Google Bans 'Sugar Daddy' Apps From Play Store

Google's updated its inappropriate content policy to ban "compensated sexual relationships" -- i.e., sugar daddy or sugar dati...

Amazon’s earnings show why Andy Jassy is now in charge

Photo: Getty Images As stores reopen and in-person shopping picks back up, the surge in demand for Amazon purchases has finally started t...

Why wildfire smoke can be worse than other air pollutants

A haze of wildfire smoke and clouds is seen at sunset in an aerial image taken during a flight from Seattle to Los Angeles as Western wildf...

Joe Biden wants states to pay people $100 to get vaccinated

The Biden administration wants states and local governments to give $100 to “every newly vaccinated American,” the Treasury Department said...

Uncontrolled firing from Russian module causes brief ‘tug of war’ on International Space Station

Russia’s Nauka module | Roscosmos The International Space Station unexpectedly shifted in orbit on Thursday when thrusters on a newly doc...

48 Advocacy Groups Call On the FTC To Ban Amazon Surveillance

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On Thursday, a coalition of 48 civil rights and advocacy groups organized by Athena as...

Weight Lifting, an Original Olympic Sport, May Be Dropped

Weight lifting was one of just nine sports at the first Olympics in 1896, but its days on the summer program may be numbered. From a report:...