Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, sues Google for ‘election interference’

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Democratic primary candidate for president, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has filed a lawsuit against Google over claims of “election interference.”

In the complaint filed by Gabbard’s campaign committee, Tulsi Now Inc., the congresswoman alleges that the search giant suspended her presidential campaign’s Google ad account after the first Democratic primary debates last month. 

Gabbard seeks damages of up to $50 million and an injunction prohibiting Google from taking any further action against the account in the future.

The lawsuit alleges the company suspended her advertising account for 6 hours in total following the debates, hurting Gabbard’s ability to raise money and reach out to potential voters. The campaign is accusing Google of violating Gabbard’s First Amendment rights. Read more…

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GoFundMe and ‘Orange is the New Black’ launch the Poussey Washington Fund

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Ahead of tomorrow’s release of the final season on Netflix, Orange is the New Black is partnering with GoFundMe to raise money for critical issues explored on the show.

The Poussey Washington Fund (named for Samira Wiley’s beloved character on the show) will support eight pre-existing non-profits that focus on issues like criminal justice and policy reform, immigrants’ rights, and mass incarceration.

The fund doesn’t just take inspiration from the show.  It’s also an interactive part of the final series (don’t worry, this isn’t a spoiler). At the end of the final episode, viewers will be directed to donate through the campaign. There’s also a text-to-donate option in which U.S. viewers can contribute by texting 41411. Read more…

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Forget Area 51, here are 15 other places the internet wants to storm

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With the number of people who checked in to storm Area 51 now around 2 million, we can see that the public has recognized their power to collectively organize against the government in the name of aliens. So, what’s the next step? Wall Street? Tackling Trump?

Nah, let’s storm the Bermuda Triangle. It can’t stop all of us! 

Because the viral energy clearly hasn’t died down, we now have a bunch of parody copycat events attempting to capture the chaotic energy that made the original Area 51 event so magical. Well, until the Air Force stepped in and told us to knock it off, that is. 

Shoes laced up and ready to Naruto run into action, what are we supposed to do now? We need to storm something.  Read more…

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Exasperated officials use pineapple pizza to explain Russian election interference

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Sometimes you just have to meet the idiot masses on their level. 

That appears to be the thinking of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, which took pains to explain foreign interference operations in a way the common dumb-dumb just might be able to maybe understand. Namely, with pineapple pizza. 

The agency created an infographic, promoted in a pizza-themed July 25 tweet, that reframes the known Russian interference in the 2016 election as a matter of culinary disagreement. In this CISA-provided example, instead of Russians attempting to sow division among Americans by inciting race-based violence, the hypothetical foreign adversary in question wants to make us battle it out over pineapple pizza.  Read more…

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Samsung says an improved Galaxy Fold will launch in September

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Samsung’s foldable phone is back on.

An improved version of the Galaxy Fold will be ready to launch in “select markets” beginning in September, Samsung announced. The company said it has made a number of improvements to the design of the foldable phone, including “additional reinforcements.”

Samsung launched the Galaxy Fold with great fanfare in February, promising the foldable phone would usher in a new era of smartphone design. But when the company handed out devices to journalists in April, many early reviewers quickly reported serious issues. Samsung then put the phone on hold, and rumors of design flaws and planned fixes have trickled in since.  Read more…

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Elon Musk’s main worry about the record-setting Tesla Model 3

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Tesla delivered a record number of its electric cars in the past three months: 95,356 vehicles. 

But what that number doesn’t show is how many of those cars were the car company’s newest Model 3 sedan: 77,634 cars. That means only 17,722 Model X and S were ordered and delivered, down more than 20 percent from last year. This has Tesla CEO Elon Musk a bit concerned for the future of his original car lines, as it seems the Model 3’s success is coming at the cost of his other vehicles.

During a second quarter earnings call Wednesday, Musk called the Model X SUV and Model S luxury sedan “great products,” but not from a volume standpoint. Instead, he’s focused on the company’s newer cars, including one that hasn’t even started production. “The future of Tesla is primarily the Model 3 and Model Y,” he said. Read more…

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Amazon tweets article warning robots will replace workers if John Oliver isn’t nicer

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Can’t John Oliver pick on a corporate behemoth his own size?

If a late Wednesday afternoon tweet from Amazon is any indication, the HBO comedian’s recent segment on the international juggernaut’s warehouse conditions has hurt CEO Jeff Bezos’ feelings. And, as the article tweeted by Amazon warns, if Oliver doesn’t play nice then it will be Amazon’s own workers who will suffer — as Bezos automates them right out of their jobs.

If you’re scratching your head right now in confusion, you’re not aloneThe article, allegedly written by an Amazon “sortation center” employee in West Sacramento, California, was shared by the company in a transparent effort to change the peeing-in-trashcans narrative that surrounds the company.  Read more…

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