Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Bungie taking aim at anti-choice activists. Destiny developer Bungie posted a statement late Tuesday expressing strong support for abortion rights in the United States. The move makes Bungie the first video game company to publicly comment on a leaked draft opinion that shows the Supreme Court poised to overturn the […]
Enlarge / TurboTax products sit on display at Costco on January 28, 2016, in Foster City, California. (credit: Getty Images | Kimberly White ) TurboTax owner Intuit “will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of consumers across the nation who were unfairly charged” and stop its “free, free, free” ad campaign “that lured customers […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | BackyardProduction) The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly urging airlines to retrofit or replace altimeters that receive transmissions from outside their allotted frequencies. The FAA is meeting Wednesday “with telecom and airline industry officials on a push to retrofit and ultimately replace some airplane radio altimeters that could face interference from […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | gaby_campo) A federal judge has ordered all Internet service providers in the United States to block three pirate streaming services operated by Doe defendants who never showed up to court and hid behind false identities. The blocking orders affect Israel.tv, Israeli-tv.com, and Sdarot.tv, as well as related domains listed in […]
Enlarge / Batteries roll through an automated assembly line. (credit: xPACIFICA/Getty Images) On Monday, the US Department of Energy announced that it was releasing over $3 billion in funds to stimulate the production of batteries within the country. The funding is divided into two chunks, one intended to spur the processing of battery materials and manufacturing […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) Twitter warned that it may lose key employees and have difficulty hiring during the period before it closes its $44 billion sale to Elon Musk. Tweets also warned that it could possess trouble keeping advertisers on board. “During the period prior to the closing of the merger, our […]
Enlarge / FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington testifies during a House committee hearing on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. Federal Communications Commission member Nathan Simington says the FCC should “applaud” Elon Musk for buying Twitter, arguing that Musk’s “stated intention to ease Twitter’s restrictions on speech… would almost certainly enhance competition and better serve those […]
Enlarge / European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager speaks in order to reporters on May 2, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. (credit: Getty Images | Thierry Monasse ) Apple has “abused its dominant position” to give Apple company Pay an advantage over competitors on iPhones and other iOS devices, the European Commission said Monday . […]
Enlarge / The USPS’s new mail truck. (credit: United States Postal Service) The US Postal Service is facing lawsuits from 16 states and several environmental groups challenging its decision to buy tens of thousands of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles instead of electric vehicles. As previously reported , the Environmental Protection Agency says the gas-powered trucks being […]
Enlarge / US Senator Joe Manchin likes the coal industry, doesn’t like electric vehicles. (credit: J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images) Senator Joe Manchin called federal tax credits for electric vehicles “ludicrous” in a Senate hearing on Thursday. The West Virginian politician, who continues to make millions from the coal industry, has been a regular critic of […]