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It’s a joke, people! Facebook is testing labeling stories from the Onion and others as satire.
Square CEO (and Twitter co-founder) Jack Dorsey, a St. Louis native, was tweeting from Ferguson, where he joined protests over the killing of Michael Brown by a police officer.
Twitter test notifications, such as retweeting people’s favorites and follows, are apparently annoying users. Some say the change is a pretty big deal.
Labor violations found at Qanta, an Apple supplier. Apple says it has worked with the supplier to improve conditions.
Facebook made a donation to Utah’s Attorney General, who’s fighting gay marriage.
Can law enforcement use “kill switches” to silence dissent?
Big tech companies are increasingly bypassing investment banks when they make mega-deals.
There are now more subscribers to cable Internet than cable TV.
Reddit, Imgur and Twitch team up to form Derp, an alliance that will provide data to universities for research.
Oops: One Microsoft update last week has bricked some computers running Windows 7.
FCC extends deadline for public comments on net neutrality to Sept. 15.
Photo of Jack Dorsey from Reuters archives
