The U.S. Will Start Banning New TikTok Downloads on Sunday
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Friday morning that starting Sunday, September 20, Americans will be banned from downloading Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat,...
View ArticleQuibi Is Reportedly Kaput, Shutting Down Just Months After Its Splashy Launch
Quibi was designed to be short-form–but, little did the company’s founders realize, the business itself would be over in the blink of an eye. The start-up, which raised nearly $2 billion in investments...
View ArticleCalifornia’s COVID-19 Exposure Notification App Is Now Live
California residents now have one more tool in the fight against COVID-19. Starting today, smartphone users can sign up for CA Notify, which can send an alert if you’ve been around someone who later...
View ArticleSouthern California’s ICU Capacity Is Now at 0%
Public health officials have reported that intensive care unit capacity in the Southern California region has reached zero percent, meaning local health care facilities are strained to critical levels....
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With Mere Days Left in His Presidency, Facebook Blocks Donald Trump
As a violent mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol with little police resistance on Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted a video to social media telling the “very special” rioters that he...
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With Polestar 2, Volvo’s EV Brand Is Set to Give Tesla a Run for Its Money
In 2017, Volvo, Sweden’s maker of relentlessly safety-conscious, gasoline-powered vehicles, launched Polestar, a stand-alone brand dedicated to…relentlessly safety-conscious, electric-powered vehicles....
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The $400k Rolls-Royce Cullinan Will Get Your Heart Racing
After resisting fielding an SUV (a strategy that swelled the profits of Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover, Lamborghini, and arch-rival Bentley) for fear of sullying its hallowed name, Rolls-Royce finally bit...
View ArticleActivists Say Beverly Hills Cops Are Playing Music to Keep Themselves Off...
A Beverly Hills police officer was seen on camera playing music on his phone during a live-streamed interaction with a citizen and, according to Vice, some are speculating he was attempting to trigger...
View ArticleA New Wave of Gadgets Gives Us Fresh Ways to Spy on Ourselves
Wondering how your stomach is handling that In-N-Out Double Double you wolfed down for lunch? Wonder no more—there’s now a device that keeps track of your digestive system’s food absorption...
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Will Semiautonomous Robots Soon Replace the Delivery Dude?
If you see a large square box rolling down the streets of your town, know this: it’s not a UFO, though it is the future—of food delivery. Bots are carting lunch, dinner, and grocery orders to Angelenos...
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