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Google founder is granted New Zealand residency. This raises questions
Officials in New Zealand confirmed that Larry Page, Google's co-founder, has been granted residency. This raises questions about whether wealthy individuals can actually buy access to the South Pacific country.Immigration New Zealand stated that...
Uber’s recovery is accelerating, but there are still concerns about potential losses
Uber's ride-hailing services are gaining momentum again after the pandemic. However, it is doing so at a price that raises more questions about its financial viability.Uber's non-profitable delivery service, however, is growing at an...
Facebook blocks NYU researchers’ research on political advertising
Facebook shut down the personal accounts and investigation of two New York University researchers into misinformation propagated through political ads.Facebook claims that the researchers broke its terms of service and collected unauthorized data from...
Iran fears new bill will further restrict internet access
Ali Hedieloo is a 40-year old woodworker in Tehran. Instagram is more than a collection of beautiful images. It's how Ali Hedieloo finds customers. The app has grown to become a huge e-commerce platform in...
Amazon’s labor organization is revived by a preliminary finding of the NLRB
The labor movement is getting a new lease of life thanks to a recommendation to nullify election results from an Amazon union vote in Bessemer (Alabama).Monday's recommendation was made by the National Labor Relations...
The pandemic changed the way that people date; apps follow suit
Jennifer Sherlock met a few men through dating apps early in the coronavirus epidemic. She said that the dates were "weird" because they were unmasked, distant, and out in nature.Sherlock found it reckless that a...
After media outrage, China’s Tencent restricts gaming for minors
Tencent Holdings, China's largest gaming company, announced Tuesday that it would limit gaming time for minors as well as ban children under 12 from purchasing in-game items after a state media article labeled games...
Square to purchase Afterpay, an installment payment company, in a $29B deal
Square Inc., a digital payments company, announced it had agreed to purchase Afterpay, which offers merchants a "buy now and pay later" option. The all-stock deal is valued at around $29 billion.Square allows merchants...
Family members urge the use of new DNA technology to identify unknowns at Pearl...
After graduating from highschool in rural Washington, William Edward Mann joined the Navy. He was a guitarist and learned the ukulele in Hawaii.Since Dec. 7, 1941 when Japanese planes bombarded Pearl Harbor, they have been...
Russia blames software failure in space station lab incident
Russian officials blamed Friday's temporary loss of position at the International Space Station for a software issue on a newly docked science laboratory.On Thursday, the space station lost control over its orientation for 47...
Maria Zakharova: US threaten the stability and security in the world
The US withdrawal from the Treaty on open skies - intentional American authorities for the erosion of strategic stability and security in the world. This opinion was expressed by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in the program "Sunday night with Vladimir Solovyov.
