June 8, 2022 The U.S. Treasury recently released the first state awards from a $10 billion COVID-19 aid program intended to boost broadband internet access in underserved areas. $583 million worth of projects were announced for the states more...
June 8, 2022 New York State legislature has passed a law imposing a two-year moratorium on the use of fossil-fuel power plants for crypto mining. The State Assembly passed the bill in April and the Senate passed it more...
June 8, 2022 On Tuesday, Texas Republicans narrowly lost their attempt to repeal the First Amendment rights of social media companies' First Amendment rights. In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court granted an emergency stay request on Tuesday more...
June 5, 2022 Ford CEO Jim Farley announced that he wants the company's EVs to be sold exclusively online, sans any dealer markups or other price negotiations. "We've got to go to a non-negotiated price. We've got to more...
June 6, 2022 Oregon's Department of Human Services will abolish the AI tool used by child welfare officials to decide which families are being investigated by social workers. The algorithm would be replaced by its new program, called more...
June 2, 2022 Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, fell to $29,555.35, signaling a 6.9% decline. The decline means the cryptocurrency lost $2,262.81 from its previous closing price. Since hitting an all-time in 2021, the cryptocurrency has faced a more...
June 2, 2022 Several opinion polls and surveys have shown that older Americans remain bullish on cryptocurrencies, and many plan to use their investment for retirement. They are however cautioned that crypto is prohibitively volatile for retirement purposes. A more...
May 31, 2022 Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology have invented a robotic prototype aimed at helping medical staff automate blood donation processing. The university researchers, led by Dr Shanti Krishnan, deputy director of the Swinburne Factory of more...
May 31, 2022 Canada's delayed ban of Huawei equipment has highlighted the country's lack of an Indo-Pacific strategy. It is also putting pressure on the country to implement a promised Indo-Pacific strategy that follows the U.S., U.K., and Australia, more...
May 31, 2022 A bill introduced by Republican senators would ban U.S. app stores from hosting apps that accept China's digital yuan. The bill sponsored by Senators Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Mike Braun, states that companies that more...
May 25, 2022 Canada has announced plans to ban the use of 5G devices from Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE. The ban, which is a matter of national security, means that Canada has finally joined the rest of more...
May 20, 2022 Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said that sooner or later the country will legalize cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. "The question is when this happens, how it will be regulated, now that more...
