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CNN reports Georgia has concluded its statewide audit of the 2020 presidential election, and can confirm that Joe Biden convincingly defeated Donald Trump by over 12,000 votes. State officials have also determined that there were no signs of widespread fraud or irregularities. Almost 5 million votes were cast in the state. “Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that the state’s new secure […]
Remember those claims that Apple slowed down some older phones to extend battery life? Well, now the tech giant will have to pay up. Per CBS News, Apple reached a settlement for $113 million in a case that alleged it intentionally slowed down phones, and misled users about the purpose of certain updates. The larger issue […]
Travis Scott continues his philanthropic efforts with his newly formed Cactus Jack Foundation, a charitable organization that aims to empower youth through education and creative resources. The Astroworld rapper announced the launch in conjunction with Houston’s third annual Travis Scott Day, which was proclaimed to celebrate the artist’s successful Astroworld Festival as well as his contributions to the city […]
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the city will close public schools in order to combat the rising COVID-19 numbers. The Associated Press reports that all school buildings will be closed for in-person learning “until further notice.” All students will be taught online only for the time being, although as […]
More than a third of the attendees of a recent wedding in Ohio have now tested positive for COVID-19. And though it’s not technically measurable using current science, it’s safe to assume all attendees of the “superspreader” throwdown have long been infected with another comparably dangerous disease: stupidity. Ohio, of course, is one of the multiple […]
Pfizer, clearly not in the business of fucking around, said on Wednesday that the plan is now to submit a request to the FDA “within days” for an Emergency Use Authorization of its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162b2. The vaccine candidate, developed in collaboration with BioNTech, was reported earlier this month to have shown to have an efficacy rate […]
On Tuesday, Donald Trump fired a top official at the Department of Homeland Security who had made it a point to publicly dismiss some of the baseless conspiracy theories that continue to be peddled as an explanation for why the president lost. The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Chris Krebs, was dismissed […]
The Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan have voted to certify their 2020 election results. The move was announced Tuesday night after an initial deadlock with 2-2 split along party lines. According to New York Times, GOP members argued they would not vote to certify the vote tallies due to “disparities” in the Detroit area. They […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that the country’s first at-home COVID-19 self-testing kit has been approved by the agency. Results from said kit arrives in around 30 minutes, the FDA said in a statement posted to their website. “In 30 minutes or less, the results can be read directly from the test unit’s light-up […]
As Donald Trump approaches his last days in the White House after losing the 2020 presidential election to former VP Joe Biden, a veritable smorgasbord of fourth-quarter concerns are receiving renewed public interest. Chief among these, of course, is how the current administration will handle (or mishandle) the litany of continued COVID-19 pandemic issues that have […]
