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White House teams up with Google to build coronavirus screening site

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 NewsEditorcoronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Google, google search, president, Trump, Walgreens, Walmart, websites, White House

During a press conference at the White House, President Trump today announced that the government is working with Google to build an online screening website for COVID-19. The announcement was short on details, but the idea, it seems, is to give users the ability to enter their symptoms and see if they need additional testing. None of this sounds extremely complicated, but according to Trump, Google has 1,700 engineers working on this. According to Debbie Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, users will have to log into this new…

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TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 NewsEditorajit pai, chairman, Chuck Schumer, communication, Congress, department of justice, Federal Communications Commission, Government, jessica rosenworcel, neologisms, president, robocall, robocalls, telemarketing

The Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the president. It’s still possible to get things done in D.C. after all! We’ve covered the TRACED Act several times previously, as robocalls are, in addition to being horribly annoying, a uniquely annoying high-tech threat. Using clever targeting and spoofing technology, scammers are placing millions of calls that at best irritate and at worst take advantage of the vulnerable. The new law won’t end that…