Category: Business News

India, China Trade Blame for Deadly Himalayan Border Clash

India, China Trade Blame for Deadly Himalayan Border Clash

India and China exchanged blame Wednesday for the border clash in the Himalayan Mountains that killed 20 Indian soldiers. India said Chinese troops also suffered casualties in the worst military confrontation between the two countries in decades. Both sides blamed the other for the deadly encounter, saying the other side was breaking established…

WWDC 7.0.2 – Watch WWDC sessions and more. (Free)

WWDC is the unofficial WWDC app for OS X. Use this app to watch WWDC sessions on your Mac and do much more. Features Schedule and Live Streaming – The app now shows the schedule for this year’s sessions. Please note that since this app is focused…

Members of Congress benefited from PPP loan program: report

Members of Congress benefited from PPP loan program: report

Several lawmakers have reportedly benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program—the nearly $500 billion package that provided relief for small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Politico reported that a group of four lawmakers—both Democrats and Republicans—have acknowledged being associated with companies that have received PPP loans. The businesses, according to Politico, are either run by the lawmakers’…

How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus

How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There Is a Growing Consensus

Six months into the coronavirus crisis, there’s a growing consensus about a central question: How do people become infected? It’s not common to contract Covid-19 from a contaminated surface, scientists say. And fleeting encounters with people outdoors are unlikely to spread the coronavirus. Instead, the major culprit is close-up, person-to-person…

Once Pariahs, Location-Tracking Firms Pitch Themselves as Covid Sleuths

Once Pariahs, Location-Tracking Firms Pitch Themselves as Covid Sleuths

While an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, Joshua Anton created an app to prevent users from drunk dialing, which he called Drunk Mode. He later began harvesting huge amounts of user data from smartphones to resell to advertisers. Now Mr. Anton’s company, called X-Mode Social Inc., is one of a number of little-known location-tracking…