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Zoe Christen Jones

Zoe Christen Jones

Zoe Christen Jones is a breaking news reporter. She covers news, digital culture, tech, and more.

Previously, she was Newsweek's youngest senior producer, where she covered news, politics, and entertainment. Her articles and essays have been published in Vox, Refinery29, Forbes, MEL Magazine, and more.

She is based in New York City.

 

 

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KweliTV is a streaming service that puts Black stories first

Black stories come first at KweliTV, a new curated streaming service centered on independent films and TV shows.
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Biden campaign partners with celebrities to raise funds on Cameo video platform

The Biden campaign will use the Cameo video platform to raise funds for the upcoming election.
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Twitter removes coronavirus misinformation that Trump shared

Twitter removed a tweet that made misleading claims about coronavirus deaths, and was retweeted by President Donald Trump.
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Former intern says SpaceX retaliated after sexual harassment complaint

A former Space X intern is suing over alleged retaliation against her sexual harassment complaints.
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Russian hacker tried to bribe Tesla employee, Elon Musk confirms

Tesla's Nevada factory was the target of a Russian based ransomware attack.
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2020 Republican National Convention Day 2: How to watch Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo

How to watch the second day of the 2020 Republican National Convention
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Zoom goes down just in time to kick off the workweek

Zoom reported a partial outage of meetings and webinars Monday morning.
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2020 Republican National Convention Day 1: How to Watch

Here's how to watch the first day of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
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Your wearables can soon help contact trace coronavirus outbreaks

New additions to coronavirus exposure notification systems will use Bluetooth-based wearables.
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Post Office stan culture is here — and it’s glorious

Amid the national uproar over mail-in-ballots, teens across the country are stanning the Post Office.
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U.S. tightens restrictions on Huawei access to chips, Android updates

New rules have restricted Huawei's access to U.S. software and hardware.
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Lovecraft Country uses the Black experience to wage a righteous war

The newest HBO show deals with the racist legacy of author H.P. Lovecraft by forging a new path.
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Facebook now lets businesses charge for online events

Facebook's newest rollout lets creators charge for online events.
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TikTok names its first recipients of the $1 billion Creator Fund

The first creators to receive funding are all being awarded an undisclosed amount from the $1 billion fund.
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Apple kicks off Watch OS 7 public beta

The first public beta for Watch OS7 is now available for download.
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Adobe campaign aims to amplify diverse voices

Adobe has announced several campaigns to highlight diverse creators.
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Twitter reports it’s being throttled, blocked in Belarus

Twitter reported its site was being blocked and throttled in Belarus amid protests and unrest over the results of the recent presidential election.
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Toshiba is getting out of the laptop business after 35 years

Toshiba has completed its divestment of its personal computing arm, Dynabook Inc., to Sharp.
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TikTok threatens legal action to fight Trump ban

TikTok has threatened legal action against the Trump administration's ban.
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ByteDance considers establishing TikTok headquarters out of the U.S.

Bytedance is considering moving TikTok's headquarters out of the U.S.
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How to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine trial

Clinical studies in the U.S are looking for volunteers. Here's how to sign up.
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Trump says TikTok must sell U.S. operations by September 15

President Trump will require TikTok to sell to a U.S company by September 15 — or be banned from operating in the country.
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Three charged in massive Twitter hack

A 17-year-old Tampa man was arrested for massive twitter hack for bitcoin and faces 30 felony charges. Three more conspirators have also been arrested.
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Trump to order TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell U.S. operations

President Trump will reportedly order TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok U.S operations.
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Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ we will have a coronavirus vaccine this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci is "cautiously optimistic" that a coronavirus vaccine will be developed this year.
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Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke

Twitter has reportedly banned former KKK leader David Duke permanently for violating conduct rules barring hateful content.
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Garmin confirms ransomware cyberattack shut down services

Garmin has confirmed a cyberattack was behind their July 23 outage.
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Garmin services slowly coming back to life after reported ransomware attack

Garmin services are slowly resuming normal operations after last week's big outage due to a reported ransomware attack.
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Google employees to work from home until July 2021

Google will ask its employees to continue to work from home until summer 2021, according to a new report.
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Elon Musk advocates for universal basic income instead of second stimulus check

Elon Musk said he still supports universal basic income, even though he thinks another coronavirus stimulus package from the U.S. government is a bad idea.
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Garmin services down after reported ransomware attack

A reported ransomware attack took Garmin servers down on Thursday July 23.
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How Coinbase stopped the Twitter Bitcoin hack from being even worse

Twitter scammers could have stolen much more Bitcoin during the massive hack last week had Coinbase not halted transactions to the hackers' account.
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Samsung to unveil five new devices at Galaxy Unpacked event

Samsung will unveil five new products at its Galaxy Unpacked event in August.
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New coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response in early testing

A new coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University has yielded immune responses in early testing, according to promising results published on Monday, July 20.