(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that had opened the door for a vote measure in Oregon to create an independent commission to draw state election constituencies. FILE PHOTO: A General View of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC July …
Read More »Facebook deleted seven million posts in the second quarter for false coronavirus information
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Tuesday that it deleted 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the new coronavirus, including content that promotes false preventive measures and excessive cures. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this …
Read More »Ancient “terror crocodiles” used banana-sized teeth to eat everything in sight, even dinosaurs
Crocodiles may seem intimidating in the year 2020, but millions of years ago, they were so large, they were able to eat dinosaurs. These massive North American crocodiles, scientists said, had teeth the “size of bananas.” According to a new study of fossils of Deinosuchus published in the Journal of …
Read More »Exclusive: US ban on TikTok could cut app stores, advertisers – White House document
NEW YORK / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s executive order banning China’s TikTok could prevent US app stores from offering the popular short video app and making ads on the platform illegal, according to a White House document by Reuters. FILE PHOTO: US flags are seen near a TikTok …
Read More »A few U.S. companies see Trump’s Phase 1 China trade deal as a tariff, according to a survey
PHILO PHOTO: The flags of China, US and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flagship at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, May 10, 2019. REUTERS / Aly Song WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Few U.S. companies doing business in China consider President Donald Trump’s Phase 1 …
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