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Day: February 17, 2021

  • Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit - Day 1 at Grand Hyatt New York on September 23, 2019 in New York City

    Microsoft Sees Business, Political Opportunity in Break from Big Tech on AU News Legislation

    Microsoft has dissented from its big tech cohorts, Facebook and Twitter, in decrying Australia’s proposed legislation which will require social media and tech companies to pay news publishers for using their content. The Redmond software giant’s position on the matter appears to be both opportunistic and political in nature. On Feb. 11, as Democrat House […]

  • Myanmar (Burma) military soldiers stand guard after arriving overnight with armoured vehicles on February 15, 2021 near the Central Bank in Yangon, Myanmar.

    Coup Against Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Traces Back to Chinese Belt and Road Initiative

    Ousted Myanmar democracy leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, has been levied with additional charges, according to her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw in comments to reporters on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Khin Maung Zaw says she has been charged with violating a law related to coronavirus restrictions in addition to charges already pending over alleged […]

  • Feb. 7 marked the first anniversary of the death of Li Wenliang, considered to be a hero by many in China.

    Chinese Remember ‘Wuhan Whistleblower’ and Early Mishandling of COVID-19 Pandemic

    Feb. 7 marked the first anniversary of the death of Li Wenliang, the doctor silenced by Chinese officials for his attempts to warn friends and family about the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in late 2019. Working in Wuhan, Li succumbed to the virus in February 2020. A year after Li’s death, many Chinese have expressed mourning for […]

  • An employee of German company Va-Q-Tec fills dry ice into a vacuum-insulated cooling container at the company's headquarters in Wurzburg, south-central Germany, on December 1, 2020. Japan is facing a shortage of dry ice required to store Pfizer BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, which requires storage between -60 and -80 celsius.

    Japan Facing Dry Ice Shortage as Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Begins

    Japan’s drive to counter the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus, which causes the pandemic disease the China-centric World Health Organization (WHO) coined as “Coronavirus Disease 2019,” or COVID-19, through vaccination is running into challenges. Dry ice manufacturers are struggling to meet the increased demand required to store large batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, code named “Comirnaty,” “tozinameran,” […]

  • President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package will give up to $3,600 in direct payments to Americans with children.

    Proposed $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief to Include $3,600 in Child Assistance Payments

    President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package will give up to $3,600 in direct payments to American families with children. At present, the Child Tax Credit offers $2,000 annually for every child under 17 years old. The new proposal will disburse $3,600 for children under the age of 6 years old and $3,000 […]

  • Social media giant Facebook is planning to release its own smartwatch in the future. The smartwatch will collect biometric data from users, adding new sets of data to the platform’s store of personal information

    Facebook Aims to Track Your Body Through a Smartwatch

    Social media giant Facebook is planning to release its smartwatch in the near future. The smartwatch will collect biometric data from users, adding new data sets to the platform’s store of personal information. The planned smartwatch will likely operate on Android. The company is also developing its operating system that might soon be integrated into […]

  • A new audio chat app called Clubhouse is rapidly gaining popularity around the world.

    Audio Chat App Clubhouse is Disapproved by the CCP and Will Address Security Issues

    A new audio chat app called Clubhouse is rapidly gaining global popularity. However, The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) recently reviewed the app and noticed that it might have some security issues that make it susceptible to having information intercepted by the Chinese Government. The app is a drop-in audio chat app that seeks to connect […]

  • Melissa DeRosa, Secretary of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has admitted that her team withheld actual coronavirus death numbers in the state’s nursing homes in a bid to protect the government from political scrutiny and a potential federal investigation.

    New York State Hid COVID-19 Deaths to Protect Governor Cuomo

    Melissa DeRosa, Secretary of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has admitted that her team withheld actual coronavirus death numbers in the state’s nursing homes in a bid to protect the government from political scrutiny and a potential federal investigation. DeRosa apologized to Democrat state legislators for the political damage her team’s actions have caused. During the […]

  • Alex Kearns was a 20-year-old college student who took his life due to trading-related pressure.

    Family Sues Robinhood for Son’s Suicide

    Alex Kearns was only 20 years old when he took his life last June, thinking that the $5,000 he invested in the market had turned into a massive debt of $730,000. The family of the college student has now sued the stock trading app Robinhood for wrongful death. Kearns died on June 12, 2020 by […]

  • Grammy Award-winning rapper Pitbull has a warning for America: steer clear of communism. In an interview with Revolt TV, he discussed the dangers that the ideology poses to the United States.

    Rapper Pitbull Says Communism is Dangerous, Appreciate Freedom

    Grammy Award-winning rapper whose stage name is “Pitbull,” is also known as Mr. 305; Mr. Worldwide. He has a message for America: steer clear of communism. The stylish rapper talked with Revolt TV about the dangers that the ideology poses to the United States.  “My family comes from communism. They fled communism. They had everything taken […]

  • Supreme Court

    Supreme Court to Look Into Election Lawsuits in February

    The United States Supreme Court will be looking into election fraud lawsuits during its Feb. 19 conference. These lawsuits include two cases filed by the Trump campaign and one case, each filed by Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, and Republican Representative Mike Kelly. All these cases allege that the 2020 presidential race was plagued with election […]