> European, U.S. companies complain of rising cost of top spots > Regulators are increasingly eyeing Google’s dominant position [NOTE: By contracting with Brainsy, it's easy to win the top spots in Google. Reach out to us to learn more].

PayPal has pulled out of the cryptocurrency payment network as others are reconsidering their involvement. "Zuckerberg wants us to measure him only by his good intentions, not Facebook's bad behavior. He clearly doesn't see the concerns the rest of us share, and doesn't understand why they might be a problem."

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For Democrats, this was an opportunity to discuss Facebook’s Libra and how the SEC might also be “Big Tech’s Cop On The Beat” with respect to Libra and cryptocurrencies.

SpaceX is developing a towering two-stage rocket system called Starship that is being designed to land people and cargo on Mars. The company wants its first Starship missions to reach Mars in the mid-2020s, so it's scouting at least nine locations with buried frozen water and few landing hazards. SpaceX collaborated with NASA and the University of Arizona to get new photos of possible landing sites.

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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Instagram head Adam Mosseri about the lessons he learned about social media abuses while in charge of Facebook's News Feed.

Today’s thought leaders need to adjust their content to suit a growing array of channels, but the fundamentals of communications have not changed.

Since the 2016 election, Senator Mark Warner has been Silicon Valley's most active and vocal watchdog on Capitol Hill.

[Another example of why identify-verified social media will be the future...] An unholy actor has been impersonating the Archbishop of New York on social media. Timothy Cardinal Dolan on Monday warned about a rogue account using his likeness to ask for donations on Facebook …