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3 days agoIsraeli lawmakers approve phone tracking of virus cases Israel’s parliament has approved a law granting the country’s internal security agency limited authority to use phone surveillance to track coronavirus cases.
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Twitter bans pro-Trump meme maker for copyright violationsA conservative social media user whose memes have been repeatedly reposted by President Donald Trump has been kicked off Twitter for repeated copyright violations.
Google tweaks privacy settings to keep less user data Google is tweaking its privacy settings to keep less data on new users by default.
UK watchdog gives Amazon-Deliveroo deal tentative approvalBritain’s competition watchdog has provisionally approved Amazon’s plan to buy a stake in food delivery company Deliveroo, saying it would not have a negative impact on c...
Court: Montana family owns dinosaur fossils worth millionsAn appeals court has ruled dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on an eastern Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land's surface rights.
Twitter gives workers day off to vote in national electionsTwitter says it will give its U.S. employees Election Day off going forward and employees around the world a paid day off to vote in national elections.
FCC to vote in July to make ’988′ the suicide hotline numberFederal regulators will vote in July on whether to make “988” the number to reach a suicide prevention hotline.
Mathematicians behind JPEG files honored by Spanish awardAn international team of mathematicians whose theories have improved the compression of large digital files of data, including images and sound, will be recognized with o...
UN evaluates reports of record Arctic heat in SiberiaThe U.N. weather agency says it’s investigating media reports suggesting a new record high temperature of over 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Arctic...
Panel: NOAA bowed to political pressure in Dorian disputeOutside experts have concluded that the chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and an aide violated the agency's scientific integrity standards in t...
Report: Russia-linked disinformation operation still activeA new report finds that a Kremlin-linked social media disinformation operation that tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election has continued its work to divide and di...
EU authorities open twin Apple antitrust investigations European Union authorities have opened antitrust investigations into Apple’s App Store and its payments platform over concerns that its practices stifle competition.
FDA approves video game for treating ADHD in kidsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a video game for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
To help distance learning absentees, educators go sleuthing With huge percentages of students unplugged from distance learning, educators at schools around the country have been working to understand why.
Temperature spike: Earth ties record high heat May readingMeteorologists report that Earth's warming ties a record level for May.
Researchers ask if survivor plasma could prevent coronavirusScientists are beginning a new study to tell if the blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors might help prevent infection in the first place.
UK regulators investigate Facebook's purchase of Giphy British regulators have opened an investigation into Facebook’s recent purchase of Giphy over concerns that it’s stifling competition.
Twitter removes China-linked accounts spreading false newsTwitter has removed a vast network of accounts that is says is linked to the Chinese government and were pushing false information favorable to the country’s communist ru...
Pangolin released into wild under China's new protectionsActivists in China have released a pangolin into the wild to celebrate new protections for the armadillo-like animal whose numbers in the country have dropped to near ext...
Web inventor: Closing digital divide must be top priority World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated “the gross inequality” of a world where almost half the population is unable to connect.
Zoom caught in China censorship crossfire as meetings foiledVideo app Zoom has said it regrets that some meetings involving U.S.-based Chinese dissidents were disrupted, as meanwhile a prominent Hong Kong activist said his account...
