Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin
Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin.....»»
How the next Patent Office director could shape the patent system
Obama created "death squads" for bad patents—Trump's nominees curtailed them. Enlarge / Joe Biden speaks at a rally in Georgia on April 29, 2021. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) In the next few weeks, President Joe Biden is.....»»
For Mental Health Awareness Month, Urbancoolab Is Launching “OkToNotFeelOk” Campaign Highlighting That You Are Not Alone
Mental Awareness Tee Shirt SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA, May 3, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — urbancoolab is looking to raise awareness around mental health by leveraging its ties to the arts, fashion, music, and fitness communities to better amp.....»»
How a bot-fighting test turned into edtech’s most iconic brand, Duolingo
Luis von Ahn, an entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to scaling free education, has probably annoyed you more than once. In fact, you’ve likely been annoyed by his work dozens and maybe hundreds of times over the years. A decade before he co-.....»»
Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday
The Facebook oversight board will announce its decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9am on May 5, according to a verified tweet......»»
Election campaigns: Attacks and smearing backfire and can benefit other candidates
Candidates often give in to temptation to attack opponents in electoral campaigns through negative ads (more than 55% of the ads aired by the Clinton and Trump campaigns in 2016 were negative), even if evidence of this tactic effectiveness is mixed......»»
New Florida Law Could Punish Social Media Companies for "Deplatforming" Politicians
Florida is on track to be the first state in America to punish social media companies that ban politicians, reports NBC News, "under a bill approved Thursday by the state's Republican-led Legislature." Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and close Trump.....»»
ByteDance CFO assumes role as new TikTok CEO
Eight months after former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quit in the midst of a full-court press from the Trump administration against the Chinese-owned social media giant, TikTok finally has a new permanent leader. ByteDance’s recently hired CFO Shouz.....»»
Huawei"s revenue falls for second quarter in a row as sanctions bite
It’s been two years since Donald Trump added Huawei and 70 affiliates to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, meaning US companies could no longer do business with these firms without a license. The result is that Google’s apps.....»»
US Government Probes VPN Hack Within Federal Agencies, Races To Find Clues
For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered, according to senior U.S. officials and pri.....»»
Judge declines to dismiss Amazon"s Trump allegation
The tech giant claims the former President used his influence to award Microsoft a defence contract......»»
Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company
Something weird happened minutes before Trump left—US says it was security research. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko) The US Department of Defense puzzled Internet experts by apparently transferring control of tens of mill.....»»
Biden moves to restore California’s power to fight car pollution
The Biden administration on Monday took a key step toward restoring California’s power to limit greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and overturn a Trump-era policy that pitted the federal government against a state seeking to eventually ban c.....»»
Millions of the Pentagon"s Dormant IP Addresses Have Mysteriously Sprung to Life
"Just before the end of the Trump administration, an obscure Florida company began announcing routes to IP addresses owned by the Pentagon," writes long-time Slashdot reader whoever57. The Washington Post calls it "a huge unused swath of the Internet.....»»
Japan"s QAnon disciples aren"t letting Trump"s loss quash their mission
Japan"s QAnon disciples aren"t letting Trump"s loss quash their mission.....»»
Biden administration proposes restoring California"s right to set car pollution rules
The Transportation Department announced Thursday it was withdrawing part of a Trump-era rule that blocked states from setting their own tough car pollution standards, reversing actions by the Trump administration that weakened California's ability to.....»»
Supreme Court kills FTC’s “strongest tool” for getting refunds to scam victims
Unanimous ruling limits FTC power to obtain refunds; it's up to Congress to fix it. Enlarge / Supreme Court Justices, from left, Chief Justice John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan listen during then-President Trump's State of the Union.....»»
Foxconn Mostly Abandons $10 Billion Wisconsin Project
Hmmmmmm writes: Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn is drastically scaling back a planned $10 billion factory in Wisconsin, confirming its retreat from a project that former U.S. President Donald Trump once called "the eighth wonder of the world......»»
Foxconn"s giant factory in Wisconsin sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was
When first announced in 2017, Foxconn's plan to build a massive electronics factory in Wisconsin was hailed by then-President Donald Trump as a sign of the rebirth of American manufacturing......»»
Biden to reinstate Calif. authority to set tougher emissions rules, report says
President Joe Biden in January ordered the Department of Transportation and the EPA to reconsider by April the Trump administration's 2019 decision to revoke California's authority to restrict tailpipe emissions and set zero-emission vehicle mandates.....»»
Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J&J vaccine hiked price of another by 800%
FDA releases damning inspection report as lawmakers question ties to Trump admin. Enlarge / The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021. (credit: Ge.....»»