Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg speaks via videoconference during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in Washington. reader comments 96 with 54 posters participating Share this story In a 2012 email six weeks before acquiring Instagram, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that one of his motivations for the acquisition was to “neutralize a potential competitor.” The emails ..
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Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum van in West Lake Hills, Texas, in April 2019. reader comments 57 with 49 posters participating Share this story Nonprofits and local politicians are lining up to support a Charter Communications petition that would let the ISP impose data caps on broadband users and seek interconnection payments from large online-video ..
Enlarge / A woman wearing a mask walks past a Rite-Aid store in Portland, Oregon, in May 2020. reader comments 63 with 43 posters participating Share this story Pharmacy chain Rite Aid deployed facial recognition technology in hundreds of store locations in the nation’s largest cities, particularly in low-income neighborhoods predominantly home to people of ..
Getty Images | Peter Dazeley reader comments 149 with 82 posters participating Share this story President Trump’s attempt to punish social-media websites for alleged anti-conservative bias moved ahead this week as his administration formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking process. Trump’s executive order in May instructed the National Telecommunications and Information ..
Enlarge / Donald Trump Jr. speaks at CPAC in February 2020. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 275 with 129 posters participating Share this story Twitter has suspended presidential son Donald Trump Jr. for 12 hours after the younger Trump tweeted a video featuring misinformation about COVID-19 treatment. Also in Twitter’s penalty box: Breitbart ..
Enlarge / Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in 2018. reader comments 179 with 86 posters participating, including story author Share this story Google will keep “nearly all” of its workforce—around 200,000 employees and contractors—working from home for another year, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly ..
Enlarge / Swapping elbow bumps for high-fives and adding some mask use among players was not enough to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 among the Miami Marlins. (Miami players Miguel Rojas and Isan Diaz celebrating during a game against the Phillies, July 26, 2020 in Philadelphia.) reader comments 278 with 127 posters participating Share this ..
Enlarge / The FBI notified organizations in May that Russia’s elite hackers had targeted them. The campaign likely remains ongoing. reader comments 72 with 39 posters participating Share this story Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency has carried out many of the most aggressive acts of hacking in history: destructive worms, blackouts, and—closest to home for ..
Enlarge / Southwest has dozens of 737s in storage. The airline says it hasn’t experienced the glitch described in the FAA directive. reader comments 12 with 9 posters participating Share this story The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect the engines of their 737 airplanes after four reports of “single-engine shutdowns.” Many 737 ..
Enlarge / WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 2: Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), removes his protective mask before speaking. reader comments 21 with 17 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories The Trump administration has been pushing for a return to normal behavior even as ..
