Juul E-Cigarettes To Be Ordered Off US Shelves
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc to take its e-cigarettes off the market in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters reports: Juul has f.....»»
EU Orders Europol To Delete Data on Citizens Who Have Not Committed Crimes
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU), has been ordered to delete its massive database of information on EU citizens that it collected in recent years if the agency did not link subjects to any ongoing criminal activity. From.....»»
Google ordered to turn over documents related to anti-union efforts in NLRB case
A judge has ordered Google to turn over hundreds of internal documents — many related to its efforts to quash an employee union — as part of a National Labor Relations Board case over the tech giant's firing of former employees......»»
Turkmenistan plans to close its "Gateway to Hell"
Turkmenistan's strongman leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the "Gateway to Hell"......»»
India"s antitrust body orders Google inquiry after news publishers complain
The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKayIndia's competition regulator on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google following allegations by.....»»
Judge Orders FDA To Hasten Release of Pfizer Vaccine Docs
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, imposing a dramatically accelerated schedule that should result in the release of all information.....»»
France orders Google and Facebook to offer one-click cookie rejection
France fines Google and Facebook €210M, says complex cookie opt-outs are illegal. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sean Gladwell) French regulators today ordered Google and Facebook to make rejecting cookies as simple as acce.....»»
Decoding protein assembly dynamics with artificial protein needles
Protein assembly is essential for the formation of ordered biological structures, but imagine engineering one. This is exactly what researchers at Tokyo Tech have now accomplished with protein needles. By regulating the tip-to-tip interactions of the.....»»
New French Law Requires Car Commercials To Tell People To Walk or Bike Instead
An anonymous reader shares a report: Whether it's cigarettes or alcohol, many governments have legislated that companies must warn consumers of the negative effects of their products. This is often achieved on packaging or required in advertising. Fr.....»»
India Antitrust Watchdog Orders Investigation Into Apple"s Business Practices
Indian antitrust watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Apple's business practices -- in particular, the company mandating iPhone app developers to use a proprietary payments system -- in India, where the American firm commands less than 2%.....»»
Google"s Pichai Ordered To Answer Queries About "Incognito" Mode
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg Law: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai must face questioning in a California federal court lawsuit over privacy concerns surrounding Google's "incognito" web browsing mode. Lawyers for the consumers who sue.....»»
Dutch Watchdog Finds Apple App Store Payment Rules Anti-Competitive
The Dutch antitrust authority has found that Apple's rules requiring software developers to use its in-app payment system are anti-competitive and ordered it to make changes, Reuters has reported, citing people familiar with the matter, in the latest.....»»
Samsung, BYD might get affected by Xi"an lockdown
Chinese authority has ordered the city of Xi'an, home to Samsung's chipmaking facilities and BYD's car production lines, to go into lockdown begining the evening of December 22 due to resurgence of COVID. Although the lockdown is expected to be tempo.....»»
Flexibility may be the key to potent peptides for treating diabetes
A little wiggle room might be just what the doctor ordered......»»
TCL Google TVs are back at Best Buy, following software fix
TCL's Google TV models are back on store shelves and online at Best Buy following a software fix that addresses performance issues......»»
Abundance of life discovered beneath an Antarctic ice shelf
Far beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there is more marine life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Current Biology, published this week......»»
Scientists synthesize hafnium-based, vacancy-ordered perovskite nanocrystals by hot injection method
Lead-free vacancy-ordered perovskite Cs2M4+X6 (X=Cl-, Br- or I-) nanocrystals feature low toxicity, high stability and unique optical properties......»»
The Antarctic is Signaling Big Climate Trouble
Around the frozen continent, a vast current circles the world. New science is revealing the power it holds over the future. Ice shelves are in retreat, and researchers are alarmed at what they're learning. From a report: The immense and forbidding So.....»»
New Zealand is cracking down on cigarettes for future generations
If you were born after 2008 in New Zealand, you'll never, ever be allowed to buy a pack of cigarettes there. In new legislation expected to take hold next year, no cigarette or tobacco products will be available for people to purchase legally in the.....»»
Why Best Buy has pulled TCL’s Google TVs from store shelves
Best Buy is no longer selling TCL's new lineup of Google TV-based smart TVs. Sluggish performance may be the reason -- here's what you need to know......»»
Wearable sensor measures airborne nicotine exposure from e-cigarettes
Some studies have shown that nicotine, an addictive substance in electronic cigarettes, increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disorders. But to get a full understanding of its potential health effects, a real-time nicotine monitoring d.....»»