Link loading times to some Twitter competitors and news media sites posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appeared to...
Year: 2023
The US government plans to rein in the vast data broker industry with new, privacy-focused regulations that aim to safeguard millions of Americans’ personal...
Female reproductive health experts are calling on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to rethink its restrictions on reproductive health content.
YouTube to prohibit false claims about cancer treatments under its medical misinformation policy
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YouTube announced Tuesday that it will start removing false claims about cancer treatments as part of an ongoing effort to build out its medical...
Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted
The University of Rochester will examine the work of Ranga Dias, who was an author of a materials science paper unrelated to his superconductor...
X Reverses Slowed Access to News Outlets, but Rival Sites Still Affected
Elon Musk’s social media service “throttled” access to sites such as Substack and Facebook, according to an analysis, but began reversing the slow access...
A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines and waste that have made construction increasingly...
First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops
The company, First Solar, said an internal review had found that subcontractors used unethical recruitment tactics and withheld pay from workers.Read More
A month after exiting an ambitious project to help build one of India’s first chip factories, Taiwan’s Foxconn says it remains bullish about the...
More than 20 million Americans enrolled in a federal program for subsidized internet access
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More than 20 million US households are now receiving discounts on internet service as part of a federal program created to close the digital...