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On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to limit the rights of private tech companies like Twitter and Facebook, after Twitter placed a fact checked label under two of his tweets this week. The tweets claimed that casting ballots by mail allows for voter fraud, when in fact both Republican and Democratic […]
The SpaceX rocket ship was supposed to launch this afternoon but could not because of the bad weather. Two NASA astronauts were onboard and the flight would of made history as it headed to the International Spaces Station. It would of been the first time a privately owned company like Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket ship […]
According to tech website cnet. Cell phone companies are stepping up by offering free services to first responders including Police, Fire and EMS Departments. Now it does depend on what mobile service you have. T-Mobile/Sprint AT&T or Verizon have similar but not exactly the same plans. Not all cell phone carriers are offering it. But […]
Governments around the world are now considering different technologies to trace the coronavirus outbreak. Smartphones are one of those technologies, but then privacy and personal data comes into question. To contain infectious disease outbreaks there has to be testing, tracing, and isolation. So with a smartphone tracing app it could make things a little easier […]
The days of the Classic Cartoon “The Jetson’s” has been here. The use of video conferencing has become the new meeting room to get work done this days. Now, here comes drone delivery. A Florida retirement community will doing test runs starting in May. Both CVS and UPS plan on using drones to deliver […]
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft talks about reopening the United States and how to get the schools going. The billionaire also gives his thoughts on the economy opening up via CNN with Fareed Zakaria. Gates gives an estimation on when we will know more on schools opening and how we will go about opening […]
Xerox Holdings Corporation has good news for Rochester residents and workers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic: Xerox has partnered with Vortran Medical Technology to mass-produce Vortran’s FDA-approved Airway Pressure Monitor (APM-Plus) and disposable GO2Vent ventilator at its Rochester facility. Vortran has struggled in recent weeks to meet production demands for these devices at […]
The Better Business Bureau has revealed that hackers can use social media posts about graduating from high school or other academic institutions to gain access to people’s various online accounts. Schools throughout the country have closed to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, resulting in many students who were supposed to graduate this year posting their […]
Former NBA player and Clark Atlanta University men’s basketball head coach, George Lynch, and entrepreneur Tracey Pennywell have announced their plans to donate at least 6,000 computers to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) student athletes via a new non-profit that they formed called HBCU Heroes. “Many HBCU student-athletes were using school resources, such as […]
As the weather changes becoming warmer we still have to continue to practice social distancing while we are out. That means we should not be congregating at parks. Earlier this week it was announced in Monroe County we are slipping when it comes to social distancing and staying home. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said […]