Arizona voters support right to abortion months after a strict 19th century ban was about to be enforced

TechCrunch X reinstates SwapYourVote's account after suspending it as spam In the final days leading up to the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk's X suspended the official account of a progressive-donor-backed ballot initiative called SwapYourVote. The volunteer-run website tries to get third-party voters in swing states to cast their ballots for Kamala Harris, matching them with Democrats in solidly blue states who agree to vote for the candidate of the swing state voter's choosing. Vote swapping, also called co-voting or vote pairing, is a controversial practice that dates back to America's 2000 presidential election, where more than 36,000 Ralph Nader and Al Gore supporters traded votes.

Yahoo Sports NFL trade deadline instant analysis, Steelers land Mike Williams & Week 9 takeaways | Football 301 Nate Tice is joined by Matt Harmon to give their instant reactions and analysis for every major trade after a wild NFL trade deadline before diving into their favorite (and least favorite) things they saw in Week 9 of NFL action.

Anticipating post-election drama, Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day Meta announced Tuesday that it is extending its restriction on political ads until later in the week, though it did not specify which day the ban would be lifted. When asked for more information, a Meta spokesperson pointed TechCrunch to the announcement about the company working to "protect the integrity of elections on Facebook and Instagram." Meta initially announced there would be a ban on new political ads from October 29 until Election Day, and implemented a similar policy in 2020 and 2022 because candidates might not have enough time to "contest new claims made in ads," Axios reported.

Amazon begins delivering select products via drone in Phoenix A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it's begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area have access to a drone-deliverable selection from Amazon's catalog, including household, beauty, office, health, and tech supplies. Products must weigh five pounds or less to be eligible; Amazon says about 50,000 are available at launch.

Elon Musk's false and misleading election claims have been viewed 2 billion times on X The world's richest man buys out one of the most popular social media platforms and uses it as a propaganda and disinformation machine in support of a presidential candidate. An analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that tracks misinformation, found that Elon Musk posted at least 87 claims this year about the U.S. election on X that fact-checkers have rated as false or misleading. CNN first reported on the CCDH's data, noting that Musk has given more than $118 million to a super PAC that is supporting former president Donald Trump for reelection, making Musk the biggest donor to Trump's campaign.

Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches A hacker suspected of involvement in a series of massive Snowflake-related hacks has been arrested in Canada, according to local authorities. For months, hackers stole internal data from dozens of companies, including AT&T, Ticketmaster, Advanced Auto Parts, and around 165 other corporate customers who use Snowflake, a company that provides cloud services and data analysis to other companies.