Airlines on Sunday have canceled more than 2,100 flights worldwide after U.S. air carriers canceled about 1,000 on Christmas Day. At least 2,162 cancelations were reported around the world, with 669 coming in the United States, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com on Sunday morning. Some 5,900 flights were also delayed.…
A former Tik Tok content moderator has sued the Chinese Communist Party-linked social media app for psychological trauma after reviewing graphic videos on the platform. Former content moderator Candie Frazier has filed a lawsuit in a California court, alleging that Tik Tok and its parent company ByteDance failed to provide…
Another 205,000 American workers have filed for unemployment benefits in the past week, according to reports. The latest weekly figures match the prior week’s jobless claims number and are roughly in line with pre-pandemic levels. The data suggests that the recent rise in COVID-19 infections was not driving a fresh…
Procter and Gamble (P&G) has released a voluntary recall list of dozens of hair products due to the aerosol sprays containing a "cancer-causing" chemical. The products were recalled on December 17, after benzene, a human carcinogen chemical linked to leukemia, was detected in them. It is the second massive recall…
Free-speech focused social media platform Parler has announced that it will expand its business into non-fungible tokens (NFT). In a statement Monday, Parler revealed a move that underpins the rapid growth of the digital asset in recent months. An NFT is a digital asset usually bought with cryptocurrencies or in…
As COVID-19 cases have recently increased across America, CNN has closed its offices over the weekend, according to the cable "news" station. In a Saturday announcement, the network revealed that only employees who must work onsite will be allowed in its U.S. offices. CNN President Jeff Zucker in a memo…
Google’s YouTube TV has slashed its subscription fees after losing over a dozen Disney-owned channels, including ABC and ESPN. YouTube lost the channels after the two companies failed to strike a deal in last-minute contract renewal negotiations. The two firms said in separate statements Friday that the negotiations fell through…
Retail sales are plummeting in the run-up to Christmas as stores struggle with supply chain issues and shoppers feel the bite of skyrocketing inflation. The slow-down was revealed in a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The report shows a…
Former First Lady Melania Trump has launched her first venture into the non-fungible token (NFT) realm. To coincide with the launch, Melania is releasing her first NFT and launching a new platform that will roll out the token regularly. Some of the proceeds will be going to help children in…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that his electric car company will now accept Dogecoin for purchases of merchandise. Almost immediately after his announcement, the price of DOGE soared by 25 percent. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed DOGE/USD skyrocketing to become the only major cryptocurrency to deliver gains on the day.…