 million, meaning that it earned back almost 39% of production costs in its domestic opening weekend. For comparison, Green Lantern, considered by many to be a modern low point in the genre, cost $200 million to make, so its $53 million opening weekend was less than 27% of its production price tag.

The indisputably bad multi-Razzie “winner” Catwoman, meanwhile, cost $100 million to make, with its $13.7 million opening weekend representing just less than 14% of its budget, and Jonah Hex cost $47 million to make, meaning that its $5.4 million opening weekend barely recouped 11% of the money that Legendary Pictures spent to make it.

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In that regard, the film’s performance isn’t quite the failure it’s being portrayed as. While it’s not particularly good even among the DCEU, it ranks ahead of Justice League, whose $93 million opening weekend represented just more than 31% of its $300 million budget, and comes in just slightly behind the franchise’s first billion-dollar earner Aquaman, whose $68 million opening weekend represented just over 42% of its $160 million budget. If Birds of Prey performs similarly to James Wan’s undersea solo pic over the long term, it could still conceivably bring in a respectable worldwide box office haul of more than $500 million.

Then again, if it performs like last year’s Shazam!, which grossed only $366 million globally despite being well received and reviewed, then Birds of Prey could see a final box office sum in the $220 million range. Cathy Yan’s effort has an advantage over David F. Sandberg’s by featuring an established, immensely-popular character, and while its R-rating may narrow its audience more than Shazam!‘s PG-13 grade did, it follows a recent string of financially lucrative R-rated comic book films, including last year’s Academy Award winning Joker, which became the first such movie to break the billion-dollar threshold.

In any case, the newly titled Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey can be seen in theaters now, while Harley is set to return in The Suicide Squad on August 6th, 2021.

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Google’s head of HR is leaving while worker unrest continues

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Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is stepping down later this year, the company confirms to The Verge (via Fortune). Her title was VP of People Operations; according to Google, the team’s goal is to be “the champions of Google’s culture.”

Perhaps needless to say, Google’s culture hasn’t been in the best shape for a while. The company is still reeling from the revelations that multiple high-level Google and Alphabet executives were reportedly involved in sexual harassment or inappropriate sexual relationships, some of whom received multimillion-dollar severance packages after the fact, which angered Google employees to the point 20,000 of them staged a walkout.

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The person in charge of Google’s fractured culture is stepping down

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T-Mobile and Sprint’s industry-changing merger will reportedly clear its final hurdle tomorrow

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Tomorrow is a day the wireless industry has long been waiting for, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal’s well-guarded sources — a judge is expected to rule in favor of T-Mobile and Sprint in the lawsuit that attempted to stop their industry-changing merger. That should finally allow T-Mobile and Sprint to combine to take on AT&T and Verizon, as the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice have already approved the $26.5 billion deal.

That means we may finally see if the combined company will be as good as T-Mobile and Sprint have promised — or if there’ll be less competition than ever.

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India vs New Zealand Live Score, 3rd ODI Match at Mount Maunganui: India Lose Agarwal Early

India vs New Zealand, Live cricket score and latest update, live commentary of 3rd ODI match being played at Mount Maunganui.

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T-Mobile and Sprint’s industry-changing merger will reportedly clear its final hurdle tomorrow

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That means we may finally see if the combined company will be as good as T-Mobile and Sprint have promised — or if there’ll be less competition than ever.

T-Mobile and Sprint have maintained since the merger was announced that the deal would create competition,...

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