A scheme to hand Trump electors in state legislatures is highly unlikely to happen.

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A Step Forward in the Promise of Ultrafast ‘Hyperloops’

Two employees of Virgin Hyperloop traveled on a small system the company has built near Las Vegas, the first such manned test.

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No, Joe Biden Wasn’t Suddenly Awarded 138,000 Votes in Michigan

Screenshots of an election map suggested that 100 percent of a vote update in Michigan went to Mr. Biden. The reason: A typo that was quickly fixed.

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Trump Ally Tweets Misleading Images of Philadelphia Voting

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Disinformation Moves From Social Networks to Texts

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Facebook Removes Trump and Biden Ads, Saying They Could Mislead Voters

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Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet

In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.

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Trump’s Claims About Hunter Biden Send Online Activity Soaring

Google searches and Facebook posts about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son rose after President Trump’s misleading comments at Thursday’s debate.

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Trump’s Claims About Hunter Biden Sends Online Activity Soaring

Google searches and Facebook posts about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son rose after President Trump’s misleading comments at Thursday’s debate.

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Misinformation in America Thrives in Two Languages

False and misleading information is being spread widely in Spanish, researchers say.

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TikTok Cracks Down on QAnon and Hate Speech

TikTok’s changes follow in the footsteps of its larger and more popular contemporaries.

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A TV Station’s Mistake Highlights Fears of Election Night Misinformation

A graphic on an evening news broadcast in Arkansas showed President Trump winning the state three weeks before Election Day.

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Trump Official’s Tweet, and Its Removal, Set Off Flurry of Anti-Mask Posts

The tweet, from Dr. Scott Atlas, one of the president’s top science advisers, was debunked by many experts and deleted by Twitter.

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In Hubbub Over New York Post Report, YouTube Stands Apart

Facebook and Twitter clamped down on an unsubstantiated New York Post article about Hunter Biden. YouTube has gone a different route.

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Trump Moves to Tighten Visa Access for High-Skilled Foreign Workers

Four weeks before the election, the Trump administration has announced stricter rules for the H-1B visa program, which U.S. companies have long valued.

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Seattle Passes Minimum Pay Rate for Uber and Lyft Drivers

The city became the second in the nation to create a compensation standard for ride-hailing drivers, after New York.

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Right-Wing Sites Falsely Claim Biden Got Debate Questions in Advance

Fox News, which is providing the moderator for the debate tonight, called the claim “entirely false.”

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California County Enlists Social Media to Thwart a Misleading Election Photo

Officials moved swiftly when old images of discarded mail-in ballots were circulated and portrayed as new pictures.

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Facebook Takes Down Networks Linked to Russian Disinformation

The social network said it was moving proactively to dismantle infrastructure Russia could use against the American presidential election.

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Justice Dept. to Brief States on Google Antitrust Inquiry

The department is expected to outline a potential antitrust case against Google, which could be filed in the coming days.

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