The proposed acquisition of Cloud-Based Contact Center specialist Five9 is temporarily on hold, as the US Justice Department has launched an investigation into a possible security risk. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal. The US government is concerned that the acquisition will put American technology in Chinese hands because of Zoom’s ties to China. Earlier this year, it …
The use of a neck clamp, where agents use their elbows to pinch the throat of a suspect, is now prohibited for FBI agents and other national law enforcement agents in the United States. The only exception to this new measure is when an agent believes that a suspect threatens to kill or seriously injure him or anyone else. The …
According to US President Joe Biden’s government dreams, solar energy could account for 45 percent of us electricity production by 2050. A new report from the Department of energy outlines the potential of solar energy in a low carbon vs. Solar energy plays a major role in the fight against global warming. In order to reach the production target of …
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of confirmed infections in the United States has increased to more than 40 million. This is shown Tuesday by the data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. This puts the US first in absolute terms, ahead of India and Brazil. So far, 40,018,326 coronavirus cases have been registered in the United …
On Sunday 5 September, a European month of action against nuclear weapons in Europe was launched in Büchel, Germany. 800 peace activists formed a human chain in protest against the US nuclear bombs deployed at Fliegerhorst air base as part of NATO’s nuclear division of tasks. The campaign took place a few weeks before the federal elections on 26 September …
An American road safety organization has instructed Tesla to provide detailed data on his self-driving function. If the car manufacturer does not, the fines could amount to 115 million dollars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced last month that it opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s self-driving function. The cause is a series of accidents in which cars …
The wealthy owners of painkiller manufacturer Purdue Pharma, which contributed to the opioid crisis in the US, will not be prosecuted. A judge approved the bankruptcy of the company on Wednesday, leaving the multimillionaires who ran the company legally out of harm’s way. In recent decades, many Americans have become addicted to painkillers for a long time. According to the …
At least 15 million coronavirus vaccines have been discarded since March, CDC data indicates. Pharmacists, local governments and other institutions that make shots have passed the data to the CDC. It is possible that many more vaccines have disappeared in the trash, as not all data is yet compiled into report. For example, vaccines are discarded if an error has …
On Monday, the European Union removed, among other things, the United States and Israel from the list of countries not subject to travel restrictions. For both countries, the deteriorating coronavirus figures of recent times are the reason. EU member states are urged to introduce stricter travel rules, such as mandatory quarantine and additional tests on arrival, for Americans and Israelis …
The eye of Hurricane Ida, the height of the storm, has reached the south coast of the US. Off the coast of Louisiana, wind speeds have been measured up to 250 kilometers per hour. On arrival at the coast – at Port Fourchon, the storm was almost a fifth-highest category hurricane. There are no reports of any casualties yet. However, …
