Amazon shutting down its virtual health care service
Amazon is shutting down its virtual and in-home healthcare service Amazon Care by the end of the year, citing issues with the program's ability to connect with larger companies and more customers. Neil Lindsay, Amazon Health Services senior vice president, sent an email to Amazon Care employees on Wednesday announcing the move, a copy of which was obtained by The Hill. Lindsay said the decision to close the service was made after "many months of careful consideration." “Although our enrolled members have loved many aspects of Amazon Care," Lindsay wrote in the memo, "it
Read MoreFacebook and Twitter remove accounts pushing 'pro-Western narratives’
Facebook and Twitter took down two overlapping sets of accounts over the past two months for promoting “pro-Western narratives” in the Middle East and Central Asia, according to a report released Wednesday. The social media analytics firm Graphika reported that Twitter and Meta, the company that owns Facebook, took down the accounts over a “series of covert campaigns” over a period of five years. Twitter said the accounts violated its policies on “platform manipulati
Read MoreKobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The nine jurors who returned the unanimous verdict agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that the photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna invaded her privacy and brought her emotional distress. The jury deliberated for 4 1/2 hours bef
Read MoreHillicon Valley — Twitter whistleblower to testify in Senate
The Twitter whistleblower alleging major security deficiencies at the company will testify before a Senate panel when lawmakers return from recess in September. We’ll also take a look at how the whistleblower’s accusations are impacting Elon Musk’s argument in his case against Twitter seeking to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the company. This is Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Send tips to The Hill’s
Read MoreTrump calls for McConnell to be ousted as GOP leader 'immediately'
Former President Trump on Wednesday called on Republicans to boot Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from his post as Senate minority leader, accusing the senator of being a "pawn for the Democrats." In a statement, Trump cited a Wednesday story from
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