10 things in tech you need to know today
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning. The CEO of TikTokRead More…
Beirut Surveys the Damage – and Searches for a Cause – After Explosion Kills at Least 100
(BEIRUT) — Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port sent shock waves acroRead More…
Trump campaign mum after aide confirms he’ll debate Biden three times
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Christopher Cadelago on politico.com on August 4, 2020.ARead More…
Australian State of Victoria Imposes Curfew and Closes Most Stores and Factories as It Hits New Coronavirus Record
Victoria has reported a record daily coronavirus case total as Australia’s second-most populous state enters its strictest lockdown since the pandRead More…
Global coronavirus death toll hits 700,000 as infections surge
Countries in Europe are gearing up for stricter mask-wearing rules to fight the coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic passed 700,000.Read More…
Ferguson Activist Cori Bush Ousts Missouri Rep. Lacy Clay After 20 Years
Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted Read More…
Trump Ally Kris Kobach Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary to Establishment Pick Rep. Roger Marshall
Travis Heying–The Wichita Eagle/APRoger Marshall pumps his fist after speaking to supporters near Pawnee Rock, Kan., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, after deRead More…
“Ellen DeGeneres Show” producers address staff as misconduct investigation continues
With 140 or so personnel gradually returning to work, the new season of “Ellen” is scheduled to premiere on Sept. 9 …read more Source:: SalonRead More…
A bipartisan group of 7 US governors banded together to purchase COVID-19 testing equipment in the absence of a strong federal testing program
Seven states — Maryland, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, North, Carolina, and Virginia — have entered into an agreement to purchase 3Read More…
Police in Malaysia Raid Al Jazeera Offices After Documentary on Treatment of Migrant Workers
(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — Malaysian police raided the office of news broadcaster Al Jazeera and two local TV stations on Tuesday, seizing computersRead More…
North Korea Is Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal and Ballistic Missile Capability Despite Sanctions, U.N. Report Says
(UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. experts say North Korea is flouting U.N. sanctions by expanding its nuclear arsenal and ballistic missile program and by expRead More…
Will Karen Bass’s Past Tank Her Shot at Biden’s VP Slot?
James Clyburn, the influential South Carolina congressman and Joe Biden confidant, is palpably annoyed. “It bugs me that people want to pit these twRead More…