Ailan Evans Small-town and local newspapers across the country are suing Google and Facebook, alleging that the tech giants hold a monopoly in digital advertising. Over two hundred publications have sued the tech companies this year, according to a review by Axios, alleging the dominance of Facebook…
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Laurel Duggan The Sarco machine, a 3-D printed assisted suicide pod, passed legal review in Switzerland, and it is expected to be available for public use in 2022, Swiss Info reported. The machine aims to replace the more common method for suicide in which doctors…
Read More Switzerland Approves ‘Very Comfortable’ Suicide Pods
Sebastian Hughes China accused the U.S. of violating the spirit of the Olympics with its decision to hold a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 games and declared that the U.S. will “pay a price” for doing so, Bloomberg reported. “The U.S. is standing opposed to…
Read More ‘The US Will Pay A Price’ China Makes Threats After Olympic Boycott Announcement
Andrew Kerr The White House flagged the art market as a potential vector for financial corruption in a report Monday, but it made no mention of the ethical concerns raised by watchdogs surrounding Hunter Biden’s newfound and lucrative career in the industry. The report, which spelled…
Read More White House Report Flags Hunter Biden’s Industry As Potential Hotbed For ‘Financial Crimes’
Sebastian Hughes China is attempting to establish its first military base in the Atlantic Ocean, potentially allowing the communist regime to rearm and refit warships opposite the East Coast of the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported. The potential placement of a base in Equatorial Guinea raised…
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Laurel Duggan Philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was killed in her Beverly Hills home on Wednesday, sparking renewed concerns about Los Angeles’ rising violent crime bleeding into wealthy neighborhoods. Violent crime rates have been rising in the city for two years, according to the Los Angeles Times. While property crimes have reportedly…
Read More ‘Never Seen Anything Like It’: LA Residents Rattled As Violent Crime Finally Seeps Into Wealthy Neighborhoods
Ailan Evans A family safety app used to track children’s movements is selling location data to several different data brokers, according to an investigation by The Markup. Life360, which bills itself as a “family location sharing app” that purports to “simplify safety” for families, is…
Read More REPORT: Family Tracking App Life360 Is Selling Customers’ Locations To Data Brokers
Harry Wilmerding FedEx predicted that Monday will be a record day for deliveries for the 2021 holiday season, company executives told CNBC. “We’ve seen a lot of people actually starting their Christmas shopping in the month of October, which is fundamentally different than we have…
Read More FedEx Predicts Record Holiday Delivery Season Amid Continuing Labor And Supply Chain Concerns
Kendall Tietz Since the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the White House equating the acts of concerned parents at local school board meetings to “domestic terrorism and hate crimes” and requesting federal intervention, the majority of state chapters of the organization…
Read More Majority Of School Board Associations Have Distanced Themselves From National Organization
Harry Wilmerding The Federal Reserve is likely to shift away from its pandemic era stimulus programs as inflation continues to soar and unemployment falls. The Fed, under the leadership of Jerome Powell, signaled that it would wind down its bond purchasing stimulus brought on as…
Read More Fed To Pivot Away From Pandemic Era Stimulus As Unemployment Falls And Inflation Soars