Monday, February 28, 2022

Airbnb offering free temporary housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees

Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war with Russia, the company announced Monday.


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Amazon will no longer require US warehouse employees to wear masks

Amazon will no longer require its US warehouse employees to wear face masks in states where local laws do not require them, regardless of whether the employees are vaccinated or not.


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Meta says it's shut down a pro-Russian disinformation network, warns of a social media hacking operation

Facebook's parent Meta said Monday it has caught dozens of fake, pro-Russian accounts, groups and pages across its platforms trying to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda as the war in Ukraine continues to rage.


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Google follows YouTube in cutting off ad revenue to Russian state media

Google will no longer allow Russian state media outlets to run ads, following a similar decision on Saturday by the tech giant's video subsidiary, YouTube.


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CPAC Republicans Are All In For Trump After He Hinted At Running In 2024

“Nothing’s faded for the president,” Jim McLaughlin said while announcing that Donald Trump won the conference's straw poll.


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The First Jan. 6 Trial Starts Tomorrow. Here’s What You Need To Know.

Guy Reffitt is charged with bringing a gun to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and threatening his family not to talk to law enforcement.


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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Meta and YouTube block Russian state media from monetizing on its platforms

YouTube said Saturday that it will temporarily halt the ability of a number of Russian channels, including state-sponsored RT, to monetize their content on the platform.


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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Here's how social media platforms are responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine's official Twitter account wants @Russia to be removed from the platform. YouTube is facing scrutiny for allowing a Russian broadcaster who is widely viewed as part of the country's propaganda machine to continue making money from ads on the video site. And TikTok, a service that didn't even exist during the 2014 crisis in Ukraine over Russia's annexation of Crimea, is now offering an unprecedented close-up of the front lines through videos — some authentic, others not.


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Texas’s Confusing Voter Registration System Is An Early Result of Democrats’ Failed Voting Rights Push

Thousands of Texas voters struggled to correctly submit mail ballot applications and ballots under a new, stringent law.


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If Russian hackers target the U.S. because of the Ukraine conflict, says America's first cybersecurity czar, Richard Clarke,' If it's a big enough attack...we could very easily find ourselves in a shooting war with Russia.'


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How the Russian attack on Ukraine is impacting global aviation

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already killed hundreds, sent thousands of refugees fleeing, and sent ripples throughout the entire world.


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Friday, February 25, 2022

Breaking Down Supreme Court Pick Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Biggest Cases

Jackson’s docket over the years featured fights over Trump-era policies and investigations and high-profile criminal prosecutions.


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Instacart desperately needed them not long ago. Now some workers say they are struggling to get orders

In the early days of the pandemic, as households around the country went into lockdown, shoppers for Instacart had a seemingly limitless amount of grocery orders to fulfill. Their earnings were, at times, bolstered significantly by generous tips in recognition of the personal health risk workers were taking.


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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be The First Black Woman To Be Nominated For The US Supreme Court

Jackson is the first Black woman selected for the high court.


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