09.04.21
The $50 billion race to save America's renters from eviction
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration again extended a federal moratorium on evictions last week, but conflictin...
08.04.21
Billionaires club has grown by nearly a third, to 2,755, during the pandemic
The number of newly minted and reissued billionaires soared last year, Forbes reported Tuesday in its annual ranking, an accumulation of personal wealth that stands in sharp contrast with the widespread economic struggles unleashed by the pandemic....
08.04.21
After a lost year, a sports bar hopes a new season brings it back to life
BALTIMORE - Half of Pickles Pub's sprawling first floor sits in darkness, bar stools resting upside down on high-top tables - the universal bar signal for "go away." Some of the stools...
07.04.21
YouTube says it's getting better at taking down videos that break its rules. They still number in the millions
YouTube released data on Tuesday arguing that it is getting better at spotting and removing videos that break its rules against disinformation, hate speech and other banned content. Th...
07.04.21
Robotic lizards may play a role in the future of disaster surveillance, researchers imagine
Researchers have created a robotic lizard that can scale vertical walls just like the actual animal. While Boston Dynamics and other robotics firms have risen to prominence with agile,...
06.04.21
Biden and the waning of the 'neoliberal' era
For much of his political career, President Joe Biden was a custodian of the "neoliberal" order. He was a fixture in a Washington establishment that promoted years of economic globaliz...
06.04.21
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is offering two at-home coronavirus tests a week to everyone in England
LONDON - The British government announced Monday that it will offer every citizen in England two at-home rapid coronavirus tests a week, in an audacious, costly bid to reopen the econo...
30.03.21
White House increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan
WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden's team began putting together his infrastructure and jobs package this February, the White House National Economic Council circulated an internal ...
30.03.21
Suez Canal pilots come under scrutiny after grounding of ship
ISMAILIA, Egypt - With the Ever Given freed and on the move, the spotlight is now likely to turn to the investigation of how the vessel got wedged into the Suez Canal, leading to billi...
28.03.21
The World Happiness Report is out, with a surprising picture of global resilience
In a conclusion that even surprised its editors, the 2021 World Happiness Report found that, amid global hardship, self-reported life satisfaction across 95 countries on average remained steady in 2020 from the previous year. The United States saw ...
28.03.21
How fear and shootings drive business for the gun industry
In 2019, one of the nation's largest gunmakers, Sturm, Ruger and Company, was in trouble. Profits fell by half over three years. It shuttered factories for a few days here and there. N...
26.03.21
Anyone with an iPhone can now make deepfakes. We aren't ready for what happens next
I've made George Washington sing disco and Marilyn Monroe blow me a kiss. With just a photo and an iPhone app, I can create a video of any face saying, or singing, whatever I want. And...
26.03.21
Big tech CEOs faced Congress in House hearing on social media's role in extremism, misinformation
WASHINGTON - House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on Thursday interrogated the chief executives of Google, Facebook and Twitter, escalating their calls for swift regulation of ...
26.03.21
China hits British lawmakers with new sanctions as spat with U.S. allies intensifies
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China's tit-for-tat sanctions war with the West escalated Friday as Beijing fired back against more than a dozen British politicians and entities that include the Cons...
24.03.21
Robot butlers may take over your household chores, but it will be years before then
For at least a decade, robotics and AI firms have flexed their ability to create machines that can complete various practical household tasks. Last month, Boston Dynamics showed its Sp...