insert_link Health & Wellness FDA Delays Approval of COVID vaccines for Kids Under 5 until June Parents might have to wait until the summer before the federal government authorizes a COVID-19 vaccine for children. According to the Politico, the sources revealed it could be June before the FDA authorizes a COVID-19 vaccine for children under five years old. Politico added that delays are being attributed to regulators who want to promote two vaccines at the same time instead of pushing one out before the other. Vaccine […] todayApril 26, 2022
insert_link Tech Made Simple Microsoft and Major Newspapers join forces to fight Google and Facebook with Bipartisan Political support Over the last decade, hundreds of newspapers have disappeared largely due to Big Tech’s disruption of the ad market. Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on much when it comes to tech reform, whether it be content moderation or spinning off acquisitions, but they do seem to agree that local journalism needs saving. On Friday, a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing focused on the way Google and Facebook distribute news, and a […] todayMarch 17, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Twitter and Facebook say they will transfer presidential social media accounts to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day Twitter will transfer the @POTUS account to President-elect Joe Biden when he’s sworn in on Inauguration Day, the company told Politico. Twitter will transfer the account to Biden even if President Donald Trump hasn’t conceded — which he still hasn’t done, despite the election widely being called for Biden earlier this month. “Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” […] todayNovember 24, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai are headed back to Congress Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to testify virtually before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 28th, Politico reported Friday evening. Assuming that the hearing is live-streamed in some way, that means you’ll be able to watch some of the world’s most powerful people get grilled by policymakers who’ve recently discussed changing the laws that let their companies grow to an […] todayOctober 14, 2020