Category: Business News

Local Crime App Citizen Becomes a Key Tool During Protests

Local Crime App Citizen Becomes a Key Tool During Protests

Millions of Americans have used social media to understand and communicate about the killing of George Floyd. But for many of those tracking protests, the go-to online tool hasn’t been Twitter or Facebook but Citizen, an upstart smartphone app. In the past week, about 620,000 first-time users in the U.S. downloaded Citizen on Apple Inc.’s…

George Floyd Protests Live Updates

George Floyd Protests Live Updates

In neighborhoods where most grocery stores have been looted and burned down by the unrest following the killing of George Floyd, makeshift outdoor food pantries are springing up in front yards and on street corners. Bernice Arias, who works for a large health-care provider, said she and some neighbors started off giving away food from…

Mamoru Oshii’s VLADLOVE Anime Promo Introduces Maki Watabe

  Mamoru Oshii’s VLADLOVE anime may have been delayed from its original fall 2020 plans, but that hasn’t stopped the character previews from rolling out. The latest offers a brief English-subtitled look at Maki Watabe, the captain of the Cinema Club as voiced by Saori Hayami (Maria Campbell in My Next Life as a Villainess).   …

IAEA Voices Serious Concern Over Iran Blocking Inspector Access to Sites

IAEA Voices Serious Concern Over Iran Blocking Inspector Access to Sites

The United Nations atomic agency expressed “serious concern” Friday about Iran’s failure to cooperate with its probe into undeclared nuclear material in the country, adding to calls from opponents of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran to kill off that agreement. In two reports sent to member states by the International Atomic Energy Agency, viewed…