reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Part of the Smart Columbus initiative is increasing the rate of electric vehicle adoption in the area. Smart Columbus The easiest way to get someone to buy an EV is to put them behind the wheel, and that’s definitely part of the program here. Smart ..
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reader comments 142 with 95 posters participating Share this story The nation’s largest phone companies have met a federal deadline to deploy a new anti-robocall technology, but unwanted calls and scams will continue to be an annoying problem for Americans for the foreseeable future. Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced Wednesday that “the ..
reader comments 101 with 45 posters participating Share this story Four major social media companies yesterday pledged to make efforts to improve the safety of women on their platforms. Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter all signed the pledge in response to the recommendations of a working group of 120 experts organized by the Web Foundation. ..
reader comments 164 with 92 posters participating Share this story A federal judge has blocked Florida’s new social media law because it violates the First Amendment rights of tech companies that moderate user content on their online platforms. The state law would make it illegal for large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ..
Enlarge / Berners-Lee reflecting on the creation of the World Wide Web. Courtesy Sotheby’s reader comments 50 with 42 posters participating Share this story Two weeks ago, World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee sent an NFT of the web’s original source code to the auction block with a starting bid of just $1,000. Yesterday, Sotheby’s ..
Enlarge / Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. reader comments 148 with 88 posters participating Share this story Amazon filed a 25-page petition today with the Federal Trade Commission asking that Chairwoman Lina Khan recuse herself from ..
reader comments 82 with 57 posters participating Share this story After coming close to imposing a near-total ban on municipal broadband networks, Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature has reportedly dropped the proposed law in final negotiations over the state budget. The final budget agreement “axed a proposal to limit local governments from offering broadband services,” The Columbus ..
Enlarge / Amazon leases its fleet of planes from a handful of cargo airlines, some of which have signed contracts that give the retailer the right to buy stock in the company. reader comments 107 with 63 posters participating Share this story Amazon is making some vendors and suppliers offers they can’t refuse. As part ..
Enlarge / A sign in front of an AT&T retail store on May 17, 2021, in San Rafael, California. reader comments 66 with 57 posters participating Share this story AT&T says fiber Internet is a “superior” technology that is built for today and the future because of its ability to deliver symmetrical upload and download ..
Enlarge / An Amazon Flex driver delivers an armload of packages in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 18, 2018. reader comments 203 with 140 posters participating, including story author Share this story Locked gates, inclement weather, and bad selfies—all reasons drivers report that they were fired by the bots that apparently run human resources for Amazon’s ..
