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Here’s how Facebook’s CEO is thinking about democracy, speech, and racial justice at a critical moment.

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07/06/2020

On Tuesday morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg led a tense video call meeting with 25,000 of his employees to address the issue thats divided his company and the public over the past week: How to handle Trumps controversial Facebook posts that some see as a glorification of violence against American protesters. Recode obtained leaked audio of the meeting and transcribed it. In recent days, Facebook employees have shown unprecedented levels of open dissent against Zuckerberg by criticizing his decision not to take down or moderate Trumps recent posts that referred to the ongoing protests in the US against racism and police brutality by saying, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Theyve also taken issue with the companys decision to not fact-check the presidents posts that sha...

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Silver Lake is playing both sides of the deal.

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06/06/2020

If you can't beat them, join them. And then beat them. Driving the news: Silver Lake acquired a 12% stake in Far Point Acquisition (NYSE: FPAC), in order to help force the blank-check acquisition company to complete its $2.6 billion takeover of Swiss payments firm Global Blue. Backstory: Far Point was formed in 2018 by former New York Stock Exchange president Tom Farley and activist investor Dan Loeb (via his Third Point hedge fund), and raised $550 million in its IPO. Far Point's goal was to buy a fintech, and in January 2020 agreed to acquire Global Blue from Silver Lake (which would retain a minority stake). Global Blue focuses on tax refunds related to tourism shopping.Like with all blank-check acquisition companies, or SPACs, Far Point requires shareholder approval for its takeover

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The plastic surgery accusations are getting to her

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06/06/2020

Skip to main content Friday, May 29, 2020 - 09:41 Khloe Kardashian has clapped back at fans for claiming that she’s undergone facial surgery to change her appearance. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star faced backlash after uploading a heavily-filtered selfie on Instagram. While some fans were loving the end product, others claimed that she's setting unrealistic beauty standards for her young fans. “She really needs to own up to the facetune bs. And once and for all stop doing it,” one person responded, as another said: “Your entire face has changed. You need to stop with the surgeries @khloekardashian.” When a particular fan reacted: “Why do you look so different in all your photos?”, Khloe couldn’t help poking fun at the rumours that she undergoes plastic surgery every few day...

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San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, one of the true leaders in the NFL , and respected by almost everyone in it, was asked a simple question: Will the horrifying killing …

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06/06/2020

Richard Sherman says the lack of stereotyping among NFL players eases their ability to connect with each other in conversation.Gregory Payan/Associated Press San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman, one of the true leaders in the NFL, and respected by almost everyone in it, was asked a simple question: Will the horrifying killing of George Floyd change the racial dynamics inside locker rooms? Will there be more conversations on race and racism? Or fewer? Or exposed nerves? Does Floyd's violent death change the way players will relate to each other? "I don't think it will be much different," Sherman told B/R. "The locker room is different from society in that we are able to have conversations out of a place of respect, more times than not, because the stereotypes of society have u...

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Initial estimates showed the economy contracted by 4.8%.

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05/06/2020

House Democrats pulled legislation Thursday that would have renewed expired domestic surveillance laws and strengthened transparency and privacy protections amid broad opposition from President Trump, House GOP leadership and progressive Democrats. Why it matters: The failure to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) comes as Trump continues to attack the intelligence community, which he claims abused the law to surveil his 2016 campaign and Trump administration officials.

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Un poids lourd chez les ultra-légers.

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05/06/2020

Lorsque notre premier critère dachat pour un ordinateur portable est dordre budgétaire, il est difficile de nourrir des grandes attentes en termes de performances. Pourtant le Swift 3 dAcer na pas à rougir de ses capacités. Nous avons toujours considéré ce modèle comme l'un de nos Ultrabooks préférés, et lédition 2020 ne fait que confirmer notre attachement. Il faut préciser quil coûte moins de la moitié du prix du Dell XPS 13, ça aide. Même si ses spécifications techniques ne peuvent égaler celles du seigneur quasi-incontesté des Ultrabooks. Le Swift 3 2020 recycle certains des problèmes rencontrés sur les générations précédentes. Le plus important dentre eux : des haut-parleurs minuscules exposés sous le châssis. Passé cette lacune contournable (si vous possédez un bon casque audio), vo...

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Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases.

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05/06/2020

South Africa now has 29 240 coronavirus cases after a spike of 1 837 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. There are 34 new deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 611. Have a look at some of our top stories: British American Tobacco in new urgent court bid to undo cigarette ban British American Tobacco South Africa will recommence with urgent legal proceedings to challenge the governments decision to extend the ban on tobacco sales during Level 3 of the nationwide lockdown. The state says the ban is needed to safeguard public health, as evidence suggests cigarette smokers are more likely to develop severe Covid-19 symptoms than non-smokers. Here are the rules and dates for grades going back to school The Department of Education has released rules and guidelines as the ...