[ad_1] BOSTON (AP) — The United States and its allies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over two decades building databases for Afghan people. The nobly stated goal: toRead More
Category: Geeky Stuff
Biden’s Electric Car Plans Depend On Having Adequate Chargers
[ad_1] Startups, automakers, and other companies have been slowly making chargers for years, especially in California and other coastal states where most electric cars are sold. These businesses use differentRead More
Criminal Prosecutors See No Evil in Silicon Valley
[ad_1] “Silicon Valley is much cleaner than when I started out during the dot-com bubble of the 1990s,” said Reed Kathrein, a San Francisco attorney who successfully sued Ms. HolmesRead More
Alibaba Manager Not Charged In China’s Last #MeToo Moment
[ad_1] Chinese police have deepened the debate over an episode that rocked the Chinese tech industry and sparked a showdown for the nascent #MeToo movement in the US by releasingRead More
Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Rise as Groups Mention US of Lax
[ad_1] Jennifer Jacquet, associate professor of environmental studies at New York University, said legal activism has become the single most effective tool for holding companies accountable for questionable marketing claims.Read More
Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: What We Know
[ad_1] Divers looking for the source of a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – one of several detected off the coast of Louisiana after Hurricane Ida –Read More
California Bill Could Change Amazon Labor Practices
[ad_1] Among the pandemic’s biggest economic winners is Amazon, which nearly doubled its annual profits last year. 21 billion dollars and one at pace this year will far exceed thatRead More
Meet the People Who Rescued Plover Birds in New York
[ad_1] Pipe plovers, scarlet shorebirds that lay their eggs in small scrapes of sand, are easy to miss as they sprint across the beach. Chris Allieri is harder to miss.Read More
Who is Starlink really for?
[ad_1] But six weeks ago, his situation changed thanks to Starlink. Woodward has become a beta user of SpaceX’s internet service, which uses a growing fleet of 1,600 Earth-orbiting satellitesRead More
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Australia to Ease Climate Change Denial
[ad_1] SYDNEY, Australia — After years of casting suspicion on climate change and attacking politicians who favor corrective action, media outlets in Rupert Murdoch’s homeland of Australia are planning anRead More