U.S. voters will decide whether Republicans keep control of Congress in national elections Tuesday — amid concern that social-media misinformation, controversial ballot-access restrictions in several states and even the threat of possible election-system hacking might sway the results. Here’s the latest news on election integrity from Washington, Silicon Valley and America’s more than 170,000 polling…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States snapped sanctions back in place on Monday to choke Iran’s oil and shipping industries, while temporarily allowing top customers such as China and India to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic. FILE PHOTO: A general view of an oil dock is seen from a ship at the port…
The long wait is apparently almost over. Amazon is said to be in talks to develop its second headquarters, HQ2, in the Long Island City section of Queens, New York, and the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia, The New York Times reported on Monday evening, citing people familiar with the plans. The decision follows…
THE episode of “Saturday Night Live” before Election Day features a parody (pictured) of a Democratic get-out-the-vote advert. In it, jittery Democrats look into the camera and swear that their party will win back the House of Representatives on November 6th—before they lose control and become hysterical. After their experience in 2016—when Hillary Clinton, who…
WASHINGTON — President Trump embarks Monday afternoon on a final three-state election swing that will close out an us-against-them midterm campaign built on dark themes of fear, anger, division, nationalism and racial animosity. The president’s thundering warnings about “left-wing mobs” and a migrant “invasion” have inflamed the passions of a country, energizing conservatives he hopes…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMartin Patience reports from Lebanon, where Iranians are already feeling the effects of the sanctions Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that the US will exert "relentless" pressure on Iran unless it changes its "revolutionary course". His comments came hours after the Trump administration restored all…
It only takes a few clicks for a consumer to build a profile with a digital advertiser. It’s called programmatic advertising—an algorithmic system that runs like a stock exchange in which websites auction off targeted ad space to bidders who want to present a message to a specific audience. It’s efficient. It’s data-driven. So why…
Enlarge / Intel Ivy Bridge Xeon E7 v2 die shot. Intel has announced the next family of Xeon processors that it plans to ship in the first half of next year. The new parts represent a substantial upgrade over current Xeon chips, with up to 48 cores and 12 DDR4 memory channels per socket, supporting…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reimposes oil and financial sanctions against Iran on Monday, significantly turning up the pressure on Tehran in order to curb its missile and nuclear programs and counter its growing military and political influence in the Middle East. FILE PHOTO: Iranian rials, U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars are seen at…
President Donald Trump says his administration was "looking at" antitrust proceedings against tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google. In an interview with Axios' Jonathan Swan and Jim VandeHei on the news site's premiere HBO show Sunday night, Trump said the European Union's $5 billion fine against Google made him consider pursuing regulation. "You look at…
