“A U.S. judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered ‘crime victims,’” reports Reuters, “a designation that will determine what remedies should be imposed.” In December, some crash victims’ relatives said the U.S. Justice Department violated their legal rights when Read more…
The Biden administration said it will launch a cybersecurity labeling program for consumer Internet of Things devices starting in 2023 in an effort to protect Americans from “significant national security risks.” Inspired by Energy Star, a labeling program operated by Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy to promote Read more…
Networked doorbell surveillance cameras like Amazon’s Ring are everywhere, and have changed the nature of delivery work by letting customers take on the role of bosses to monitor, control, and discipline workers. “The growing popularity of Ring and other networked doorbell cameras has normalized home and neighborhood surveillance in the Read more…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape — the iconic Pillars of Creation — where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. From NASA: The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made Read more…
The deaths of nearly 100 children in Indonesia have prompted the country to suspend sales of all syrup and liquid medication. It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in The Gambia was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children. Indonesia said some syrup medicine was found to contain Read more…
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With a few notable exceptions — such as during the 1918 influenza pandemic, World War II and the HIV crisis — life expectancy in the U.S. has had gradual upward trajectory over the past century. But that progress has steeply reversed in the past two years as COVID and other Read more…