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Germany reminds Musk that removing disinformation from Twitter is a must

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket ) Twitter CEO Elon Musk continues to deal with intense scrutiny of how his social medi…

How humans got a new gene that makes our brains larger

Enlarge / Building a bigger brain requires new genes, not a workout. (credit: OsakaWayne Studios ) On the DNA level, there's not much to d…

Over a million could die as China’s COVID wave crashes into huge holiday

Enlarge / An elderly female patient with COVID-19 is treated at No. 2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City in China. (credit: Getty | Sheldon Coo…

Hundreds of WordPress sites infected by recently discovered backdoor

Enlarge Malware that exploits unpatched vulnerabilities in 30 different WordPress plugins has infected hundreds if not thousands of sites and ma…

Biden hopes 51-49 Senate will finally give FCC a Democratic majority

Enlarge / Gigi Sohn answering questions on December 1, 2021, at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination to the Federal Communicatio…

Twitter lifts political ad ban designed to stop misinformation spread

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket ) Online advertising on social platforms is changing. Google and Meta no longer hold m…