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TikTok is Down, Thousands of Users Without Access
What's Happening: Social video app giant TikTok is experiencing problems and outages for tens of thousands of users. The outages...
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D. Brit
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
White House Drops Trump Order Targeting TikTok and WeChat
What Happened: On Wednesday, the White House dropped Trump-era executive orders aimed at banning popular apps TikTok and WeChat. The...
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D. Brit
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Senate Passes Bi-Partisan Bill to Boost US Tech Industry
What Happened: On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill aimed at boosting the US tech industry; especially semiconductor production and the...
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D. Brit
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
Large Portions of the Internet Down Tuesday Morning
What’s Happening: Large portions of the Internet are down early Tuesday morning as cloud service giant Fastly is suffering from a massive...
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D. Brit
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
France Fines Google $268M For Abusing "Dominant Position"
What Happened: On Monday, France fined Google 220 million euros ($268 million USD) for abusing its "dominant position" in the online...
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D. Brit
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Takes Flight on Mars
What Happened: On Monday, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter took flight on Mars achieving the first powered and controlled flight on another...
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D. Brit
- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
Information of Half a Billion Facebook Users Reposted on Hacking Website
What Happened: According to cyber security experts, the personal information of about half a billion Facebook users, including telephone...
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D. Brit
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands On Mars
What Happened: NASA's Perseverance Rover has now landed on Mars. The rover launched from Florida in July of last year and is NASA's most...
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D. Brit
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Will Step Down as CEO Later This Year
What Happened: On Tuesday, Amazon announced that founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO later this year and transition to Executive...
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D. Brit
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Interim Trials Show Russian Sputnik V Vaccine To Be 91.6% Effective
What Happened: According to an interim analysis, Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has been shown to be 91.6% effective against...
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D. Brit
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Robinhood Narrows Trade Restrictions to 8 Companies
What Happened: On Sunday, Robinhood narrowed its stock trade restrictions to just 8 companies: GameStop, Koss Corporation, AMC...
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D. Brit
- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
Major Internet Outage Hits Northeast US
What's Happening: There is a major internet outage in the Northeast United States on Tuesday. Users are reporting outages from Washington...
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D. Brit
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump’s Account
What Happened: On Friday evening, Twitter permanently suspended President Trump’s account citing concerns over the risk of "further...
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D. Brit
- Jan 6, 2021
- 1 min
Twitter Blocks Trump’s Account For 12 Hours - Threatens Suspension
What Happened: Twitter has blocked President Trump’s account for 12 hours for “repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity...
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D. Brit
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
US Govt: Hack of Federal Agencies Likely Originated in Russia
What Happened: On Tuesday, the US’ top National Security Agencies issued a joint statement via the Unified Coordination Group confirming...
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D. Brit
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
US Govt. and 48 States Sue Facebook for Predatory Conduct
What Happened: On Wednesday, the US Government and 48 states sued Facebook and accused the online giant of using its dominant market...
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D. Brit
- Nov 3, 2020
- 1 min
FBI Investigating Robocall Campaign Telling Voters to "Stay Home"
What's Happening: Voters in several states have been receiving a wave of robocalls and texts telling them to "stay safe and stay home"...
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D. Brit
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
What Happened: On Tuesday, the Justice Department sued Google for antitrust violations. In the suit, the DOJ accuses Google of abusing...
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D. Brit
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
DOJ Charges 6 Russian Military Officers with Cyberattack
What Happened: On Monday, the Department of Justice charged six Russian military officers for their involvement in a hacking scheme...
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D. Brit
- Sep 20, 2020
- 1 min
TikTok and WeChat Get Trump Approval to Avoid Shutdown
What Happened: On Saturday, Trump said he supported a deal between TikTok parent company ByteDance and Oracle and Walmart that would...
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