Enlarge / An American Airlines Boeing 787 lands at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. (credit: Getty Images | Joshua Olson) American Air carriers and Southwest Airlines said they will not comply with the Texas governor’s ban on vaccine mandates, saying that the US shot mandate for federal contractors requires precedence. Both airlines are headquartered in […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Safeway’s ex-CEO said his company did more than 100 hours of due diligence for a deal with Theranos that would ultimately cost the grocery chain over $360 million before […]
Enlarge / Beers sold by the Minocqua Brewing Company. A Wisconsin brewery that says it’s fed up with “anti-science, ” “Tucker Carlson-watching zombies” is funding a series of lawsuits against school boards that do not follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on COVID-19. So far, the Minocqua Brewing Company’s Super PAC has helped […]
Enlarge / A container ship sails off the coast of Thailand. (credit: iStock ) Finding sources of pollution across vast supply chains may be one of the largest barriers to eliminating carbon pollution. For some sources like electricity or transportation, it’s relatively easy. But for others like agriculture or consumer electronics, tracing and quantifying greenhouse […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Apple company is appealing the court ruling that said it must let iOS app developers direct customers to payment options other than Apple’s in-app purchasing system. Although Apple previously called the judgment a “resounding victory” because its App Store business model was generally upheld, the company is seeking […]
Enlarge (credit: Aleksandr Potashev / iStock ) Gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers will soon be a thing of the past in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into legislation a bill that will ban the particular sale of small internal combustion engines predominately used in lawn and garden equipment, starting as soon as 2024. […]
Enlarge / The Surface Pro 8’s replaceable SSD. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Microsoft’s Xbox and Surface hardware may be getting easier to repair, according to a press release from shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow. According to the announcement, Microsoft has agreed to evaluate and expand the repair options for its products “by the end of […]
Enlarge / A fire engine drives into air thick with smoke along Juniper Hills Road as the Bobcat Fire advances North into the Antelope Valley in 2020. (credit: Robert Gauthier | Getty Images) Late Thursday, Google announced that it is demonetizing content that makes misleading or false claims about climate change. As a result, content […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | designer491) Cloudflare is not liable for the copyright infringement of websites that use its content-delivery and security services, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Cloudflare was sued in November 2018 by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding dress manufacturers and sellers that alleged Cloudflare was guilty of contributory […]
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive officer of Theranos, is on trial for wire fraud. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ charisma may have convinced the CEO of a major grocery store chain to form a partnership with the company, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the relationship from souring […]