The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has extended its authority and will now regulate electronic cigarettes, hookah tobacco, cigars, and other tobacco products under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The regulatory move, first proposed in 2014, is largely aimed at protecting kids from tobacco and nicotine products. The result... FDA flexes regulatory muscles, says vaping, e-cigs now under its control
Q&A: GiveBIG tech platform recovers, but ‘we still have our helmets on,’ says Seattle Foundation CEO
The past two days have been...
Warren Buffett gushes about Amazon, says it’s tough to outmaneuver Jeff Bezos
Warren Buffett is already best buds with one Seattle area billionaire, his bridge-playing software mogul friend Bill Gates.
Now, the Oracle of Omaha — a value investor who backed Walmart and whose Berkshire Hathaway owns...
Students: Here’s what Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton says you should study
Given that he started companies like Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor, Rich Barton understands the value and power...
Astronaut Scott Kelly says he suffered damaging stress during year in space
During his year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said he could do another year if...
In annual letter, Jeff Bezos says Amazon is an ‘invention machine’ defined by failure
Amazon’s culture has been in the media spotlight since last summer, when The New York Times published a widely read article about the company’s “bruising” workplace environment.
Jeff Bezos addressed that reputation, indirectly, in his annual...
Netflix throttling itself isn’t a net neutrality problem, FCC chair says
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said yesterday that he has no plans to investigate Netflix for throttling its own video streams, despite Netflix's critics calling for an investigation.
Netflix acknowledged last week that it reduces video quality on most mobile networks to help users stay under their data caps and avoid data overage charges. Opponents...
Amazon’s delivery network continues to expand, retailer to offer two-hour delivery in Berlin, report says
Amazon plans...
Rovi in talks to acquire TiVo, the pioneer DVR and ‘time-shifting’ company, report says
Rovi, the provider of entertainment metadata, is in talks to acquire TiVo, a service that introduced DVRs and time-shifting but never became a powerhouse moneymaker, according to a report Thursday in The New York Times.
Rovi, which owns a host of patents related to set-top boxes...
President Obama says Google has a deal to deliver broadband to Cuba. Many Americans can only look on with envy
Apparently, citizens of a long-time pariah state and communist dictatorship — a country where only five percent of the homes are connected to the Web — will have a better chance of signing up for Google’s...