Technology

(Bloomberg) – Shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. fell on Friday after Unilever, one of the world’s largest advertisers, said it would stop all U.S. advertising on both platforms, fueling concern for that other large consumer brands can do the same. Unilever, which owns names like Hellmann’s mayonnaise and …

For the past more than four months, Wall Street and investors have been taken on a historic journey. The panic and uncertainty associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) initially sent the widely followed S&P 500 it dropped a whopping 34% in just 33 calendar days. That is the fastest and …

The Trump administration will grant five community-based coronavirus testing sites in Texas a 14-day extension of funding after rejection by federal and local officials. “Federal public health officials have been in continuous contact with our Texas public health leaders, and after receiving yesterday’s extension request, they have agreed to extend …

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott was confident that tracing contacts would help bring Texas out of the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. As he prepared to reopen the state in late April, the governor boasted that there were more than 1,000 trackers to track infections and advise anyone exposed to …

Today, Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) released its consolidated investment case, along with budgeted plans from member organizations. Launched in late April 2020, at an event jointly organized by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the President of France, the President of the European Commission and the Bill …