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Biden to Attend Milwaukee Convention, but Democrats Will Tell Delegates to Stay Home
Biden to Attend Milwaukee Convention, but Democrats Will Tell Delegates to Stay Home
The DNC said convention organizers will tell state delegations to plan to conduct their official convention business remotely
NASA to rename headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer
NASA to rename headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer
Jackson began her career with NASA at the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, NASA said.
A mathematician and an aerospace engineer, Jackson led programs aimed at uplifting women within NASA.
She retired from NASA in 1985 and passed away in 2005, at the age of 83.
The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
Why it matters: Because the federal government has an actual stake in this vaccine, it could try to make the vaccine a free or low-cost public good with wide distribution, if the product turns out to be safe and effective.
Sino-US tech race turbocharges China chip investment, triggering bubble fear
Sino-US tech race turbocharges China chip investment, triggering bubble fear
US curbs on Chinese technology companies amid the intensifying battle for tech supremacy between the two countries are feeding an investment boom across China’s semiconductor industry, driving prices of both publicly traded and venture-backed firms into bubble territory.
Twitter Blocks Users From Sharing Links to ‘BlueLeaks’ Data Dump
Twitter Blocks Users From Sharing Links to ‘BlueLeaks’ Data Dump
Twitter will crack down on tweets that link to a 269GB leak of police files
The social media site this week permanently suspended the Twitter account of Distributed Denial of Secrets, a group of journalists and activists that obtained the 269GB trove of files and published it under the name “BlueLeaks.”
According to a Twitter spokesperson, the company decided to take action because Distributed Denial of Secrets has admitted the 269GB of information came from the hacktivist group Anonymous. Last year, Twitter introduced a rule that banned users from sharing hacked materials on the social media service. “You can discuss a hack that has taken place,” the policy says. But posting the hacked content in an image, text, or via a link is a violation.
Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over
Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over
Some within the Trump administration have espoused giving the president near-absolute control over the federal workforce, a step that could backfire anytime the White House is held by the opposing political party. According to an internal 2017 White House to-do list, first mentioned by the New York Times and obtained by POGO, one Trump appointee proposed exploring legal theories that the “president [has] inherent authority to dismiss any federal employee,” unconstrained by whistleblower and other statutory protections passed by Congress. That would mark a break with the way America’s system of government has functioned for over a century.
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