Federal Officials Are Using Your Cellphone Data to Respond to the Outbreak: Report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has teamed up with state and local governments across America to track people’s cellphone location data and trace the novel coronavirus’s spread, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.

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TV Hosts Fail To Ask Joe Biden Questions About Sexual Assault Allegation

A woman has accused the former vice president of assaulting her in 1993.

CBS News Veteran Journalist Maria Mercader Dies From Coronavirus

The 54-year-old cancer survivor had been on medical leave for an unrelated issue since February.

‘Grim Sleeper’ Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin Dies In California Prison

Franklin was on death row since 2016 for the deaths of nine women and a teenage girl in South Los Angeles.

Rick and Morty Just Released a Short Samurai Film and It's Awesome

Really? Oh. Uh. Yeah, okay, that’s definitely what they did.

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No, the CDC is Not Recommending That All Americans Wear Face Masks in Everyday Life

Even though social media companies are fighting to contain misinformation about the covid-19 pandemic, there are inevitably some and unfortunate and alarming messages that manage to circulate far and wide on the platforms. The latest viral rumor states that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is…

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Court finds algorithm bias studies don't violate US anti-hacking law

Researchers should be free to look for bias in website algorithms in the future. A federal court in DC has ruled in a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr that studies aimed at detecting discrimination in online algorithms don’t violate the…

UK internet providers will lift data caps during COVID-19 pandemic

The UK is echoing others in lifting internet restrictions to keep people online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Major telecoms like BT/EE, Openreach and Virgin Media have struck an agreement that will remove “all” data caps on current landline broadba…

Sunday's Best Deals: Kindle Credit, $52 Office Chair, B2G1 Video Games, and More

A 5TB external hard drive, a buy 2 get one free video game sale, 30% off Patagonia, a $52 office chair, and more lead for Sunday’s best deals.

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Mariah Carey Celebrates Her 50th Birthday, Insists She’s ‘Eternally 12’

Did we say birthday? We meant anniversary.