Blog The Facebook Papers The Facebook Papers: What’s you need to know New documents — the Facebook Papers — are bringing more clarity to the social media giant’s problems and reinforcing a whistleblower’s claim that the platform profited off the spread of false information and relies on an algorithm that pushes fake news like drugs. What’s happening […]
Blog Tens Of Millions Of Filthy, Used Gloves Imported Into The US Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. Nearby is a plastic bowl, filled with blue dye and a few gloves. Thai officials say migrant laborers had been trying to make the gloves look new again, when Thai […]
Blog Microsoft To Shut Down LinkedIn In China For Chinese regulators, even a censored US-based social network was too much. Microsoft is shutting down its main LinkedIn service in China later this year as Beijing tightens its internet rules. Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch, marking the retreat of the […]
Blog McDonald’s Giving Out Free Meals To Teachers and Staff This Week Across The Country Teachers are going to get a little extra lovin’ this week with free breakfast “Thank You” meals from McDonald’s as a token of appreciation. Any educator, including teachers, administrators, and school staff can go to McDonald’s from October 11 to October 15 to receive their breakfast meal, McDonald’s said in a news release Friday. […]
Blog Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Suffer Worldwide Outage Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours Facebook Inc. blamed a global service outage that kept its social media apps offline for much of Monday on a problem with its […]
Blog COVID Antiviral Pill Merck says it has first antiviral pill found to be effective against COVID Molnupiravir is an experimental antiviral drug which is orally active and was developed for the treatment of influenza. It is a prodrug of the synthetic nucleoside derivative N4-hydroxycytidine, and exerts its antiviral action through introduction of copying errors during viral RNA replication. […]
Blog Bitcoin Price Jumps After U.S. Says It Has No Plans to Ban Crypto Worries over regulation have kept a lid on cryptocurrency prices in recent months Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies jumped suddenly Friday, a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. didn’t have plans to ban cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin rose 10.8% from its 5 p.m. ET value on Thursday to $48,109.69, its highest level in almost […]
Business First Digital-Only Dunkin’ Dunkin’ opens first digital-only store in Boston All orders are placed via app or kiosk. Forget making small talk while ordering your iced coffee: Dunkin’s new Boston store ensures you won’t have to talk to a single human being when placing your order. On Tuesday, Massachusetts-based Dunkin’ will celebrate the grand opening of its very […]
Business China’s Tightening Rules For Private Tutoring Affect Foreign Teachers Move could affect tens of thousands of foreign tutors overseas A leading private education agency in China announced over the weekend the suspension of courses administered by foreign-based tutors, as the company moves to comply with new regulations for the private tutoring sector, which could affect tens of thousands of overseas-based teachers, as more companies […]
Business New Rules Have Chinese Private Education Firms Bracing For A Hit Changes sent shockwaves across China’s $120bn private tutoring sector, leading to a huge sell-off in listed firms. China’s private education firms are bracing for a “material” hit to their operations after Beijing announced new rules barring for-profit tutoring in core school subjects to ease financial pressures on families. China unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its […]