May 5, 2021
Celebrate Star Wars Day with these Baby Yoda toys and more
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May 5, 2021
The Black Stone of Mecca like you've never seen before
High resolution photos have been revealed for the first time of an ancient religious stone in Mecca, Islam’s holy city, a Saudi government agency has announced.
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May 5, 2021
Video shows moment Mexico City metro overpass collapses
• Mexico City subway overpass collapses, killing at least 24 and injuring dozens
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May 5, 2021
There's more to the story on Facebook's Trump decision
Four months ago, Facebook announced former President Donald Trump had been suspended indefinitely from its platform. On Wednesday morning, Facebook’s oversight board — a first-of-its-kind group of legal experts and human rights leaders — will announce its decision about whether Trump will be permanently banned.
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May 5, 2021
Bravo, Liz Cheney
Once upon a time — and not so long ago — political leaders who spoke truthfully and forcefully earned respect and praise, and they were often rewarded by voters for doing so. Why, then, are some prominent House Republicans angling to punish House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney for her brazen honesty about former President Donald Trump and the 2020 election and remove her as the third highest-ranking member of Republican leadership?
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May 5, 2021
Walmart's online store isn't profitable. Now it's borrowing from Amazon's playbook
Let’s say you’re shopping for something on Walmart.com — maybe t-shirts.
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May 5, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts.
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May 5, 2021
The Gates' other partnership is too big to fail
On Monday, billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they are divorcing after 27 years. “We have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives,” the Gateses said in a statement. “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together as the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”
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May 5, 2021
Zoom CEO: My advice for remote workers who are on video meetings all day
At the outset of the pandemic, Zoom became an instrumental part of many people’s lives and livelihoods almost overnight. Within weeks, usage of our platform increased exponentially, with hundreds of millions of meeting participants relying on Zoom to stay connected to their customers, colleagues, family and friends. We felt — and continue to feel — unbelievably privileged to help so many people keep their lives moving forward. Even as our worker population starts to get vaccinated, elevated usage rates have persisted. And many workers are feeling fatigue from joining a steady stream of video meetings each day.
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May 5, 2021
What you need to know about the board deciding Trump's fate on Facebook
The question of whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed back on Facebook is the biggest, most contentious and most controversial single content moderation decision the company has ever made. So who’s going to make that call? Well, surprisingly, not company founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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