Republicans Are Mad Unemployment Benefits Are Actually Benefiting The Unemployed

They worry business won’t survive if workers stay home, but staying home is the whole point.

Meghan Markle’s Privacy Case Against Tabloid Publisher Begins

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex listened in on the preliminary hearing and are said to be encouraged.

The Doctor, The Disease, And The Division

Soon after the coronavirus struck my busy Brooklyn hospital, I found myself caring for an older gentleman with kidney issues. Let’s call him Mr. Johnson. I’m a specialist in kidney medicine, and I knew it should have been a fairly routine visit.

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This Could Be the First Record of Someone Getting Killed by a Meteorite

A team of scientists think they’ve found the oldest evidence of a meteorite striking and killing a person, according to a new report published in the journal journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

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Facebook's FTC Settlement Is Officially a Train Wreck

Well, it’s finally over. According to a post penned late Thursday by Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer on the company’s official blog, the social media giant got a federal court’s sign-off on its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, marking the end of a historic case that involved roughly a full year of back…

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Telegram group video chat will soon compete with Zoom

Telegram is one of the premiere systems with which people securely and privately initiate group chats. Now they’ve revealed they’re about to expand into secure group video calls. After being inundated with requests for the feature over the last few years and especially the last few weeks, Telegram confirmed that they “will focus on bringing you secure group video calls … Continue reading

FDA issues blunt malaria drug warning after deaths in coronavirus trial

The FDA has warned that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, medications praised by President Trump and others as being potentially beneficial in coronavirus treatment, could in fact lead to dangerous heart issues and possibly death. The medications, intended to treat or prevent malaria, made headlines after a well-criticized study suggested they could have a positive impact on COVID-19 cases. That possibility got … Continue reading

WWE 2K21 has been cancelled and we all know why

WWE is a sports franchise that sees yearly game releases, but it looks like that schedule might be upended this year. WWE has apparently decided that this year’s WWE 2K game, which would presumably be WWE 2K21, has been cancelled. Of course, if the WWE has decided to go in a different direction with this year’s game, it wouldn’t be … Continue reading

Valorant's wild success on Twitch wasn't an accident

On any given day this April, at any chosen time, you’ll find around half a million people watching live Valorant gameplay on Twitch. It’s easily the top title on the streaming service, usually with double the number of viewers as Counter-Strike: Glob…

Dyson won't build ventilators for the UK after all

Dyson’s plan to make ventilators for the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic is over almost as quickly as it began. The company has halted its efforts after the country told it the CoVent breathing devices are “not required,” according to a statement fro…