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Paul Squire

Paul Squire

Former Digital Trends Contributor
Author/Co-Author of 55 articles

Paul is the News Editor at Digital Trends. Before joining DT, Paul spent 3 years as an editor on the New York Post's digital team, where he helped coordinate breaking news coverage, sent breaking news email blasts and push notifications, and publish stories from the paper's many different desks.

He got his start in local news with a six-year career covering Long Island's East End communities for the Times Review Media Group and Patch.com. Paul covered everything from devastation wildfires to murder cases to the downfall of a once-vibrant fishing industry. He won multiple awards for his coverage, including first-place honors for his in-depth, features and news reporting with the New York Press Association.

Paul graduated from Boston University after a stint at Syracuse's Newhouse School. He lives in New York City with his wife, adorable cat, Charlie, and his floor-to-ceiling shelf of board games.

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Apple is launching Fitness+, a workout and exercise service

Apple announced Fitness+ on Tuesday, a fitness and exercise service that links to your Apple Watch.
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Amazon posts record-shattering profit thanks to pandemic sales

Amazon reported Thursday its profit doubled since last year to a staggering $5.2 billion, as the e-commerce giant's earnings report blew past expectations.
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Bezos had few answers for Congress — and it won’t matter

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos faced pointed questions about the tech giant's business practices — and had few, if any, answers.
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Netflix pledges $100 million for Black communities

Netflix has promised to put $100 million -- 2$ of its cash holdings -- toward financial institutions and organizations that support Black communities.
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#BlackoutTuesday posts are diluting protesters’ messages, activists say

Activists warned that supporters posting black images on Tuesday to voice support for the Black Lives Matter movement were unintentionally silencing protesters.
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Zuckerberg: Facebook wouldn’t have fact-checked Trump

Amid President Donald Trump's feud with Twitter over fact-checking messages on his tweets, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in — on Trump's side.
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House panel demands Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testify on antitrust claims

The House Judiciary Committee has asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress over antitrust allegations that Amazon used third-party seller data.
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Facebook will alert you if you’ve seen coronavirus misinformation

Facebook announced Thursday it will alert users who have interacted with harmful misinformation related to the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.
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College Board cancels June SATs and may offer digital, at-home test

The College Board announced it will cancel the June 2020 SAT exams and could offer at-home exams in the fall if schools remain closed due to coronavirus.
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Instagram is finally letting you see your DMs on desktop

Instagram now allows you to read and send direct messages from your desktop. The much-requested feature had been in testing since January for select users.
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U.S. Senate reportedly warns members not to use Zoom

The U.S. Senate is reportedly the latest to abandon videoconferencing app Zoom over its privacy issues. The warning stops short of banning the service.
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Marriott data breach: What to know and how to protect your data

Marriott says customers' names, addresses, and other personal details were accessed in a data breach, the second to hit the company in less than two years.
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Instacart, Amazon workers plan to strike over coronavirus safety concerns

Instacart workers planned to strike Monday, demanding hazard pay and greater safety measures to protect those gathering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Google scraps its April Fools’ jokes in wake of coronavirus

Google is reportedly canceling its April Fools' Day jokes this year because of the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
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Bill Gates says mass shutdowns are needed to stop coronavirus spread

Bill Gates predicted coronavirus cases in the U.S. won't peak until at least late-April and warned ending shutdowns early could be disastrous.
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Two Tesla employees test positive for coronavirus

As both Tesla and SpaceX have begun stepping up their efforts to combat the deadly pandemic, two Tesla employees have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
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Instacart plans to hire 300,000 new workers to meet surging demand

Grocery delivery service Instacart plans to hire 300,000 more full-service workers over the next three months to keep up with demand spurred by the coronavirus.
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SpaceX scraps South Korean military satellite launch

SpaceX has canceled its Tuesday launch of a South Korean military satellite to take a closer look at the rocket's staging. A new launch date has not been set.
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SpaceX, Blue Origin will face off to build the next moon lander, NASA says

SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics are competing to develop the next moon lander for NASA's Artemis program, which will send humans back to the moon by 2024.
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Tesla unveils $140,000 Model S Plaid that can go from 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds

Tesla announced a new Model S Plaid car Tuesday that can go from 0 to 60 mph in under 2 seconds and has a range of more than 520 miles.
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CES 2021 gets new dates, Verizon CEO to give keynote

CES 2021, which is adopting an all-digital format due to the pandemic, has been bumped back a week into early January, organizers announced Thursday.
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Tesla will make a $25,000 electric car within 3 years, Musk says

Tesla will sell an affordable electric car for $25,000 within the next three years, CEO Elon Musk announced Tuesday.
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TikTok boss calls out Facebook, Instagram to team up against Trump ban

A top TikTok exec is telling Facebook and Instagram to put their money where their mouth is and help fight the Trump administration's ban.

Oculus, Tidal team up to livestream concerts in VR

Oculus and Tidal are partnering to bring livestreamed music performances to virtual reality, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sign multi-year Netflix deal

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have reportedly signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix.
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Walmart takes on Amazon Prime with new subscription service

Walmart is launching an online membership service featuring free shipping from stores, a direct shot at Amazon's lucrative Prime service.
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Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43

Chadwick Boseman, the Marvel star who played King T’Challa in Black Panther and had starring roles in Da 5 Bloods and 42, died Friday of cancer.
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Oculus Connect conference gets a new name: Facebook Connect

Facebook's annual conference for alternate and virtual reality projects has gotten a new name, and it'll be going virtual this year.
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Take-Two Interactive buys hit mobile developer Playdots

Video game company Take-Two Interactive spent $192 million to acquire mobile gaming company Playdots, with the intention of broadening its mobile footprint
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The new Tenet trailer is debuting in Fortnite. Yes, Fortnite

Tenet, the mysterious new Christopher Nolan film, will have its latest trailer debut in Fortnite, Epic's hit online shooter, in the game's Party Royale mode.
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Trump says he’ll ban TikTok from the U.S.

President Donald Trump said he will ban popular video app TikTok from operating in the U.S.
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Nicolas Cage is set to play Joe Exotic because 2020 isn’t insane enough

Nicolas Cage is reportedly set to play Joe Exotic, the eccentric convicted zookeeper from Netflix's hit docuseries Tiger King, in a new scripted miniseries.
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The Witcher is getting a live-action spinoff series on Netflix

A new six-part live-action spin-off called The Witcher: Blood Origin was announced by Netflix Monday morning.
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Disney delays Star Wars, Avatar releases, takes Mulan off schedule

Disney announced Thursday it would push back the releases of the next set of Star Wars movies as well as James Cameron's Avatar sequel.