DECEMBER 19, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden announces his climate and energy team nominees and appointees at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — Just as the United States has needed a unified, national response to COVID-19, it needs one for dealing with climate change, President-elect Joe Biden said Saturday as he rolled...
DECEMBER 19, 2020
A man walks past a mural of frontline workers after the government eased a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi on July 14. - SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/AFP via Getty Images
With a Covid-19 caseload that's surpassed 10 million people, India is the world's second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic, trailing only the United States.
But it is aiming...
DECEMBER 18, 2020
President Donald Trump's name appears on a stimulus check on May 3, 2020. - Will Lanzoni/CNN
A second round of stimulus payments may be part of a coronavirus relief package under negotiation by Congress.
Lawmakers are still working on a deal, which could include $600 checks, but experts say it will take at least two weeks for the Treasury...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
One of the potential changes is putting an end to self-preferencing.
Companies like Apple and Google will also have to allow users to uninstall apps that have originally come with their devices.
Failure to comply could result in fines as high as 10% of the companies’ annual turnover worldwide.
The remedies could ultimately include forcing companies...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
A cyber attack believed to be tied to Russia continues to pose a "grave risk" to government networks and the private sector, according to an ominous warning issued Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security.
The bulletin from DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), represented the most striking assessment yet of a cascading threat to federal, state and...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Microsoft has identified more than 40 of its customers around the world that had problematic versions of a third-party IT management program installed and that were specifically targeted by the suspected Russian hacking campaign disclosed this week, the company said in a blog post Thursday.
The tech company said that 80% of those victims are in the US...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
President Trump arrives to speak from the Blue Room balcony of the White House to supporters on Oct. 10, 2020. - Alex Brandon/AP
White House aides intervened Thursday to prevent President Trump from issuing a statement calling for substantially larger stimulus payments for millions of Americans, according to two people granted anonymity to share details of the...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of 38 states filed an antitrust suit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit, alleging it maintained monopoly power over the internet-search market through anti-competitive contracts and conduct.
“As the gateway to the internet, Google has systematically degraded the ability of other companies to access consumers,” the states said in a wide-ranging complaint making allegations...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Nothing ignites the vintage car discussion boards like the oil debate, and the hardest part of that conversation involves separating fact from fiction. Many long-held beliefs may not be based around modern science, but sometimes the knowledge to correct those false assumptions is hard to find. Thankfully, Engineering Explained took a look into the basics of conventional...
DECEMBER 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top four congressional leaders plan to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss a coronavirus relief package and a sweeping spending bill, as Congress races to find an agreement before critical support programs expire at year’s end.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.,...
