Facebook sees $60 billion in market value erased in just 2 days as advertisers like Starbucks and PepsiCo halt social-media spending…
June 29, 2020
Twitter Restricts Flynn Attorney’s Account, Citing ‘Unusual activity’…
June 29, 2020
Gilead prices coronavirus drug at $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries…
June 29, 2020
Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday for remdesivir, and said the price would be $3,120 for patients with private insurance. The amount that patients pay out of pocket depends on insurance, income and other factors... The 250,000 treatment courses that the company had donated to the U.S. and other countries will run out in about a week, and the prices will apply to the drug after that.
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law on abortion clinic restrictions…
June 29, 2020
The court ruled 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court's liberal justices... The majority opinion, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, noted that the Louisiana law is "almost word-for-word identical" to a Texas law the court ruled was unconstitutional in 2016's Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt... Roberts had dissented in the 2016 case, but ruled with the majority on Monday because he was following court precedent.
Gun-Toting St. Louis Lawyers Defend Mansion From BLM Protesters In Viral Video…
June 29, 2020
A St. Louis couple defends their home with guns as protesters march through their neighborhood:pic.twitter.com/LqzvrBSREu
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) June 29, 2020
T.I. to Teach ‘Business of Trap Music’ at Atlanta University …
June 29, 2020
The course will focus on the origin, culture and business of trap music, according to the university. T.I., also known as Clifford Harris, said he’s excited to work with Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities, and their “innovative approach” to providing an education “beyond the traditional textbook curriculum.”
Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports To Be Rolled Out In 15 Countries…
June 29, 2020
COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a medical test, or are due for a talking-to by authorities in a post-COVID world. Consent is voluntary, but enforcement will be compulsory.
Facebook Caves to Pressure and Launches New Censorship Plan…
June 28, 2020
Facebook has said it will flag posts from "newsworthy" politicians that break its rules, including those from US President Donald Trump. The move came as a number of major advertisers joined a call to boycott the social network.
Hispanic YouTuber Posts Disturbing Video Saying “We Need To Kill White People”…
June 28, 2020
Oklahoma protesters charged with terrorism, rioting, assault…
June 28, 2020
If convicted of the felony offenses, they could be sentenced to years in prison.
Supreme Court declines challenge to DOJ execution method…
June 29, 2020
Four inmates, most of whom are scheduled to be killed next month, argued that a lethal injection protocol that the Department of Justice adopted last year violates federal law. Two of the court's more liberal justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, indicated they would have taken up the case. But the court's denial of a review means fewer than four justices signed on to hear the dispute.
Judge orders Betsy DeVos to cancel 7,200 scammed borrowers’ student loans…
June 29, 2020
NASA Invents Wearable That Scolds You For Touching Your Face…
June 29, 2020
The tiny device, called PULSE, is simple in design. It’s equipped with a infrared proximity sensor, a coin-sized vibration motor, and a three volt battery. Once it notices that you’re about to touch your face, the vibration motor triggers.
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over killing of top commander Qasem Soleimani…
June 29, 2020
1 dead, 1 critical in shooting at Seattle CHOP zone, amid report group taking over police station…
June 29, 2020
City efforts to dismantle the CHOP were thwarted Friday when protesters laid down in the street to block Seattle Department of Transportation crews and heavy machinery from removing barricades around the occupied zone. Crews left after two hours without removing the barricades.
Louisville Police Arrest Fellow Protester and Mass Shooter Steven Nelson Lopez — Fired into Crowd at BLM Camp at Jefferson Square Park Killing Tyler Gerth…
June 29, 2020
Expect this story to disappear by noon since it was a protester who was the killer. You know the deal.
Protesters request police presence for ‘defund the police’ rally, citing their safety…
June 28, 2020
“They requested a police presence, you know, for their safety at the ‘defund the police’ event.”
pic.twitter.com/oPQmQlbAXK— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) June 27, 2020
Gab CEO Andrew Torba says Visa has blacklisted his family. Torba has compared Visa’s actions to China’s social credit score…
June 28, 2020
“We were told this week that not only is Gab blacklisted by Visa as a business, but my personal name, phone number, address, and more are all also blacklisted by Visa. If I wanted to leave Gab tomorrow (something that isn’t going to happen) and start a lemonade stand I wouldn’t be able to obtain merchant processing for it,” Torba wrote.
Torba notes that whenever Gab sets up a new card processor, Visa contacts the processor, tells them Gab is flagged for “illegal activity,”... “When the processor inquires about this alleged ‘illegal activity,’ Visa tells them that Gab has been flagged for ‘hate speech,’” Torba added. Hate speech is not illegal in the US...
The ‘white power’ video that Trump retweeted is not what the media are saying it is…
June 28, 2020
In the video, you see a line of golf carts like a mini-parade, and they have pro-Trump signs on them. On the sidelines are Trump detractors yelling "Racist!" at all of the carts passing by. And so one of them yells back, "Yeah? White power! White power!"
Another 53 iOS apps besides TikTok are grabbing clipboard data…
June 28, 2020
The apps are major titles, too — they’d normally be trustworthy. The behavior is visible in news apps for Fox News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. You’ll also find it in games like Bejeweled, Fruit Ninja and PUBG Mobile. Social apps like Viber, Weibo and Zoosk. Some utility and media apps do this as well, including AccuWeather, DAZN and Overstock.