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TWiG 557: Shoelace: It's Not a Social Network
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Elon Musk vs Coronavirus, Facebook and Oprah's Virtual Graduation
- Elon Musk: "FREE AMERICA NOW!"
- Colleges worry they will go out of business if they stay closed in the fall. Is Zoom the answer?
- What we don't know about Coronavirus is as important as what we do know - how media needs to improve
- Mark Zuckerberg tightens his control of Facebook
- Jeff Bezos back to day-to-day operations at Amazon
- Apple/Google virus contact tracing API launches today
- Facebook and Oprah hold a virtual graduation ceremony for the class of 2020
- Berkeley Students recreate campus in Minecraft
- Google requires all advertisers to verify their identities
- Yale Law Journal: advertising is obsolete in the information age
- Google Meet is now free for all
- Waze tests lane advice
- Google kills Shoelace, the social network nobody knew about
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- Mathew's Thing: Boston Dynamics' Spot helps COVID-19 patients
- Jeff's Numbers: Cotter dog derby
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