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WASHINGTON – American intelligence agencies have been unable to determine whether the coronavirus pandemic was the result of an accidental leak from a laboratory or whether it occurred more naturally, according to released parts of a report released to the White House on Friday. The country’s espionage agencies, according to the office of the director … Read more
Amazon is getting into buy-now-pay-later. The company just announced a partnership with Affirm, a major player in the BNPL space. Customers now have the option of paying in a range of monthly installments at the checkout for purchases of USD 50 or more. In a statement, the companies said they had already started testing the … Read more
CNN — With an endless stream of water bottles making numerous claims about technological innovations and insulating properties flowing into the market, it’s easy to get lost in all the options. To determine which bottles are truly worth their price tag, we culled thousands of insulated water bottles down to 15 contenders after reading … Read more
Click to enlarge: An email to GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser this week from a comedian and internet troll posing as Jackie Bezos, mother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire screen capture) In my five-plus years at GeekWire, I’ve often wondered what it would take to get Jeff Bezos’ attention and how I’d react if the … Read more
Here’s the latest for Friday, August 27th: the flights are leaving Kabul again; Texas House Passes Voting Bill; California Wildfire Moves Towards Lake Tahoe; New Zealand extends coronavirus lockdown.
China has not finished curbing the impact of local internet services on the world’s most populous market. After an increasing series of regulatory raids in recent months, the nation released draft guidelines on Friday regulating the algorithms that companies run to provide referrals to users. In a 30-point draft guideline published on Friday, the Cyberspace … Read more
Apple has agreed to change several rules for its app store as part of a settlement with developers who filed a class action lawsuit against the company. The main change is that Apple is “making it clear” that developers can send emails to users “using payment methods outside of their iOS app.” The company has … Read more
That law, the challengers wrote, covered quarantines and inspections to stop the spread of disease, and did not give the agency “full authority to take whatever action is possible to stop the spread of communicable diseases – be it eviction moratoriums, worship restrictions, Nationwide lockdowns, school closings or vaccination requirements. “ The CDC responded that … Read more
The Estes New Shepard model rocket uses standard model rocket launch equipment, including a single C6-3 or C6-5 engine. (Estes Industries via YouTube) Rocket fans can soon follow in Jeff Bezos’ footsteps when it comes to owning a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft. Just be warned that everything will be scaled down: the Blue Origin New … Read more
Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference at a meeting with economic and financial organizations in Berlin at the Federal Chancellery on August 26th (Clemens Bilan – Pool / Getty Images) Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that those who do not yet have access to evacuation flights from Kabul will not be forgotten, adding … Read more