Enlarge President Joe Biden announced today that the US will ban imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. The UK will follow suit, according to a Politico report, phasing out Russian oil and gas purchases over the next several months. The coordinated moves will add further pressure to Putin’s regime after he ordered the […]
Enlarge / President Joe Biden talks to reporters during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19, 2022, in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Later on Biden yesterday expressed support for breaking up the Build Back Better Act, saying that the particular parts intended to combat climate […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, agency insiders told The New York Times Tuesday. The reported timeline is remarkably fast-paced for the regulatory agency and comes as members of the Biden administration […]
Google is dismantling its unified health care division Google Health as division head David Feinberg departs. But it won’t stop Big Tech’s quixotic quest to transform American healthcare. Read More
Enlarge / If there’s any single photo that better encapsulates the state of enterprise information security in 2021, we weren’t able to find it. (credit: Ian Dennis via Getty Images) Unnamed sources told Bloomberg that the White House will host a meeting between President Joe Biden and some of the country’s largest tech firms on Wednesday […]
Some health experts worry COVID boosters for the fully vaccinated could birth new coronavirus variants, and that the priority should be immunizing the hundreds of millions around the world who remain unvaccinated. Read More
Enlarge / The Biden plan does not include a requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emissions at any point in the future. (credit: Richard Newstead/Getty Images) On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that by 2030, half of all new cars and light trucks should be zero-emissions vehicles—a mix of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid EVs, […]
The E. U. is a willing supporter of antitrust proceedings against tech giants. Read More
Enlarge (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) After years of petitions and proposals, momentum is building in government to give consumers broader rights to repair products they own ranging from farm tractors to mobile phones. In a press briefing yesterday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden will issue an executive order directing the US […]
U.S. futures are gaining again on after Thursday’s record close on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Read More