Uber and Lyft drivers have held several protests in California demanding to be classified as employees.…
Day: October 6, 2020
Facebook takes tougher stance against QAnon content
Facebook is cracking down on QAnon. Angela Lang/CNET Facebook said Tuesday that it’ll take down Facebook…
US Labor Department is examining Microsoft’s initiative to hire more Black employees
Microsoft is defending its diversity initiatives. Angela Lang/CNET The US Department of Labor is looking into…
Florida investigating voter registration site outage, extends deadline
Florida’s voter registration website received 1.1 million requests an hour on Monday night, causing an outage.…
Chrome now can find hacked passwords on Android and iPhones
Version 86 of Google’s Chrome web browser adds new security options on smartphones. Stephen Shankland/CNET Chrome…
Facebook, Twitter block Trump post for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after returning to the White House from Walter Reed…
John McAfee indicted for tax evasion in the US
John McAfee has been indicted for tax evasion. Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET An indictment has been…
Chris Hemsworth helps reintroduce Tasmanian devils to Australia for first time in 3,000 years
Actors Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky worked with wildlife conservation group Aussie Ark to help release…
Google rebrands its GSuite productivity apps to Google Workspace
Google is rebranding its enterprise apps. Angela Lang/CNET Google on Tuesday said it’s giving a new…
Twitter filled with anti-Semitic tweets targeting Jewish Congress members, study says
Twitter has rules against hate speech, but advocacy groups say the social network should do more. …
Black hole discoveries see Nobel Prize in physics split three ways
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. Niklas Elmehed/Nobel Prize There’s perhaps no award more prestigious…
How to have the best 2020 summer garden effortlessly
If you have a garden, you might be planning to makeover your garden for the summer.…