Tag: Technology
New Hampshire teen saves West Virginia boy via TikTok
GILMANTON, N.H. — A New Hampshire teen has been credited with saving a boy more than 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) away — thanks to...
Viral thoughts: Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Daniel Roberts hadn’t had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were...
How to talk to believers of COVID-19 conspiracy theories
<p>Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 are causing real-world problems by discouraging some people from getting vaccinated, wearing masks or following other guidelines. Some bizarre theories...
EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt
<p>NEW YORK — Good-paying jobs — many of them.</p>
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Cuban cooks overcome shortages with ingenuity on Facebook
<p>HAVANA — If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can't find zucchini, replace it with cucumber.</p>
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Groups: Census privacy tool could hurt voting rights goals
ORLANDO, Fla. — A new method being used for the first time by the U.S. Census Bureau to protect people's privacy in 2020 census...
SKorea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business
<p>SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean electronics maker LG said Monday it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on...
GameStop finally announces a share sale
<p>Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer said Monday that it will sell up...
Twitter slowdown in Russia until mid-May; no block for now
<p>MOSCOW — Russian authorities said Monday they would continue to slow down Twitter until mid-May, but wouldn't block the social media platform for now...
Twitter mistakenly suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene, again
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was briefly suspended from Twitter Sunday in what the company said was an error — its second...