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Jason Abbruzzese

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Assistant managing editor for NBC News Digital. Tech, science, climate, health, business, memes. HTX, BOS, ACT, NYC. Signal:JasonAbb.78

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Jason Abbruzzese is a business reporter at Mashable covering media. He is a proud alumni of Boston University (and its independent student newspaper the Daily Free Press), as well as the Australian National University. He most recently worked for the Financial Times where he covered the US equity market and worked as a web editor. After growing up as a recovering classical pianist, he has become a surprisingly sloppy typer.

Jason Abbruzzese’s Journalist Portfolio

Spotify May Kill Pandora and iTunes, But Not Just Yet

Spotify May Kill Pandora and iTunes, But Not Just Yet

Spotify may eventually make your iTunes and Pandora accounts obsolete, but don't delete them just yet. Spotif…

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Why the Canada Post Wants to Eliminate Up to 8,000 Mailmen

Why the Canada Post Wants to Eliminate Up to 8,000 Mailmen

Canada's primary mail delivery service plans to end its door-to-door deliveries in cities, but do not expect …

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Denver Post Marijuana Editor Ready to Report on Reefer Madness

Denver Post Marijuana Editor Ready to Report on Reefer Madness

Ricardo Baca is trying to figure out how to cover a market that has never existed before, at least legally. T…

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ICE agents in plainclothes handcuff man at Las Vegas airport, shocking onlookers

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By Minyvonne Burke Verified, Jason Abbruzzese Verified, Nicole Acevedo Verified
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July 17, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT Video posted on social media showed two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appearing to handcuff a man at a Las Vegas airport while he screamed in terror. The incident happened Monday night in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport. The footage showed the man on the ground with one hand behind his back as the two agents surrounded him. As the person filming the incident asks what’s going on, the male agent pulls a hoodie over his head.
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SpaceX is coming to your retirement account. Not everyone is thrilled.

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By Jason Abbruzzese Verified
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SpaceX is coming to your retirement account. Not everyone is thrilled. SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are set to go public, but stock market rule changes have fueled concern that the average investor could be taken advantage of.
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How bizarre fish ‘experiment’ videos from China hijacked the internet’s worst impulses Original

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By Tavleen Tarrant Verified, Larissa Gao Verified, Jason Abbruzzese Verified
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May 24, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Of the hundreds of “LabGerm” videos posted and reposted to social media in recent weeks, most start out the same way: A pair of gloved hands appears against a white backdrop as an AI-generated voice narrates and upbeat music plays in the background. In the foreground, a fish undergoes a torturous “experiment.” Some of the videos appear to have been made entirely or at least in part with AI, while others seem to show real animals in distress.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

General assignment for the Daily Free Press

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, by candlelight.

How is social media changing news?

A story that previously might have evolved over days, weeks or months now takes hours thanks to social media.