Enlarge / The Washington, DC skyline, including the US Capitol, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial, as seen from the Arlington, VA, side of the Potomac at night. Which is the time of day Congress is apparently going to be working until. reader comments 383 with 173 posters participating Share this story As was threatened, so ..
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Enlarge / A nurse in the UK holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 22, 2020. reader comments 146 with 84 posters participating, including story author Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories The Federal government has reached a deal with drugmaker Pfizer to secure an additional 100 million doses of ..
Enlarge / White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx speaks during a press briefing in November 2020. reader comments 30 with 23 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories On Tuesday, Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx announced that she will end decades of government service after the Biden transition is ..
Enlarge / Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) was the lead sponsor of the CASE Act. reader comments 133 with 89 posters participating, including story author Share this story Members of Congress were given just a few hours to read the massive 5,600-page spending bill that passed both legislative chambers on Monday evening. In addition to authorizing $900 ..
Enlarge / Signage in front of a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. reader comments 71 with 59 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than three dozen state attorneys general last week filed an antitrust suit against Google, accusing the tech behemoth of a ..
Enlarge / A mother and daughter using Internet-connected devices at home. Getty Images | Tang Ming Tung reader comments 22 with 19 posters participating Share this story Americans who have low incomes or who lost their jobs during the pandemic will be eligible for $50-per-month broadband subsidies under the stimulus package passed by Congress last ..
Enlarge / Silhouette of person in front of laser-light projection. reader comments 178 with 118 posters participating Share this story In the wake of recent allegations against Pornhub and its parent company Mindgeek, senators from both parties have introduced a new bill that would impose sweeping new regulations on online sites, platforms, and apps that ..
reader comments 62 with 55 posters participating Share this story Three dozen journalists had their iPhones hacked in July and August using what at the time was an iMessage zero-day exploit that didn’t require the victims to take any action to be infected, researchers said. The exploit and the payload it installed were developed and ..
reader comments 98 with 64 posters participating Share this story Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft said they’re joining forces to stop Kazakhstan’s government from decrypting and reading HTTPS-encrypted traffic sent between its citizens and overseas social media sites. All four of the companies’ browsers recently received updates that block a root certificate the government has ..
reader comments 95 with 51 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Late Friday, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization to a COVID-19 vaccine from a company called Moderna. The move follows an enthusiastic endorsement of the vaccine following an evaluation of clinical trial data by the FDA’s Vaccines ..
