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Press Releases We’d Like to See: Facebook Announces Political Advertising Blackout for 2020 US Presidential Election
Press Releases We’d Like to See: Facebook Announces Political Advertising Blackout for 2020 US Presidential Election MENLO PARK, Calif. – September 9, 2019 – Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today announced the company will not accept political advertising in the United States between February 17, 2020 (President’s Day) and November 3, 2020 (Election Day). The moratorium on advertising for political candidates…
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Press Releases From the Future: HCL Technologies to Acquire Red Hat Software Products from IBM for $340 Million
HCL Technologies to Acquire Red Hat Software Products from IBM for $340 Million ARMONK, N.Y. and NOIDA, India, August 2, 2022 — IBM and HCL Technologies (HCL) today announced a definitive agreement under which HCL will acquire select IBM Red Hat software products for $340 million. The transaction is expected to close by mid-2023, subject…
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Nominating a Bot to the Federal Reserve Doesn’t Seem So Crazy Now Does It?
via Flickr I neglected to repost my quadrennial modest proposal to name a bot as chair of the Federal Reserve (instead of Bernanke or Yellen) during Jerome Powell’s nomination (I blame him). The idea is simple: Software Bot To Be Nominated Chairman of Federal Reserve System Cutting edge technology tapped to bring stability andconsistency to…