Amazon is rolling out cameras that can detect if warehouse workers are following social distancing rules

Amazon is rolling out cameras in its warehouses that issue an alert when workers aren’t properly following social distancing guidelines, the company announced Tuesday. The camera systems, which Amazon refers to as... Read more »

Hundreds of Facebook employees walk out as Zuckerberg plans town hall tomorrow

Hundreds of Facebook employees on Monday staged a “virtual walkout” in protest of the company’s policies regarding recent posts by President Donald Trump. Employees took to Twitter to publicly announce their participation in the... Read more »

Some voters are scared the coronavirus will stop them from casting a ballot

Erica Friedle had not missed a vote in seven years. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Friedle told CNBC she didn’t receive her absentee ballot for April’s Wisconsin presidential primary. And now she fears... Read more »

Trump says the top U.S. military officer is ‘in charge’ as George Floyd protests rock the nation

WASHINGTON — In a contentious call with the nation’s governors Monday, President Donald Trump said he was putting America’s highest-ranking military officer “in charge” as protests over the death of George Floyd rock the... Read more »

Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act

President Donald Trump is considering invoking a 213-year-old federal law that would allow him to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to protests in cities across the country, according to four people... Read more »

White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter

A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a... Read more »

Spitzer telescope reveals the precise timing of a black hole dance

Black holes aren’t stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements. But because they are completely dark and can’t be observed directly, they’re not easy to study.... Read more »

4-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules discovered in Martian meteorites

Scientists exploring Mars and analysing Martian meteorite samples have found organic compounds essential for life: nitrogen-bearing organics in a 4-billion-year-old Martian meteorite. With a new high-spatial resolution in-situ N-chemical speciation technique, they... Read more »

Where Did Life First Form on Earth? Complex NASA Hydrothermal Reactor Provides New Evidence

By mimicking rocky seafloor chimneys in the lab, scientists have produced new evidence that these features could have provided the right ingredients to kick-start life. Where did life first form on Earth?... Read more »

‘Surreal,’ ‘chills’ and ‘haunting:’ No one was ready for Kobe Bryant’s appearance on ‘The Last Dance’

Just about everyone knew what Sunday’s episode of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” was going to feature, and yet very few were emotionally prepared for what came next. Introduced via 1998 All-Star Game... Read more »