reader comments 51 with 36 posters participating, including story author Share this story Intel announced Monday that it has been awarded a contract for foundry services through a Department of Defense program intended to support leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing in the US. Though Intel’s share of the estimated $100 million award wasn’t disclosed, it is certain ..
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Enlarge / Taliban fighters stand guard in a vehicle along the roadside in Kabul on August 16, 2021. Getty Images reader comments 43 with 25 posters participating Share this story As Kabul fell on Sunday, 20 young Afghan tech workers tracked the Taliban’s advance, broadcasting real-time reports of gunfire, explosions, and traffic jams across the ..
A hydrogen filling station. Peter Gercke/picture alliance via Getty Images reader comments 54 with 41 posters participating Share this story The head of a hydrogen lobbying group has stepped down amid concerns that blue hydrogen made from natural gas would serve as a “lock-in” for fossil fuels. Oil and gas companies in recent years have ..
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Enlarge / Members of PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), Truth Pharm, and other advocacy groups working in response to the overdose crisis protested the Sacklers’ immunity deal outside US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York on August 9, 2021. reader comments 194 with 149 posters participating Share this story The Sackler family is threatening ..
reader comments 25 with 20 posters participating Share this story Facebook released its first report today detailing which content it says is widely viewed on the site and Instagram. The report comes as research and news stories have highlighted how misleading posts and outright disinformation can draw intense engagement on the company’s platforms. Much of ..
Enlarge / FlickType iPhone keyboard. reader comments 100 with 68 posters participating Share this story An iPhone keyboard for blind users will be discontinued, according to the app’s developer, who alleges that “Apple has thrown us obstacle after obstacle for years while we try to provide an app to improve people’s lives.” FlickType includes an ..
Enlarge / Experts in the region said shutting down the WhatsApp numbers was “absurd” and “unhelpful.” SOPA Images | Getty Images reader comments 131 with 73 posters participating Share this story WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban when it took control of Kabul, after the messaging app came under ..
Enlarge / A T-Mobile logo at a store in New York on April 30, 2018. reader comments 99 with 74 posters participating Share this story T-Mobile apparently lied to government regulators about its 3G shutdown plans in order to win approval of its merger with Sprint, according to a ruling in a proceeding in front ..
Enlarge / Pretty Good Phone Privacy wants to minimize how much your wireless provider knows about your location. Noam Galai | Getty Images reader comments 56 with 43 posters participating Share this story Location data sharing from wireless carriers has been a major privacy issue in recent years. Marketers, salespeople, and even bounty hunters were ..
