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Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY

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Uncomfortably sloped toilet designed to flush out procrastinating employees

December 18, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Uncomfortably sloped toilet designed to flush out procrastinating employees

A U.K. start-up was plunged into controversy for devising a toilet that slopes forward, making it uncomfortable to sit for longer than five minutes.

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Fitbit doesn’t fool around: How the fitness tracker helped this woman catch her boyfriend cheating

December 14, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Fitbit doesn’t fool around: How the fitness tracker helped this woman catch her boyfriend cheating

NFL Network correspondent Jane Slater caught her ex cheating after she spotted a rapid increase in his heart rate and physical activity at 4 a.m.

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Facebook disinformation in the 2020 presidential election: What you can do to stop its spread

December 12, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Facebook disinformation in the 2020 presidential election: What you can do to stop its spread

Fake Trump post? Liberal hoax?Facebook disinformation in the 2020 presidential election will be a major problem. What you can do to stop its spread.

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It may not be HQ2 but AOC declares victory and trolls Amazon over New York expansion

December 6, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on It may not be HQ2 but AOC declares victory and trolls Amazon over New York expansion

“Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway,” even without $3 billion in tax breaks, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.

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Uber safety review reports more than 3,000 allegations of sexual assault last year

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Uber safety review reports more than 3,000 allegations of sexual assault last year

Scrutiny of Uber and Lyft is intensifying as a growing number of passengers and drivers come forward to claim they were sexually assaulted.

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Larry Page steps down as CEO of Google parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai will be CEO of both companies

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Larry Page steps down as CEO of Google parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai will be CEO of both companies

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will continue as co-founders, shareholders and members of Alphabet’s board of directors, the company said.

Tech

Black students at Oxford University to get scholarships from black American tech entrepreneur

December 3, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Black students at Oxford University to get scholarships from black American tech entrepreneur

Arlan Hamilton, an African-American entrepreneur in the mostly white and male tech industry, hopes Oxford gift will inspire others to support black students.

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E. coli outbreak sickens 17 people; 75K pounds of packaged salad sold at Target, Walmart, other stores recalled

November 21, 2019November 22, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on E. coli outbreak sickens 17 people; 75K pounds of packaged salad sold at Target, Walmart, other stores recalled

More than 75,000 pounds of salad products sold at retailers including Target and Walmart has been recalled because of possible E. coli contamination.

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Facebook considers changes to political ad targeting as Google announces plan to limit it

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Facebook considers changes to political ad targeting as Google announces plan to limit it

The move puts pressure on Facebook to make changes to how narrowly Republicans and Democrats can target voters in political ads.

Tech

Trump, the Twitter president, tweets his way into impeachment hearings

November 15, 2019November 18, 2019Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYComments Off on Trump, the Twitter president, tweets his way into impeachment hearings

Trump used Twitter to challenge Marie Yovanovitch during her impeachment testimony.

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