Several companies bore the brunt of the coronavirus-led economic shutdown while only a few flourished. And comprehensibly, the biggest gainers have been the so-called work-from-home or WFH stocks. Notably, many…
Day: May 25, 2023
Lawmakers request monthly COVID-19 misinformation reports from online platforms
“Over the past several months, we have seen a troubling rise of false or misleading information related to COVID-19 disseminated by domestic and foreign actors on platforms such as yours.…
Virus Spurs Emerging Market Investors to Seek Returns in ESG
(Bloomberg) — Emerging-market investors may have identified the assets that offer sustainable post-pandemic returns. Now they just need to find more of it. The worst crisis since World War II…
Comic-Con 2020 Announces ‘At Home’ Lineup (Updating)
Click here to read the full article. Comic-Con is going virtual this year, and though the 2020 installment of the annual event isn’t taking place in the usual San Diego…
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over ICE foreign-student rule, deeming it cruel and reckless
At a time when President Donald Trump is pressuring schools to open for in-person instruction in the fall, some universities are fighting back. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Smartwatch hack could send fake pill reminders to patients
Smartwatch software used to help elderly patients could easily be hacked and abused, security researchers say. Some of the watches are targeted mainly at dementia patients – and a hacker…
Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Back-to-School Spending
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping parents from hitting the back-to-school sales, but it may be changing what’s on their shopping lists. Back-to-school spending for children in grades K-12 is expected…
How the U.S. seeks to protect children’s privacy online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – TikTok is under investigation for allegedly violating a settlement reached with U.S. authorities last year that resolved charges the popular app broke rules governing how children’s personal…