Carriers will have until June of 2021 to implement strict new protocols protecting consumers from robocalls and scammers, the Federal Communications Commission announced. The new rules announced Tuesday will require carriers to adopt STIR/SHAKEN protocols to protect consumers from robocalls and other scam or fraudulent callers. According to the FCC, the cost to U.S. consumers […]
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Pentagon modifies 1,500 contracts in coronavirus, small business support effort
The Pentagon is moving quickly on a “mass modification” of existing defense contracts to expedite support for COVID-19 response efforts and support economic growth for businesses. The modifications, which include as many as 1,500 contracts, are designed to support the construction and delivery of medical supplies such as masks and gowns and other essential items […]
Bill Gates says nationwide shutdown, more testing needed to ‘save lives’ and restart economy
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has been increasingly vocal about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, laid out three major steps the country must take to bring the virus to heel. In a Tuesday op-ed for The Washington […]
As usage booms amid coronavirus crisis, Zoom’s R&D presence in China under scrutiny
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Zoom Video Communications, which is enjoying a boom in use as people flock to its service amid the coronavirus outbreak, is attracting attention over its R&D (Research and Development) presence in China. The video conferencing specialist, which went […]
Amazon under fire after de Blasio calls for investigation over warehouse worker firing
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. After Amazon announced it fired a worker at its Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse after he helped organize a walkout over its coronavirus responses, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was calling for an investigation into the Jeff Bezos-led tech giant. “The […]
Tech company keeps tabs on how people socially isolate across the country
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A tech company is monitoring smartphone data and grading American counties on a “Social Distancing Scoreboard” as authorities across the United States urge residents to socially isolate and slow the spread of the coronavirus. Unacast, which describes itself as […]
Facebook, Twitter delete some world leaders’ posts over false information
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Facebook and Twitter have deleted social media posts from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that they deemed to be spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19. On Sunday, Twitter deleted two of Bolsonaro’s tweets, videos of himself praising the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine […]
Americans say Internet or cell phone service interruption amid coronavirus would be a problem
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As Americans turn to technology to get them through coronavirus-induced lockdowns, 93 percent say that any interruption to Internet or cell phone service would be a problem in their daily life. A new Pew Research Center survey conducted […]
Pentagon takes aim at coronavirus with 8,000 ventilators
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Pentagon has modified four existing contracts with defense industry partners to acquire and deliver 8,000 ventilators to various hard-hit locations around the country struggling to treat coronavirus patients. Approximately 1,400 of the ventilators are expected to arrive […]
Coronavirus lockdown results in police stopping man from playing ‘Pokémon GO’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Police in the U.K. have stopped a man playing “Pokémon GO” outdoors amid the country’s coronavirus lockdown. Officers in Stevenage in southern England told the man to go home, explaining that the popular video game does not qualify […]
