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The International Maritime Organization may approve a new carbon tax on shipping.
The Trump administration argues the carbon tax will harm trade and cost jobs.
Australian businessman...
Statues of Confederate soldiers and leaders is still a hot-button issue in many Southern states, cities, and community. Some groups support the monuments saying the Civil War is not about slavery and should be honored to recognize previous historical figures.
John Oliver had something to say to those groups....
McDonald’s faced the wrath of Rick and Morty fans when the fast-food chained didn’t provide enough Szechuan McNugget sauce on Saturday.
On Saturday, October 7th, several McDonald’s locations across the U.S. gave away Szechuan Sauce, in response to an episode and outcry from fans of the Adult Swim cartoon....
Google has discovered Russians spent thousands of dollars on advertisements on YouTube, Gmail and other Google advertising to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a new report by Reuters.
On Monday, Reuters revealed that Russian operatives purchased advertisements to influence the 2016 Presidential election. In the report,...
Dove deleted a “three-second video clip” from their Facebook page and admitted on Saturday that the company had “missed the mark in thoughtfully representing women of color” in an ad for body wash.
Consumers had reacted angrily to images of a black woman removing a brown shirt and appearing to...
Reddit is one of the most visited websites in the world. Last week, The Hill reported the message board website hired their first federal lobbyists.
The federal disclosure filings indicate Reddit hired the Franklin Square Group in July to lobby on behalf of “Internet issues, including net neutrality and liability...
On Tuesday, Yahoo issued a statement disclosing that upon further investigation of the 2013 breach the company believes all of its three billion accounts were impacted, not 1 billion liked previously thought. The revelation of 3 billion breached accounts means everyone who had a Yahoo account, and all the...
Last month, Polly became a hit on Snapchat with over 20 million answerers. The feature allowed for users to add multiple-choice polls onto their Snapchat. Instagram is following in their footsteps with their polling feature within Stories. Now just like adding a sticker, users can add a two-answer poll...
Senator Elizabeth Warren said it is time for the Wells Fargo & Co. CEO to get fired.
The Wells Fargo account fraud scandal is an ongoing controversy surrounding the creation of millions of fraudulent accounts on behalf of Wells Fargo clients without their consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined...
On Monday, Facebook announced it had given Congress thousands of advertisements linked to Russian influence operations in the United States. Facebook also announced their tightening of ad policies to make sure election impact is harder to achieve on the social network.
Facebook confirmed that it discovered the ad sales earlier...
Facebook is reportedly testing facial recognition as a way of securing accounts more efficiently.
Facebook confirmed the testing to TechCrunch saying, "We are testing a new feature for people who want to quickly and easily verify account ownership during the account recovery process. This optional feature is available only on...
Following the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history, Uber and Lyft have changed their prices in Las Vegas so people can exit the area without being charged outrageous fees.
The news comes after ride services have been criticized in the past for price gouging following a disaster.
According to a...
As of Sunday, October 1, a new French law is in place. It states any models in commercial photography who have been made to appear thinner or thicker by image processing software has to include a statement declaring the image was retouched. Anyone who opts out of this law...
Between 3.7 to 4.5 billion years ago, life on Earth began. Now, researchers argue meteorites splashed down and leaked essential elements into warm ponds.
Scientists at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany report wet and dry cycles bonded basic molecular chemicals int he pounds producing a...
The Paranthropus boisei, a species of an ancient bipedal hominid that roamed around the Earth 2.4 until 1.4 million years ago, could be responsible for passing off the first case of genital herpes to humans.
Between 3 and 1.4 million years ago, genital herpes from African apes infected our human...
YouTube has blocked users their ability to link out to external sites in their end cards. Many YouTube users use end cards to link to further monetize their video content. For example, YouTubers could sell merchandise and Patreon pages where fans can donate money to support their projects.
YouTube Partner...
Whole Foods Market, which was acquired by Amazon who bought for $13.7 billion in June, warned customers on Thursday that hackers stole credit card information from several of its stores. The hack affected Whole Foods’ taprooms and restaurants, not stores’ primary checkout lines, the company announced in a statement.
The...
IKEA has signed an agreement to acquire the tech company TaskRabbit.
On Thursday, IKEA Group announced they had signed an agreement to acquire 100% of TaskRabbit, an on-demand services company. Operating out of the United States, TaskRabbit will continue to serve as an independent company and will continue to provide...
Senate Intelligence Committee investigators are planning to ask Twitter representatives today whether misinformation spread by Russian accounts were made into real news stores and were targeting Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton, and whether or not the social network took steps to stop the spread of false news.
According to Politico, Hillary...
African Americans, Hispanics and individuals without a college degree saw the largest gains in wealth since 2013, the Federal Reserve revealed on Wednesday. That said, the improvements did little to eliminate the inequality gap.
The share of America’s income held by the top 1% of households reached 24% in...
Facebook is currently under pressure from the U.S. government to provide detailed information surrounding the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. But it is not the only social networking company that could have played a role in the promotion of propaganda during the U.S. election. According...
