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Airlines are concerned 5G wireless service may affect the ability to land planes

5:35pm January 07, 2022

by David Schaper

The Telecom industry agreed to delay the launch of 5G wireless services to try to resolve concerns that 5G signals can interfere with automated systems that pilots use when landing in poor weather.

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In the year since the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, a crackdown by big tech platforms has sent the attack's organizers and far-right groups scrambling for new homes on the internet.

Politics & Government

Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout

5:25pm January 06, 2022

by Shannon Bond

In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.

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Thorsten Heins, then the CEO of BlackBerry, introduces the BlackBerry Z10 on Jan. 30, 2013, in New York.

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If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4

4:27pm January 04, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The company behind the once ubiquitous phones has transitioned to a security software focus and says that starting on Tuesday, its classic devices will no longer reliably function.

Elizabeth Holmes walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif.

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Elizabeth Holmes verdict: Former Theranos CEO is found guilty on 4 counts

7:50am January 04, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

Holmes, who was once seen as one of the most promising leaders in Silicon Valley, could spend up to 20 years in prison for defrauding investors of the blood-testing company.

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French videogame giant Ubisoft's Montreal office is seen on July 18, 2020 in Quebec, Canada.

How subsidies helped Montreal become "the Hollywood of video games"

6:31am January 04, 2022

by Corey Bridges

For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the subsidies in place to keep companies from leaving.

For Blackberry users Tuesday marks the end of an era

5:49am January 04, 2022

Blackberries were once cutting edge, but the company is ending service on its phones. For some people, this means heartbreak. At the same time, others are wondering, "What's a Blackberry?"

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joins fellow anti-abortion activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on

Politics & Government

Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account over COVID misinformation

12:18pm January 02, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

A spokesperson for the social media company said it had been clear that it would ban accounts for repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy.

The mummy of an Egyptian pharaoh has been 'digitally unwrapped'

5:34am December 30, 2021

For 3,000 years, a mummy of the pharaoh Amenhotep I hid its secrets. Researchers in Egypt have used a CT scan to find out new details about just what the mummy was hiding.

National

Companies are working on technology to get cars to detect and prevent drunk driving

6:10pm December 28, 2021

by Camila Domonoske

The new infrastructure law includes a requirement for a new safety feature in vehicles: Some sort of technology to detect and prevent drunk driving. But how would that actually work?

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What's on the social media horizon in the year ahead

4:34pm December 28, 2021

by Shannon Bond

Congress held lots of hearings in 2021 about how it's time to finally regulate powerful tech companies. There has also been rare bipartisan unity on the concern over child safety on the web.

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