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September 9, 2021 By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea’s military junta, which seized power over the weekend, said on Thursday that it has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts. On Sunday a group of special forces soldiers said they ousted President Alpha Conde over concerns about poverty and endemic […]

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hi friends! Greg here again for this edition of the Daily Crunch on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Alex Wilhelm is still out on vacation for a few more days … even though […]

September 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all federal workers and vaccines or testing for employees of large companies drew protests on Thursday from congressional Republicans who accused him of overstepping his authority. Under the plan, all employers with 100 or more workers would be required […]

GM unveiled Thursday the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, a full-sized pickup truck that received a major technology upgrade, including its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system and an infotainment system with embedded Google services as well as an overhauled interior. A new flagship trim, the off-road factory-installed lifted ZR2 truck, has also joined the Silverado […]

Scott W. Pink Contributor Share on Twitter Scott W. Pink is special counsel in O’Melveny’s Data Security & Privacy practice based in Silicon Valley. He advises technology, media, entertainment and a variety of companies on issues of cybersecurity and privacy, IP counseling; social media law; and advertising, marketing, and promotions law. China enacted a sweeping […]

September 9, 2021 By Ron Bousso and Sabrina Valle LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Royal Dutch Shell is considering making it mandatory for workers in some operations to get COVID-19 vaccinations or risk being fired, an internal company document seen by Reuters shows. The Anglo-Dutch energy company’s decision comes as the Biden administration on Thursday said it will […]

September 9, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Horror flick “Halloween Kills” will stream on Comcast Corp’s Peacock streaming service starting on the same day it debuts in movie theaters next month, distributor Universal Pictures said in a statement on Thursday. The strategy is a shift from Comcast’s earlier plan to send the film exclusively to […]

September 9, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks won the 2021 Mercury Prize on Thursday, scooping the British music award for her critically acclaimed debut album “Collapsed in Sunbeams”. The 21-year-old, whose songs address mental health and sexual identity, beat off 11 other contenders across a range of music genres for the […]

September 9, 2021 By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania will kick off an “election integrity” investigation with a public hearing on Thursday, joining partisan efforts in other battleground states to cast doubts on former President Donald Trump’s November election loss. The hearing at the State Capitol in Harrisburg is expected to lay […]

September 9, 2021 CARACAS (Reuters) -Cape Verde has committed “constitutional suicide” by allowing the extradition of businessman and envoy Alex Saab to the United States on charges of laundering money for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Saab’s lawyers said on Thursday. Saab was on his way to Iran last year to negotiate shipments […]

SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis — a serious condition mainly affecting children — since 2014. The CDC hasn’t seen a reason for concern this year, but Facebook posts have wrongly claimed that the agency has issued a “warning of polio-like outbreak” this fall. […]

Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and range in its diminutive 6.5-foot package to meet the needs of city drivers. The early stage Dutch startup, which recently revealed the final design of its quadricycle, is now assembling working prototypes in […]

September 9, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials discussed in high-level economic talks on Thursday the production of semiconductors in the region, Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said. The two governments did not discuss the reactivation of the U.S. “remain in Mexico” policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, […]

September 9, 2021 By Evan Sully (Reuters) – Applications to start new U.S. businesses declined in August for just the third time this year and the first time since June as the recent surge in coronavirus cases put entrepreneurs on hold. The Commerce Department said on Thursday that business applications fell 4.7% to a seasonally […]

The UK government has announced a consultation on plans to shake up the national data protection regime, as it looks at how to diverge from European Union rules following Brexit. It’s also a year since the UK published a national data strategy in which said it wanted pandemic levels of data-sharing to become Britain’s new […]

September 9, 2021 By Karl Plume (Reuters) – Louisiana Gulf Coast grain exports are slowly ramping up after a nearly two-week halt due to damage from Hurricane Ida, with at least two large terminals loading vessels and power steadily being restored to others, government and shipping sources said on Thursday. More than 50 oceangoing vessels […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – British musician Phil Collins said he can barely hold a drum stick because of deteriorating health that has also forced him to sit while singing during live performances. The 70-year-old drummer and singer told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Thursday that he was frustrated at the challenges he […]

September 9, 2021 By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said he never intended to attack any branch of the government, comments that boosted markets as he sought to defuse a dispute with the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, as pro-Bolsonaro marches took place across Brazil, the president called on Supreme […]

September 9, 2021 By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Few know her name or have seen her on TV, but Elizabeth MacDonough is one of the most important people in Washington. As the Senate’s parliamentarian, MacDonough advises lawmakers about what is acceptable under the chamber’s rules and precedents. Her advice on arcane points of Senate […]

September 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. banking regulator fined Wells Fargo $250 million and placed new restrictions on the bank’s business after finding shortcomings in its earlier efforts to pay back customers it had previously harmed. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank had not met the requirements […]