Joe Manchin's bid to pierce US tech's shield ~tech internet Article 234 words, published Feb 1 2021 4 votes
Officials increasingly alarmed about US President Donald Trump’s power grab ~news usa politics Article 288 words 21 votes
Uber to give up on self-driving tech and finds a partner in Aurora instead ~transport Article 550 words 8 votes
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country ~health Article 273 words 26 votes
Streaming app Quibi is shutting down, after raising $1.75 billion and launching six months ago ~tech Article 729 words 25 votes
Tracker for coronavirus test results from officials in the US government and presidential campaigns ~health Article 620 words 21 votes
Apple unveils new iPad and Apple Watch models; a new Fitness+ service; and Apple One, which bundles its key services for one monthly price ~tech apple.watch Article 555 words 16 votes
Uber and Lyft both threaten to suspend their services in California unless the ruling requiring them to classify drivers as employees is overturned ~transport Article 375 words 18 votes
The fall TV season looks doomed, due to paused production during the coronavirus pandemic and the uncertain future of sports ~tv Article 677 words 12 votes
TikTok is getting caught up in the geopolitical conflict between China and the US ~tech social media Article 612 words 8 votes
Walmart shoppers will be able to find goods from Shopify merchants ~tech amazon Article 480 words 4 votes
South Asia emerges as a new coronavirus hotspot as unsustainable lockdowns start lifting while limited testing obscures the true size of outbreaks ~health Article 587 words 7 votes
After a staff uproar, New York Times says that Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send In the Troops” op-ed it published yesterday did not meet its standards ~news journalism usa politics Article 523 words 21 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms ~tech social media Article 527 words 31 votes
"Superspreaders": A small percentage of people may be responsible for a large number of COVID-19 infections ~health Article 767 words 10 votes
As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear ~space rocketry Article 709 words 8 votes
Google has made significant progress toward developing its own processor to power future versions of its Pixel phones and Chromebooks ~tech google android Article 341 words 11 votes
Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government" ~news israel politics Article 479 words 9 votes
Stock trading halted for the fourth time this month, after the S&P fell 7% in midday trading amid coronavirus concerns ~finance Article 52 words 5 votes
China bans journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal in retaliation for state media restrictions by the Donald Trump administration ~news china usa journalism politics Article 426 words 16 votes
US travel ban will extend to UK and Ireland, effective at midnight EST on Monday ~health Article 184 words 12 votes
Bernie Sanders says he's staying in race, looks forward to debating Joe Biden ~news usa politics Article 399 words 14 votes
Varo Money receives FDIC approval, enabling it to become America's first standalone national digital bank ~finance banking Article 363 words 5 votes
US President Donald Trump signs $1.37 trillion spending deal, averting federal shutdown ~news usa politics Article 77 words 6 votes
US SEC rejects NYSE plan to allow companies to raise capital during direct listings ~finance Article 63 words 6 votes
Pre-Thanksgiving Merger Monday sees over $60 billion in announced deals ~finance business Article 257 words 7 votes
SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan agrees to merge with Line Corp., creating a combined company worth about $30 billion ~tech Article 58 words 7 votes
Hewlett-Packard board unanimously rejects $33 billion takeover offer from Xerox ~finance business Article 57 words 11 votes
The Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in the long-running copyright/API dispute with Oracle ~tech google Article 266 words 24 votes
Airbnb pledges to improve platform safety, including verifying 100% of hosts and listings by the end of next year ~tech Article 74 words 8 votes
UK Parliament approves snap general election on Dec. 12 ~news united kingdom politics Article 425 words 18 votes
A space traffic jam: The coming cost of moving satellites ~space satellites spaceflight.commercial Article 381 words 8 votes
Uncertainty about US President Donald Trump's trade war with China and Brexit are creating a "flying blind" economy ~society politics Article 709 words 5 votes
Apple globally suspends program in which humans review users' Siri queries ~tech apple privacy Article 76 words 11 votes
Apple acquires self-driving startup Drive.ai, hires dozens of Drive.ai engineers ~tech apple Article 6 votes
Axios releases nearly 100 leaked internal vetting documents of top Donald Trump administration officials, showing "red flags" deliberations ~news usa politics Article 1139 words 12 votes
Lyft reports $1.1B loss in Q1 despite beating revenue expectations, announces partnership with Waymo ~transport Article 5 votes
Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government ~tech facebook Article 13 votes
Uber raises $1 billion for its self-driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and DENSO ~transport Article 5 votes
Facebook, Axios and NBC paid to manage their reputation on Wikipedia ~tech facebook social media Article 2317 words 11 votes
SEC asks judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for violating settlement related to Twitter usage ~finance business Article 17 votes