Netflix will soon launch a test letting primary account holders pay an additional fee for users outside their households — a new attempt by the company to address illicit password-sharing. According to the Netflix terms of service, a customer’s account “may not be shared with individuals beyond your household.” After Read more…
While US health experts closely monitor upticks of COVID-19 cases in Europe as well as the global rise of the omicron subvariant BA.2, Pfizer is renewing calls for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine. In an interview Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that a fourth Read more…
Germany warned against using anti-virus software from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab due to risks it could be exploited by Russia for a cyber attack. The Federal Office for Information Security, or BSI, issued the warning on Tuesday, saying that companies and authorities with special security status and operators of critical infrastructure Read more…
Intel on Tuesday revealed plans for a second new “megafab,” a chipmaking site in Magdeburg, Germany, that’s the centerpiece of an expected $88 billion in investments across several European countries. The capacity expansion comes on top of other gargantuan spending commitments in the United States, including a planned megafab in Read more…
Democratic lawmakers are entering a crypto collision course. Questions around how to police digital currency and whether to support its adoption are driving a rift not just between the party’s liberal and centrist wings but also among progressives who often see eye-to-eye on financial regulation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts Read more…
The Senate passed a measure that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent across the U.S. The bill — the Sunshine Protection Act co-sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — was passed by unanimous consent. It would make Daylight Savings time permanent in 2023. If the Read more…
Facebook parent Meta Platforms clarified on Sunday that it is against the company’s user rules to share a post that “calls for the death of a head of state” — likely a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week, Facebook temporarily relaxed its policies so that Ukrainian users could Read more…