Why robocalls are still a thing — and why there's hope they'll end
As if there wasn’t already enough to worry about right now, Americans are still being bombarded by annoying (and sometimes illegal) robocalls.
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Category: Politics
Big Tech's head-spinning rules for the 2020 election
Late Wednesday, Twitter made waves by temporarily restricting a Trump campaign account’s ability to tweet because it shared a video containing false claims President Trump had made about the coronavirus. But Twitter took no action on President Trump’s personal account, which re-shared the video.
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What Kamala Harris as VP would mean for Silicon Valley
With Sen. Kamala Harris ascending to become former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, Silicon Valley can breathe a little easier, at least for now.
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What is WeChat and why does Trump want to ban it?
President Donald Trump wants to ban WeChat, dramatically escalating tensions with China. But what is WeChat, and why is it so controversial?
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NIH chief says politically motivated approval of coronavirus vaccine 'cannot happen'
The director of the National Institutes of Health is putting his foot down.
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Russia's unproven coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out to high-risk people first
Russia’s coronavirus vaccine will be gradually rolled out to high-risk people before a mass vaccination of Russians begins in October, the head of the group funding the research said on Wednesday.
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Biden and Harris set for briefing and speeches on coronavirus pandemic Thursday
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are set to appear together in Delaware for a second consecutive day for a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.
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