Enlarge / Signage outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. reader comments 277 with 167 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories A new directive from the Trump administration has cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out of the ..
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Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. reader comments 60 with 39 posters participating Share this story Verizon has reluctantly agreed to stop running ads that falsely imply the carrier’s 5G mobile service is available throughout the United States. Verizon 5G makes heavy use of millimeter-wave ..
Enlarge / Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak at a “Build Back Better” Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020 at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. reader comments 137 with 64 posters participating Share this story Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden today unveiled a ..
reader comments 54 with 38 posters participating Share this story The Trump administration has rescinded a controversial policy that could have forced the deportation of foreign students who attend colleges that aren’t offering in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic. As we reported last week, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump ..
reader comments 115 with 72 posters participating Share this story The UK government today announced a ban on Huawei equipment in 5G wireless networks, along with a plan to urge home-Internet providers to stop buying Huawei gear. The UK government’s announcement said that US sanctions imposed in May factored heavily into the decision, which was ..
Enlarge / Amazon has provided an educational video explaining how to use a grocery cart when it is also the register. reader comments 55 with 42 posters participating, including story author Share this story Amazon is working to expand its grocery business—not Whole Foods, which already has more than 500 store locations, but its Amazon-branded ..
Enlarge / Google’s corporate headquarters. reader comments 66 with 39 posters participating Share this story Google is trying to make it a little harder for a determined stalker to spy remotely on their spouse, partner, or ex by prohibiting advertising for stalkerware apps on its services—with one giant loophole. The search giant updated its advertising ..
Enlarge / A person using the video-sharing application TikTok on a smartphone in Faridabad in India on June 30, 2020. reader comments 92 with 64 posters participating Share this story Update at 5:15pm ET: Amazon now says it sent the email announcing a TikTok ban by mistake, according to The Verge. “This morning’s email to some ..
Getty Images | DonNichols reader comments 130 with 90 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications is raising the “Broadcast TV” fee it imposes on cable plans from $13.50 to $16.45 a month starting in August, Stop the Cap reported. Charter says the Broadcast TV fee covers the amount it pays broadcast television stations (e.g. ..
Enlarge / Hurricane Dorian on September 3, 2019. reader comments 189 with 104 posters participating Share this story Recent weeks have seen some additional drama over last September’s hurricane dust-up between President Trump and the National Weather Service. Last week, the Commerce Department’s inspector general was crying foul over leadership stonewalling the release of her ..
