A married couple with a 4-month-old baby were both laid off by Google, while one of them was on parental leave
January 26, 2023
On Friday, House Democrats introduced five new bills meant to chip away at the power of big tech companies, targeting a variety of practices that antitrust advocates say are stifling competition. These measures are the House Judiciary Committee’s historic, 16-month long investigation into the business tactics of companies like Apple,[Read More…]
Nickelodeon, the children’s network, debuted a video over the weekend featuring drag queen Nina West explaining the colors of the LGBTQ Pride flag, the latest in a series of materials aimed at explaining Pride month to Nickelodeon viewers, most of whom are children. The video, “The Meaning of Pride,” was[Read More…]
A new CDC study finds the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) reduce the risk of infection by 91 percent for fully vaccinated people. This adds to the growing body of real-world evidence of their effectiveness. This study is among the first to[Read More…]
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday night that he doesn’t believe he and former President Donald Trump will ever see “eye to eye” over the Jan. 6 riot. In a speech to a Republican group in New Hampshire, Pence called Jan. 6 “a dark day in the history of[Read More…]
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the US hopes to work with Guatemala to address the causes of illegal migration by bringing “a sense of hope” to a country plagued by poverty and violence. Vice President Harris, on her first trip abroad since taking office, met President Alejandro[Read More…]
Kamala Harris snapped at Lester Holt on Tuesday when he asked why she has refused to the border in the 76 days since President Joe Biden put her in charge of the crisis. During a portion of the interview played by NBC’s “The Today Show,” Holt pushed Harris on why[Read More…]
California’s Alameda County has revised its coronavirus death toll, reducing the number of people whose deaths had been attributed to the virus by around 25 percent after adjusting parameters for what was considered a COVID-related death. Previously, the county was counting people as part of its COVID death toll if[Read More…]
France’s competition watchdog fined Google 220 million euros ($268 million) on Monday for abusing its dominant position in online advertising. France’s antitrust agency said on Monday the US tech giant used its dominance over ad sales and purchasing on its platforms to distort the market to its own advantage, hurting[Read More…]