AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers’ information online. Were you affected? Posted April 28, 2024 The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said in March…
Chick-fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge, blames projected supply shortages Posted April 27, 2024 The fast-food chain Chick-fil-A backtracked from its decade-old "no antibiotics ever" pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance…
Facebook News tab becomes unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content Posted April 26, 2024 Meta sunsetted Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics. The feature was shut down …
Lego head mugshots add to California’s debate on policing and privacy Posted April 25, 2024 A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it sh…
Gardening bloomed during the pandemic, now garden centers want to keep interest up Posted April 24, 2024 Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people looked for outdoor activities during lockdowns. Now, garden centers are hoping to keep that intere…
AI robot monitors the health of tulips in fields Posted April 23, 2024 An artificial intelligence robot called Theo is a new high-tech weapon in the battle to root out disease from Dutch tulip fields. The robot, which checks each pla…
McDonald’s apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours Posted April 22, 2024 McDonald’s apologized for a global technology outage that shuttered some restaurants for hours on March 15. The company said the outage was caused by a third-party technology p…
A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds Posted April 21, 2024 As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergenc…
Recycling electronics to reduce E-Waste in Kenya Posted April 20, 2024 U.N. agencies warn that electrical waste—everything from discarded refrigerators to TVs to e-scooters to mobile phones—is piling up worldwide, and recycling rates are low and like…
A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop, the Senate Posted April 19, 2024 A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first coun…