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Google’s Android-based earthquake detector had a false alarm
Google has disabled its Android earthquake detection feature in Brazil after many smartphone users in São Paulo and Rio de ...

Elizabeth Holmes’ bizarre PR campaign continues
I have heard it said that fame is the most addictive of all drugs. I have been skeptical about this, ...

Donald Trump reignites the lightbulb wars
According to that post, he’ll direct his appointee Lee Zeldin to “go back to the common sense standards,” for lightbulbs. ...

The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order
The Trump administration brought webpages back online, meeting a court-ordered deadline at 11:59PM on February 11th. Doctors for America (DFA), ...

US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is hitting Big Tech and beyond
President Donald Trump has announced that he’s imposing a tariff on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: ...

Ontario holds off on ‘ripping up’ Starlink deal with US tariffs delayed
The Canadian province of Ontario is canceling a C$100 million (about $68 million USD) contract with Starlink in response to ...

White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off ...

Can anyone stop President Musk?
Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to sort out which of America’s rules are real. It turns out punishment from ...

Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon ...