reader comments 136 with 94 posters participating Share this story In January, my coworker received a peculiar email. The message, which she forwarded to me, was from a handful of corporate Walmart employees calling themselves the “Concerned Home Office Associates.” (Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, is often referred to as the Home Office.) While it’s ..
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Enlarge / Two Uber Eats delivery courier wait outside Mc Donalds fast food in Ghent, Belgium on May 14, 2020. As Belgium takes steps in easing Restrictions, Restaurant and cafe are not allowed to open to customers only fast food and take away is allowed. restaurants and restaurants may not reopen before June 8. (Photo ..
Getty Images | Westend61 reader comments 193 with 95 posters participating Share this story President Trump today said the US government is “terminating our relationship” with the World Health Organization, alleging that the global health group has not implemented needed reforms and that it is controlled entirely by China. “China has total control over the ..
Customs and Border Patrol reader comments 202 with 108 posters participating Share this story Thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis on Friday to protest the death of George Floyd, a local black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest. All the while, a Customs ..
Enlarge / FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 135 with 68 posters participating Share this story Republican Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission is cheering on President Trump’s attack on Big Tech this week. The commissioner ..
Aurich Lawson reader comments 16 with 16 posters participating Share this story Big technology companies are hunting for deals at their fastest pace in years, racking up acquisitions and strategic investments despite increased regulatory scrutiny during the coronavirus-led market turmoil. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have announced 19 deals this year, according to Refinitiv ..
reader comments 28 with 16 posters participating Share this story A Russian hacking group tied to power-grid attacks in Ukraine, the world’s most destructive data wiper worm, and other nefarious Kremlin operations is exploiting a vulnerability that allows it to take control of computers operated by the US government and its partners. In an advisory ..
Enlarge / The 5GBioShield, a USB stick that allegedly protects you from 5G and other radio signals. reader comments 246 with 177 posters participating Share this story Believers of 5G conspiracy theories have apparently been buying a $350 anti-5G USB key that—not surprisingly—appears to just be a regular USB stick with only 128MB of storage. ..
Enlarge / Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in April 2018. It wasn’t his only appearance in DC this decade. reader comments 121 with 85 posters participating Share this story Almost exactly two weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was touting the success his platform has had with fact-checking and false-content warnings on posts. ..
Enlarge / Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in Wuzhen, China, in 2017. reader comments 5 with 4 posters participating Share this story YouTube says it has “rolled out a fix” for an “error in our enforcement systems” that had led to the automatic deletion of comments that included two phrases critical of China’s government. But ..
