US Jobless Claims Hit Five-Decade Low

The filings surprisedexperts polled by Reuters, who had forecast 212,000 initial filings for last week. The Labor Department’s new data is now aligned with that view. By late May 2020, the total number of jobless claims since mid-March topped awhopping 40 million.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 42 words · Ronald Wright

US labor board investigating two employee complaints against Apple

The complaints come as the tech giant faces a wave of employee activism in recent months. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It declined to discuss the complaints withReuters, which earlier reported on the filings.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Michelle Klein

US lawmakers say Amazon executives may have lied to Congress

“At best, this reporting confirms that Amazon’s representatives misled the Committee,“reads the letter. Amazon has previously denied these accusations. We investigate any allegations that this policy may have been violated and take appropriate action.” The lawmakers asked Amazon to respond by Nov. 1.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 43 words · Joel Stark

US lifts restrictions and opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers

Both airlines also took to Twitter to celebrate the occasion. Virgin Atlantic posted a new US-themed cocktail it callsFly With Me. British Airways shared pictures of the flight’s takeoff and exclaimed, “The day is finally here!” Were so close to the US opening we can almost touch it!

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Joseph Miller

US mask mandate for public transit will be extended through Jan. 18

This comes as the highly contagiousdelta variantof theCOVID-19virus spreads across the globe. The current TSA mask mandate for travelersgoes through Sept. 13. A TSA representative confirmed the extension to CNET. See also:Coronavirus delta variant: What you should know

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Christian Mendoza

US military has reportedly acted against ransomware groups

“That’s an important piece that we should always be mindful of.” The worldwideWannaCry ransomware attacksin 2017, for instance, locked upcomputer systems at hospitals, banks and phone companies. City governments in the US have also beenhobbled by ransomware assaults.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Leroy Valdez

US Military Says SpaceX Handily Fought Off Russian Starlink Jamming Attempts

Musk tweeted on March 25 that all such attempts had been foiled up to that point. “How they did that is kind of eye-watering to me.” “We need to be able to have that agility,” he added. AfterRussia invaded Ukraine in late February, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov requested Musk’s help. The billionaire SpaceX founder responded byactivating Starlink servicein the country and sending a number of receiver kits to Ukraine....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Steven Lamb

US officials investigating possible Moderna vaccine link to heart inflammation risk, report says

The report said two people familiar with the review “emphasized the side effect still probablyremains uncommon.” Meanwhile, both Pfizer and Moderna are reported to beexpanding vaccine studiesin children ages 5 to 11. At present, only people 12 or older are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Representatives for the CDC didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 58 words · Guy Smith

US Passport Renewals Are Just a Click Away Now With Online Application Service

The effort is part of President Biden’s Executive Order to modernize government services and make them more accessible. The change only applies for regular tourist passports. CheckCNET’s guide to find out exactly how to renew your passport online.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Amber Weiss

US Plans to Add 36 Chinese Companies to Restricted List

This entity list designation is the same one the US government had earlier assigned to Huawei. Yangtze Memory didn’t immediately respond to a CNET request for comment.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 27 words · Kristen Leon

US Pledges to Keep an Open Internet With Dozens of Other Countries

Countries like China and Russia are missing from the list. That makes it harder for individuals to enter the internet.Digital authoritarianism has been risingfor years.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 25 words · Breanna Holt

US Reclaims Supercomputing Crown With AMD-Powered Frontier

“This milestone offers just a preview of Frontier’s unmatched capability as a tool for scientific discovery.” The number of US systems on the list, meanwhile, dropped from 150 to 126. Frontier also claimed the top spot on the Green500 list, which rates energy efficiency in supercomputers. Frontier’s power efficiency came in at 52.23 gigaflops per watt. Unveiled in 2007, the Green500 list is published two to three times a year by Green500....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Earl Short

US releases 2020 census data, revealing increase in diversity

It also provides an up-to-date look at America’s racial and ethnic makeup. The totalpopulation of the US is now about 332.6 million, according to the Census Bureau’s population clock.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Heidi Mitchell