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Months before President Donald Trump signed his May 28 executive order targeting social media platforms, the White House and members of the Trump family were debating how to battle the tech giants. In an interview with Zenger News on February 28, the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., raised some of the arguments used against […]

As Hindu nationalism rises in India, the country’s Muslims are being targeted. Danish Ali was returning home from a local missionary trip when a Hindu mob tried to burn the 21-year old alive. His beard half burned, the police stopped the intended petrol bath a month ago, but have kept Ali in isolation ever since. […]

The coronavirus pandemic has been anything but fun and games. But video games — and people who play them — have had a key role in fighting COVID-19. Gamers are contributing with charity streams, organized virtual events and competitions to rake in money for COVID-19 relief and support for those who are feeling isolated by […]

Interruptions to the supply chain from the COVID-19 pandemic have limited supplies of essential gear for doctors and nurses, but some entrepreneurs and makers and turned to new technologies to fill the gap. Shortages this spring exacerbated existing shortages of personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare providers, and ventilators for the infected, worldwide. At one […]

A piece of legislation aimed at economic relief from the coronavirus pandemic is in front of the Senate, but experts are divided on how the virus—and federal relief efforts in its wake—will affect the economy. The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month […]

A Florida sheriff has put looters on notice: Gun owners in his county should use their firearms to kill intruders. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Monday that his department has “highly recommended” citizens to use their firearms to protect property from looters who break into their homes. The Lakeland Police Department, which patrols the […]

Adam Vazquez sits on the piano bench next to his wife, Lisanna Vazquez, as she plays his favorite song from the movie “Man on Wire.“ “It’s like I get to live everything I love in my life twice,” Adam Vazquez said, “because she’s there, and she gets to share it with me.” The piano was […]

“California is radioactive,” said Karen Anderson, founder of the Facebook group “Freelancers Against AB5,” a protest group aiming to repeal a state law classifying most California freelancers as employees in order to guarantee certain job benefits.  But contracting agencies in the digital age can go elsewhere for talent, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have […]

Most unicorns are recent tech startups, initially operating in the negative until ultimately generating a profit. Those profits are more distant, however, as the global economy prepares for a post-lockdown recession. Unicorns are seeing their valuations sliced, some by 40%, as tracked by European company Dealroom.co. “There will be some fallen angles,” says Yoram Wijngaarde, […]

Social isolation in Brazil, a highly social culture, is changing how citizens buy and sell products. “Thirty percent of online shopping in March came from people who had never used e-commerce,” said Mauricio Salvador, president of the Brazilian Electronic Commerce Association. Information technologist Romulo Ramos was accustomed to using e-commerce, but many Brazilians were not. […]