French President Emmanuel Macron said "free speech" is "pure bulls---" without guidelines in an attack on social media giants for failing to restrict access for younger users. While speaking at the ...

Royal Bank of Canada has recruited a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. equities trader and execution specialist to lead product innovation as the bank continues to broaden its footprint in global stocks. Noel ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

Can a dose of old-fashioned matchmaking sell a destination? Singapore’s tourism board is betting it might, inviting US-based singles to be paired by “aunties” for a chance to win a four-night trip in ...

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While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Lawmakers have struggled for years to regulate social media platforms in ways that tamp down misinformation and extremism. Much of the criticism has been aimed at algorithms that feed users more and ...

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