More of Today's Articles New York AG sues Amazon, says company didn't do enough to protect its workers from coronavirus On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the attorney general of New York sued Amazon over allegations that the company failed to adequately protect its employees during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ... UK lawmaker calls to stand up against Facebook's "bullying" - and news outlets agree A senior British lawmaker has called on other lawmakers worldwide to stand up against the "bullying" done by social media site Facebook. The U.K. legislator's comments followed the ... If math is racist, then so is every spell-check program, including MS Word If algebra and geometry "perpetuate" white privilege, then Bill Gates' own MS Word is a racist program by design, shoving it in the face of Black people who occasionally have ... Vulnerable: Entire Federal Reserve payment system crashed due to "operational error" The nation's financial system came to a halt the other day after the Federal Reserve's payment platform suffered a more than three-hour outage. Used to execute more than 3 trillion in ... "Bermuda Triangle of Space" causes ISS computers to crash A weak spot in Earth's magnetic field called the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) has been causing computers aboard the International Space Station to crash. Sometimes called the "Bermuda ... NY Gov. Cuomo approves reopening of stadiums with strict health measures New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo permitted large stadiums and arenas in the state to reopen for sports and concerts starting Feb. 23. Any venue that has a capacity of 10,000 people or more can hold ... New catalyst material can help spur the rise of lithium-sulfur batteries Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) are some of the most promising batteries available today. They are cheaper, lighter and capable of storing much more energy than conventional lithium-ion batteries ... White House working with Big Tech to suppress so-called vaccine "misinformation" The White House has reached out to Big Tech moguls, including Facebook, Twitter and Google, in a bid to stop the spread of so-called vaccine misinformation, according to a recent report ... Google fires founder and co-head of AI ethics unit, announces reorganization of AI teams Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and co-head of its artificial intelligence ethics unit, for violating the company's code of conduct. The firing came less than three months ... Chinese-owned bitcoin farms blamed for widespread and frequent power outages in Iran Chinese-owned bitcoin farms have been blamed for the widespread and frequent power outages in major cities across Iran since early January. An official from Kerman province said on Jan. 8 that a ... Mercer sheriff and commissioners sign ordinance that makes county a Second Amendment sanctuary Mercer County Sheriff Jose Lopez and Commissioners Jerry Allen, Shane Grooms and Zachary Martin on Monday, Feb. 22, signed an ordinance known as the Mercer County Missouri Second Amendment ... Pentagon's solar panel in space could one day supply electricity to any place on Earth Researchers with the Department of Defense successfully harvested solar energy from space using a solar panel that could one day beam energy to any place on Earth. Called the Photovoltaic ... Oracle exec built his own microgrid to escape America's unreliable power grid An Oracle executive has built his own personal power grid in Northern California in place of relying on the lower grid. To power his home in the town of Woodside, in California's San Mateo ... Toxic tar globs litter Israel's beaches due to massive oil spill Toxic, black globs of tar started washing up on beaches along Israel's Mediterranean coast on Feb. 18 due to an offshore oil spill, according to a recent report from Live Science. The spill ... Milky Way galaxy likely teeming with Earth-like planets, study suggests European researchers are raising the possibility that the Milky Way galaxy is teeming with rocky planets that harbor continents and massive oceans like Earth. In a paper published this February ... |
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