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At-Home Test Kits: New Tools to Close the COVID-19 Testing Gap
Getting a COVID test can mean long lines and delayed results. Matt Dibble looks into recent breakthroughs that may have more of us performing a test at home. Camera: Matt Dibble Producer: Matt Dibble …
DetailsSpaceX Starship Makes Highest Test Flight, Crashes on Landing
SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown. It was the highest and most elaborate flight yet for the rocket ship that Elon Musk says could carry people to
DetailsFacebook Faces US Lawsuits That Could Force Sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state sued Facebook Inc. Wednesday, saying it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. With the filing of the twin lawsuits, Facebook becomes the second big tech company to face a major legal challenge this fall. The FTC said in a statement that it
DetailsYouTube Will Remove New Videos That Falsely Claim Fraud Changed US Election Outcome
YouTube said on Wednesday it would start removing content that falsely allege widespread fraud changed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, in a change to its more hands-off stance on videos making similar claims. The update, which applies to content uploaded from Wednesday, comes a day after “safe harbor,” a deadline set by U.S.
DetailsCybersecurity Firm FireEye Says Was Hacked by Nation State
Prominent U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said Tuesday that foreign government hackers with “world-class capabilities” broke into its network and stole offensive tools it uses to probe the defenses of its thousands of customers, who include federal, state and local governments and top global corporations. The hackers “primarily sought information related to certain government customers,” FireEye
DetailsSmartphone Glass Strength: The Quest To Make Glass Shatterproof
U.S. glassmaker Corning has become the dominant provider of glass covers for smartphones worldwide. Deana Mitchell has the story. …
DetailsAustralia Introducing Bill to Make Facebook and Google Pay Media Groups for Content
Legislation to make Facebook and Google pay media organizations for news content will be introduced in the Australian parliament on Wednesday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Tuesday. Frydenberg said the measure would be reviewed by a parliamentary committee after its introduction and before legislators vote on it next year. If the measure becomes law,
DetailsDespite Promise, Few in US Adopting COVID-19 Exposure Apps
Six months ago, Apple and Google introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, without disclosing any personal information. But for the most part, Americans haven’t been all that interested. Fewer than half of U.S. states and territories — 18 in total — have made such
DetailsUS Not Extending TikTok Divestiture Deadline; Talks to Continue
The Trump administration has chosen not to extend again an order requiring ByteDance, a Chinese company, to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets, but talks will continue over the video-sharing app’s fate, two sources briefed on the matter said. A Treasury Department representative said late Friday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
DetailsFederal Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Discriminates Against US Workers
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Thursday saying social media giant Facebook was discriminating against U.S. workers and hiring cheaper foreign workers instead. Many of the temporary workers the DOJ accused Facebook of giving hiring preferences to were foreign workers with H-1B visas. H1-B visas allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers
DetailsFacebook to Start Removing Bogus Claims About COVID Vaccines
Facebook will begin removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines from its social media platform, the company said Thursday, as part of an ongoing campaign to combat the spread of misinformation about them. “This is another way that we are applying our policy to remove misinformation about the virus that could lead to imminent physical harm,”
DetailsTwitter Prohibits Dehumanizing Posts Targeting Race, Ethnicity
Twitter has enacted stricter content rules, adding to its list of prohibited conduct any language that “dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin.” The social media company announced the update to its policy on Wednesday. Twitter said it would remove any offending posts that users report and would also work to
DetailsEuropean Space Agency Signs Deal to Remove Debris from Orbit
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a $102 million contract with a Swiss start-up company to purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit. The company, ClearSpace SA, will capture part of a used rocket using what is described as a “tentacle,” and then dragging it
DetailsSingapore OKs Lab-grown Chicken
It might look like chicken. It might taste like chicken. But it doesn’t come from a chicken, it comes from a lab. For chicken lovers in Singapore, this lab-grown chicken will soon be available in nugget form as the country has given the OK for San Francisco-based startup Eat Just to sell the meat. It is
DetailsFacebook Oversight Board Announces First Six Cases
Facebook’s oversight board has announced the first cases it’s going to examine to determine if it will overturn the social media giant’s decisions to delete content. Created in October, the board’s apparent role will be to assess cases of Facebook and Instagram users who say their content was wrongly removed. “As the Board cannot hear every appeal,
DetailsFacebook, Google ‘Zones Without Human Rights’ in Vietnam, Amnesty Says
Facebook and Google are becoming “zones without human rights” in Vietnam, Amnesty International warned Tuesday, accusing the tech giants of helping to censor peaceful opposition and political freedom in the country. Amnesty warned that although they were “once the great hope for the rise of freedom of expression in the country, social media platforms are rapidly
DetailsSolomon Islands Plans to Ban Facebook to Preserve ‘National Unity’
The government of the Solomon Islands has defended its plans to ban Facebook, insisting the move would preserve “national unity.” Ministers say the world’s largest social media platform has been “grossly abused.” But critics insist a ban is an attempt to shut down criticism of the government’s economic policies.Facebook helps connect the people of a
DetailsSolomon Islands Moves to Ban Facebook Over ‘National Unity’ Fears
The government of the Solomon Islands has defended its plans to ban Facebook, insisting the move would preserve “national unity.” Ministers say the world’s largest social media platform has been “grossly abused.” But critics insist a ban is an attempt to shut down criticism of the government’s economic policies.Facebook helps connect the people of a
DetailsChina Launches Lunar Probe
China successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon Monday to land, gather soil and rock samples, and return them to Earth. If successful, it will be the first mission by any nation to retrieve samples from the lunar surface since the 1970s, and the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to retrieve such
DetailsChina Set to Launch Lunar Probe
China is scheduled to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon Monday to land, gather soil and rock samples, and return them to Earth. If successful, it will be the first mission by any nation to retrieve samples from the lunar surface since the 1970s, and the third nation, after the United States
DetailsVietnam Tells Facebook: Yield to Censors or We’ll Shut You Down, Source Says
Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters.Facebook complied with a government request in April to significantly increase its censorship of “anti-state” posts for local
DetailsWhat’s Your Risk of Catching COVID? There’s an App for That
As the deadly coronavirus continues to rage across the U.S. and around the world, people are turning to COVID-19-related apps to figure out their day-to-day risks. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more. Producers: Julie Taboh, Adam Greenbaum …
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