A view from Collins Avenue of the crumpled remains of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida.Recognition…Marco Bello / Reuters Under the gray skies of Surfside, Florida, choppy storm winds blew through the remains of Champlain Towers South when officials first opened the site of a shocking condo collapse to a limited view of the public. … Read more
An unfortunate mistake today led some people to believe Twitter removed the switch to toggle between an algorithmic and chronological feed while using its web client. Throughout the day, people used the service to tweet their frustration when they found that the star icon that you can use to switch between the two feeds was … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Doses of molnupiravir.Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. government will invest $3.2 billion to develop antiviral pills for Covid-19, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday. Such a treatment could keep people out of the hospital and potentially save many lives in the years to … Read more
Seattle Storm Star Sue Bird. (File Photo via Neil Enns / Seattle Storm) Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues Amazon wants to showcase through its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA have entered into a multi-year agreement that grants Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games … Read more
Riot starts the second act of Valorants Episode 2 with a different character who can bend the rules of reality. The developer has revealed Astra, a Ghanaian agent who does the "Energies of the cosmos" control the battlefield …
(Nintendo screenshot) Nintendo announced a new Splatoon game on its first major news show in over a year, a new character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new entry in its Mario Golf series, and more. Under normal circumstances, Nintendo publishes much of its game news through biannual, pre-recorded press conferences it calls Nintendo Directs. … Read more
“There is no God-given right for US tech companies to assume that there can be no other technical force,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Bloomberg TV in an interview that aired on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo Illustration) The news this morning that the Biden administration has stopped selling TikTok’s U.S. operations further shows how extraordinary the … Read more
The first major reform proposal under Section 230 of the Biden era has appeared. In a new bill, Senate Democrats Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono, and Amy Klobuchar propose changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that would fundamentally change the 1996 law that is widely credited with maintaining the modern Internet. Section 230 … Read more
Since 2015, Nike has released accessible performance shoes under its FlyEase line, and the new FlyEase Go goes one step further. This not only replaces the laces with a zipper and a strap, but in contrast to the shoe developed for Seattle LB Shaquem Griffin, it doesn’t even need a hand to put on. Nike … Read more