Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 169 with 88 posters participating Share this story Trade War! USA v. China View more stories The global chip and smartphone industries are bracing for severe disruption after the US launched tougher sanctions against Huawei that some said could mean “death” for the company. Washington said on Monday that ..
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Enlarge / Dozens of apps on your phone know where you are, whether you’re home, at a doctor’s appointment, at the airport, or sitting still in a blank white room to pose artfully for a photo shoot. reader comments 17 with 16 posters participating Share this story An increasing number of law enforcement agencies, including ..
Enlarge / Uh, you didn’t buy your mask at FaceMaskCenter.com, right? Kilito Chan / Getty Images reader comments 41 with 30 posters participating Share this story The COVID-19 pandemic, and millions of people desperate for scarce protective equipment like masks and Tyvek suits, has presented a bonanza for scammers. Now, according to the US Department ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum van in West Lake Hills, Texas, in April 2019. reader comments 124 with 74 posters participating Share this story Charter can charge Netflix and other online video streaming services for network interconnection despite a merger condition prohibiting the practice, a federal appeals court ruled today. The ruling by the US ..
Enlarge / A natural gas flare from an offshore oil drilling rig in Cook Inlet, Alaska. reader comments 213 with 98 posters participating Share this story The Environmental Protection Agency this week finalized a rule that kills off Obama-era limitations on how much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, oil and natural gas producers are allowed ..
Enlarge / A view of the Port of Beirut on August 13 after a fire at a warehouse with explosives led to massive blasts on August 4. Aysu Bicer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images reader comments 83 with 61 posters participating Share this story Lebanese officials knew that more than half the bags of a 2,750-ton ..
Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 69 with 46 posters participating Share this story A federal appeals court has tossed out a lower court ruling that Qualcomm abused its dominance of the modem chip market to force customers to pay inflated royalties for its patent portfolio. The appeals court forcefully rejected Judge Lucy Koh’s 2019 ..
reader comments 83 with 55 posters participating, including story author Share this story The FBI and NSA have issued a joint report warning that Russian state hackers are using a previously unknown piece of Linux malware to stealthily infiltrate sensitive networks, steal confidential information, and execute malicious commands. In a report that’s unusual for the ..
Enlarge / Fortnite seen in the App Store on an iPhone on May 10, 2018. reader comments 697 with 253 posters participating Share this story Update 7:05pm EST: Google has now followed Apple’s lead, removing Fortnite from the Google Play store (that link goes to the former Play store page for the game). You can ..
Enlarge / A Pinterest logo seen displayed on a smartphone. reader comments 81 with 57 posters participating Share this story The former chief operating officer of Pinterest is suing her ex-employer, claiming that the platform’s woman-friendly public face is not matched internally and instead “reflects a pattern of discrimination and exclusion.” Pinterest hired Francoise Brougher ..
