• Big Tech: After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning

    After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...

  • Casey and McCormick to face each other as nominees in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes US Senate contest

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania's high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall, as Tuesday’s primary election put the men on track for a race that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and help decide control of the Senate next []

  • Casey and McCormick to face each other as nominees in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes US Senate contest

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania's high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall, as Tuesday’s primary election put the men on track for a race that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and help decide control of the Senate next []

  • US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply

    The shortages affect everything from generic cancer drugs to ADHD medication.

  • US Rep. Jonathan Jackson faces criticism for comments made about Chicago Fire Department

    Congressman Jonathan Jackson was recorded at a private event alleging some white firefighters in the past would let homes in predominantly African-American neighborhoods burn.

  • US government faces criticism over Microsoft security failures: Hashtag Trending, Tuesday April 16, 2024

    Solar power is the largest source of new US electricity generation for the sixth month in a row, Microsoft is hiking prices on Dynamics 365 business apps by up to 16.7%, VMware's Desktop Virtualization products rebranded as "Omnissa", Tesla is laying off over 10% of global workforce amid delivery slump and the U.S. government gets

  • US government faces criticism over handline Microsoft cybersecurity failures: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday April 16, 2024

    Solar power is the largest source of new US electricity generation for the sixth month in a row, Microsoft is Hiking Prices on Dynamics 365 Business Apps By Up to 16.7%, VMware's Desktop Virtualization Products Rebranded as "Omnissa", Tesla is Laying Off Over 10% of Global Workforce Amid Delivery Slump and the U.S. Government gets

  • Three takeaways about the state of Chinese tech in the US

    This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. I’ve wanted to learn more about the world of solar panels ever since I realized just how dominant Chinese companies have become in this field. Although much of the technology involved was…

  • Has the US finally figured out how to do high-speed rail?

    As work begins on building the US’s first high-speed rail service – linking Los Angeles to Las Vegas – analysts say the project could serve as a blueprint for similar projects across the country

  • The U.S. Is Facing Record Drug Shortages

    The U.S. Is Facing Record Drug Shortages And just like that, the supply chain crisis we saw for pharmaceuticals during Covid has returned. ABC reported this week that drug shortages in the United States have reached an "all-time high". In the first quarter of 2024, the U.S. faced 323 active medication shortages, surpassing the previous record of 320 in 2014, as reported by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Utah Drug Information Service, the report says. ...

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    Lisa Rinna Addresses Criticism About Her 'Overfilled' Face

    Lisa Rinna is weighing in on criticism about her "overfilled" appearance. In a TikTok that went viral earlier this week, Nicole Smith -- an aesthetic physician's assistant and cosmetic injector whose username is @LipsandLattes -- shared her expertise on how people can "prevent" the "overfilled look that we are seeing "more and more in celebrities," with Smith using photos of Rinna before and after cosmetic fillers as an example. "The key with doing dermal fillers or Botox is to...

  • Central US faces multiday severe weather threat

    Millions of Americans in the Central U.S. could see severe thunderstorms and tornadoes Monday night through Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms are expected to touch down across the Central Great Plains and parts of Virginia and Maryland starting Monday night and continuing overnight, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Storm Prediction Center said. Parts of the Great Plains