Every summer the weekend of July 4 brings plenty of time for backyard barbecues, fireworks displays, and patriotic fun outside. While the meetings may look a little different this year, one thing remains the same: Independence Day is a good time to buy tech products for the home. Some of …
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Mark Zuckerberg: Boycott of advertisers on Facebook will end “very soon” | Technology
Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the threat of a punishing boycott by top advertisers pressing Facebook to take a firmer stance on hate speech and said they will be back “soon enough.” According to a report from tech news site The Information, the founder and CEO of Facebook sees the boycott …
Read More »Children are disrupting live interviews for BBC and Sky News
Dr. Clare Wenham, an assistant professor at the London School of Economics, was discussing UK confinement on the BBC when her little daughter came in to conduct important research of her own in the background: Where should she put her framed unicorn photo? ? ? Presenter Christian Fraser offered his …
Read More »Dow Jones rises on the jobs report; Apple and McDonald’s hit the brakes; Exxon Reveals Big Earning Success; Boeing 737 Max Certification Full flights
The United States gained 4.8 million jobs in June, eliminating a portion of the job losses recorded during the worst coronavirus pandemic. The number of jobs was good news to boost the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) 1% higher at 12:55 pm EDT on Thursday. The concentration of …
Read More »Drinking alcohol and coronavirus: everything you need to know
Photo: Francesco Carta photographer / Getty Images I guess almost everyone is someone who, at the start of the coronavirus crisis, posted on Facebook or Instagram a grainy text screenshot that said drinking strong alcohol kills the virus in our stomachs, just like using disinfectant to hands with high alcohol …
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