Angela Lang / CNET Facebook is back Criticize upcoming privacy changes Apple’s IOS Which can root out ad-tracking features used by applications. The social network on Wednesday, running full-page newspaper ads, says the feature in iOS 14, which is expected to be released early next year, will hurt small businesses. …
Read More »Bay Area, ICU availability dropped by 12.9%, stimulating state stay-at-home orders in San Matio, Napa, Solano counties.
Availability of two area intensive care unit beds fell to 12.9% on Tuesday, prompting California’s strict investment-home order for all counties in the area. Six counties and one city – San Francisco, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marine, and Santa Clara counties and Berkeley – earlier this month, before diving below …
Read More »UK man arrested after jet skiing in Irish sea to meet his girlfriend
A man from the United Kingdom was arrested earlier this week while taking a jet ski from Scotland to the Isle of Man to meet his girlfriend. Dale McLaughlin, 28, of Irwin, Scotland, was sentenced on Monday to four weeks in prison for violating island man-man coronavirus laws by traveling …
Read More »Kenyan youth Accused of plotting a 9/11 style attack
Federal authorities have unveiled a charge accusing a Kenyan man of trying to carry out a 9/11-style attack on the United States on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, who was arrested in the Philippines in 2019, was transferred to US custody on Tuesday on charges …
Read More »The FDA says Pfizer vaccine vials contain extra doses, increasing supply
The federal government has not publicly announced the guidance; Pfizer learned of the change this afternoon. Pfizer vials contain five doses, but pharmacists have found that they are sufficient for the sixth or seventh dose. Using it could significantly increase early United States early supply, reducing the likelihood of a …
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