In the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s personal account, and Google, Apple and Amazon shunned Parler, which at least temporarily shut down the social…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – It’s another week of lost luster for gold at the expense of a charging dollar whose strength could barely be explained with the currency debasement expected from President-elect Joe Biden’s…
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Editor’s note: Some of the money used to organize the Jan. 6 pro-Trump “March to Save America” came from social welfare groups. One of them, Women for America First, notably obtained a permit from the…
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From Google searches and dating sites to detecting credit card fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) keeps finding new ways to creep into our lives. But can we trust the algorithms that drive it? As humans, we…
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© Reuters. World’s Top Platinum Miner Makes Another Bold Call on Prices (Bloomberg) — The world’s No. 1 platinum miner said the price of the metal could climb more than 80% over the next four…
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The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,000 residents and employees of long-term care facilities in the U.S. alone, accounting…
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Last week Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald Trump in the wake of his supporters’ violent storming of Capitol Hill. Trump was also suspended from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely. Heads quickly turned to the right-wing…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The third annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue is held at the State Department in Washington 2/2 By Mike Stone, Alexandra Alper and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration in…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea I’ve analyzed over 30,000 tweets from Donald Trump’s Twitter feed from January 2015 to December 2020. They show Trump following a…
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For years, US President Donald Trump pushed the limits of Twitter’s content policies, raising pressure on the platform to exercise tougher moderation. Ultimately, the violent siege of the US Capitol forced Twitter’s hand and the…
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