Missouri governor rebuffed: Journalist won’t be prosecuted for viewing HTML
Missouri governor's claim that viewing HTML is "hacking" fails to sway prosecutor. Enlarge / Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference on May 29, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (credit: Getty Images | Jacob Moscovitch ) A Col.....»»
Minn. Gov. vetoes pay raise for drivers after Uber, Lyft threaten price hikes
Governor had no conversations with drivers before vetoing bill, senator says. Enlarge (credit: Michael M. Santiago / Staff | Getty Images North America) Days after Minnesota Uber and Lyft drivers celebrated the passing o.....»»
Fans watched 795 million minutes of "Ted Lasso" in one week
New ratings research says that Apple TV+ hit "Ted Lasso" reached a series high with viewers in April, with season three landing in the Nielsen streaming top ten."Ted Lasso"As the comedy's third and final season approaches its end, viewing figures for.....»»
DeSantis/Musk event didn’t break the Internet, but it did break Twitter
Half of DeSantis’ audience ditched his glitchy Twitter Spaces campaign launch. Enlarge / Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (credit: Scott Olson / Staff | Getty Images North America) Yesterday, Florida's Republican governor.....»»
Twitter Buckles Under Pressure During DeSantis" Spaces Campaign Event
As expected Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used Twitter Spaces to announce his presidential run. The event was marred by tech glitches and delays, though. As expected.....»»
"Leap of faith:" Alaska pursues carbon offset market while embracing oil
Alaska's push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight this week at a conference convened by its Republican governor, even as the state continues to embrace new fossil fuel production, including the controversial Willo.....»»
Quanta to boost New Mexico investment, in alignment with Tesla?
According to the latest announcement by Samuel Garcia, the Governor of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Quanta Computer will expand its investment by US$1 billion in the state, expecting to create 2,500 job positions locally......»»
TikTok users take legal action against Montana over controversial ban
Just days after the state of Montana signed a TikTok ban into law, a group of the platform's users has sued the state, saying it violates their free speech rights.TikTok users sue MontanaA report on May 17 revealed that Governor Greg Gianforte of Mon.....»»
Smart material prototype challenges Newton"s laws of motion
For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been investigating the unconventional properties of "metamaterials"—an artificial material that exhibits properties not common.....»»
Sony unit pairs with VinFast to launch RIDEVU in-car streaming service
The new service from Sony Pictures Entertainment launching this summer "will offer consumers the opportunity to buy or rent hundreds of feature films and series" for in-car viewing, Sony says......»»
Montana is first state to ban TikTok over national security concerns
TikTok vows to fight Montana ban. Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) Montana became the first state to ban TikTok yesterday. In a press release, the state's Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, said th.....»»
Kia eyes Mexico factory expansion to build EVs, Nuevo León governor says
The governor of Nuevo León, Mexico, claims Kia will invest $1 billion to upgrade its factory near Monterrey for production of two new EVs......»»
Sony pairs with VinFast to launch RIDEVU in-car streaming service
The new service from Sony Pictures Entertainment launching this summer "will offer consumers the opportunity to buy or rent hundreds of feature films and series" for in-car viewing, Sony says......»»
Kia eyes Mexico factory expansion to build EVs, Nuevo León Governor says
The governor of Nuevo León, Mexico, claims Kia will invest $1 billion to upgrade its factory near Monterrey for production of two new EVs......»»
Montana governor bans TikTok
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Wednesday banning TikTok in the state......»»
TikTok has been banned in Montana, but chances of the law surviving are slim
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed legislation to ban TikTok from the state, but it won't go into effect until January 1 and could be overturned.A state-level TikTok ban has been passed in MontanaThere have been many calls to ban TikTok in th.....»»
First US state officially bans TikTok, $10,000 fine per violation
Last month, lawmakers in Montana voted to approve a first-of-its-kind bill to ban TikTok across the state. The final hurdle for that bill was a signature from Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, and he has now officially given the bill his seal of appr.....»»
The man behind ChatGPT is about to have his moment on Capitol Hill
For a few months in 2017, there were rumors that Sam Altman was planning to run for governor of California. Instead, he kept his day job as one of Silicon Valley's most influential investors and entrepreneurs......»»
Latest research provides scientists close-up views of energetic particle jets ejected from the sun
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists observed the first close-ups of a source of energetic particles expelled from the sun, viewing them from just half an astronomical unit (AU), or about 46.5 million miles. The high-resolution images of th.....»»
TikTok spied on me. Why?
A Financial Times journalist writes about discovering she’d been surveilled by TikTok. Enlarge (credit: Celina Pereira via Financial Times) One evening in late December last year, I received a cryptic phone call from a.....»»
TikTok tracked UK journalist via her cat"s account
London-based reporter Cristina Criddle says it was "chilling" to learn her data had been accessed......»»