This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a commodity. The lawmakers will introduce the bill on Thursday afternoon, the […]
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle concerned about recent cyberattacks on water systems in drought-stricken areas of the western U.S. are seeking answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on how hacks are going to be prevented in the future. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Reps. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Pat Fallon, R-Texas, called for a briefing and answers regarding the January cyberattack launched against the water system in Muleshoe, Texas. The hack caused...
BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WETM) - The second annual 'Try Trades" expo was held at the Big Flats Municipal Campus on Thursday. The event offers high-school student hands-on experience in skilled trade jobs that are in high demand, like carpentry, welding, electrical and heavy machinery. "I got to drive a loader, operate the loader, it was []
TikTok won’t suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its []
After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
Hugely popular video app TikTok could be banned in Europe as well as the US, according to remarks made by the president of the European Commission. TikTok is also under two separate EU investigations, and President Biden last week signed a bill which would see the app banned in the US within nine months unless it is sold to an American company more
You’ve probably heard word of the United States’ pending TikTok ban, but why is it happening and how did we get here? According to data published by Business of Apps, TikTok was the second most downloaded app of 2023 with 654 million downloads globally. This marks the first year that TikTok has dropped below Instagram in the rankings in three years. This might not be the case for much longer as US President Biden signed off on a bill that effectively bans TikTok in the States unless...
Whether or not you use the app, you've probably heard a thing or two about the TikTok ban. It's true: President Biden signed the legislation into law on Wednesday, following an unusual bipartisan efforts in both chambers of Congress. But that doesn't mean the app is a goner.
US President Joe Biden signed legislation that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok if parent company ByteDance doesn’t agree to sell its US assets over a nine-month time span.
The US House of Representatives moved to fast-track legislation forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest a stake in the short form video app or face a ban from operating in the country.
The United States is giving ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, a stark choice — divest the popular video app