Ryan Lovelace

Nike turning footwear and apparel into medical supplies to fight coronavirus

Nike has repurposed its materials for shoes into medical equipment to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

April 8, 2020

TSA reports record-low travelers at airports on Tuesday from coronavirus pandemic

A record-low number of travelers passed through airport security checkpoints in the United States on Tuesday, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

April 8, 2020

YesCalifornia turns to Iran for help with campaign

A group pushing for California to secede from the United States is turning to Iran for help.

April 7, 2020

Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, pledges $1 billion to coronavirus relief

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he would move $1 billion to fund coronavirus relief.

April 7, 2020

Mark Green: Chinese-made medical supplies to France conditional upon adopting Huawei technology

Rep. Mark Green said the Chinese told France it would provide 1 billion protective face masks only if the French let Huawei implement its 5G capabilities.

April 6, 2020

15,000 hotels offer to be temporary housing for healthcare workers in need

More than 15,000 hotels have joined the American Hotel and Lodging Association's initiative to provide healthcare workers with temporary housing amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

April 6, 2020

Apple to make and ship 1 million face shields each week to medical professionals in U.S.

Apple will manufacture and ship 1 million face shields each week to health care workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

April 6, 2020

Justin Walker is youngest federal appeals court judge nominee since 1980s

President Trump's latest pick for the federal appeals court in D.C. stands out as the youngest nominee to the nation's premier federal appellate court since the 1980s.

April 5, 2020

Progressive activists leverage health care against Trump judicial nominee

President Trump's decision to nominate Judge Justin Walker for the federal appeals court in D.C. has provoked a new fight among activists on both sides of the partisan divide.

April 3, 2020

Google to issue reports on users’ location data to help governments enforce social distancing

Google said Friday it will begin publishing reports created from Google Maps users' whereabouts to help governments make policy decisions regarding social distancing measures enacted to fight coronavirus.

April 3, 2020

Google to lift coronavirus-related ad blockade for political advertisers

The coronavirus ad wars are coming to Google and President Trump's political opponents are rejoicing. The tech giant has lifted its previous ban on coronavirus-related ads, a policy put in place to prevent exploitation of the coronavirus crisis by opportunistic vendors hawking personal protective equipment in short supply.

April 3, 2020

Donald Trump picks Judge Justin Walker for open seat on federal appeals court in D.C.

President Trump plans to nominate Judge Justin Walker, 37, for the federal appeals court in D.C., making him the youngest nominee since the 1980s to the nation's premier federal appellate court.

April 3, 2020

Nurses union protests coronavirus readiness at hospitals in Florida, N.C., and Texas

The National Nurses Union organized protests of HCA hospitals' preparedness for the coronavirus outbreak outside their hospitals in Florida, North Carolina and Texas.

April 2, 2020

Progressive group launches multimillion-dollar phone campaign to defeat Trump

Social distancing guidelines are forcing advocacy groups to create new ways to reach voters. Activists and advocates who planned to spend tens of millions of dollars on in-person interactions are quickly switching gears to have an impact before the November elections.

April 2, 2020

Microsoft cheers, ACLU jeers Washington state law restricting use of facial-recognition technology

A new law in Washington state restricting the use of facial-recognition technology is drawing praise from Microsoft but criticism from civil liberties advocates.

April 1, 2020

Outside groups launch attack ads aimed at Trump, Biden in three battleground states

Dueling presidential campaign-focused attack ads are coming soon to captive audiences in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

April 1, 2020

Federal appeals court to livestream audio of remaining arguments amid coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Wednesday it is taking the unprecedented step of broadcasting live audio of the remaining arguments in its April 2020 session.

April 1, 2020

Huawei runs campaign to look like solution to global problems

Huawei ran a new influence campaign using Facebook ads with disguised political messages, Twitter broadcasts by a leading American law firm, and the Chinese state television's American division. The effort is designed to make the Chinese tech giant look like the solution to all the world's problems just as the West's economies have come to a screeching halt.

March 31, 2020

Facebook says it will invest $100 million to help local news amid coronavirus

Facebook said it plans to invest $100 million to support news organizations affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

March 31, 2020

Facebook removes Brazilian president’s post for allegedly spreading coronavirus misinformation

Facebook removed content posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly spreading misinformation about coronavirus.

March 31, 2020