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Salesforce Will Help Employees Worried About Abortion Access Exit Texas

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Salesforce made one of the biggest moves in the tech industry in light of a highly restrictive Texas abortion law on Friday. In a message to employees on Slack, the company said it would help them and their immediate families relocate if they are worried about access to reproductive healthcare in their state. Read more.

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Texas Law Forcing Tech Companies to Host Heinous Content Put on Hold by SCOTUS

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Supreme Court put a controversial new Texas law on hold in a 5-4 decision late Tuesday. The law would allow social media users to sue companies like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook if those users felt they were being “censored” online. Read more.

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Texas Gunman Threatened to 'Shoot an Elementary School' on Facebook Messenger Minutes Before Attack

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The gunman in Uvalde, Texas sent three messages on Facebook describing his plans before he killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school yesterday. Read more.

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Texas Lawsuit Claims Facebook's Facial Recognition Violated User Privacy and Broke the Law

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Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has taken yet another swing at Big Tech, this time suing Meta for allegedly capturing and using facial recognition data on millions of users without their consent. In the suit , Paxton claims Meta’s unauthorized use of the tech—which the company claims it has now largely… Read more.

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Texas Mayor Announces Resignation After Unhinged Facebook Rant About Power Outages Goes Viral

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Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, Texas, announced his resignation on Tuesday following a viral Facebook post where he whined about residents who wanted help during the extreme weather that has caused widespread power outages and dangerously cold conditions for millions of people throughout the state. Boyd accused… Read more.

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Texas Man Gets Prison Time for Facebook Hoax About Covid-19 Patient Licking Grocery Items

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A Texas man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting hoaxes on Facebook that falsely claimed he had paid someone with covid-19 to lick items at two grocery stores in San Antonio, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Read more.

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AR Tech Could Disrupt The Gambling Industry

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First spotted by Futurism , the video showcases an AR overlay capable of providing an estimated win percentage in a game of Texas Hold Em’ in real-time just by looking at the cards in the player’s hand. The video was shared by Dev Khanna, founder of a digital storytelling agency called DGsaga.

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