If you live in one of these 20 states, the minimum wage is about to increase
20 US states plan to raise their minimum wage starting on January 1st, 2021. Some states like Minnesota and Florida will increase the minimum wage …
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Coronavirus deaths are rising in these 3 states at the worst possible time
Coronavirus cases have hit a record low in the US as a whole, which is welcome news after the country endured months of the pandemic …
Dr. Fauci says that this is ‘the worst thing you can do’ right now
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that ‘the worst thing you can do’ is send students who test positive for COVID-19 home where they can infect their …
Coronavirus deaths in the US will likely double over the next four months
The US coronavirus death toll could reach 410,000 by January 1st, according to the latest projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). …
More than half of the US is reporting rising coronavirus infection rates
The coronavirus infection rate is on the rise in 26 US states, even as hotspots like Florida, California, Texas, and Arizona have begun to see …
Americans say they’re embarrassed by Trump’s response to coronavirus
A new poll from research company SRSS shows that 68% of Americans are embarrassed by the way Donald Trump’s administration has handled the coronavirus pandemic. …
US is making its own coronavirus strain for human challenge trials
According to Reuters, US scientists are attempting to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that they could use to intentionally infect participants in human …
US-China tensions are threatening an undersea internet cable between the two countries
In yet another byproduct of continued tensions between the US and China, a national security review is reportedly scrutinizing an undersea internet cable between the …
Sony says PS4 and PS5 prices could go up if US continues China tariffs
You may not yet have personally felt the impact of the tariffs the US has placed on China, but if you plan on picking up …
4 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week
I hear you, the trailer you most wanted to see this week still isn’t here, and we have an idea or two as to why …
Jordan Peele shares an enigmatic poster for his follow-up to ‘Get Out’
Few directors had as much buzz as Jordan Peele going into 2018. Get Out, which won an Academy Award and was nominated for three more, …
Russia’s hacking of the US presidential election was far worse than we thought
If you thought that Russian meddling into the US election “only” included hacking the Democrats, leaking information from those hacks, and targeting social media with …
China overtakes U.S. as world’s largest smartphone market
China has overtaken the United States as the world’s top smartphone market by volume according to new data released on Wednesday. Market research firm Strategy …
Aging iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS still best-selling phones in Q3
Despite the huge variety of new smartphones released since the previous two generations of iPhone were first unveiled, Apple’s devices still managed to top the …
Tablet takeover: Pew study shows how tablets are changing consumer behavior [infographic]
Tablet adoption is exploding in the United States and a new study conducted by Pew Research Center shows that 11% of consumers in the U.S. …
ITC judge rules that Apple does not infringe on HTC patents
A judge with the United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Apple is not infringing on four of HTC’s patents related to phone dialing …
U.S. emerges as global 4G LTE leader after less than a year
A country that was recently the butt of jokes due to its ongoing reliance on CDMA networks now finds itself a global leader in next-generation …
There are now more wireless subscriber connections in the U.S. than people
For the first time, the number of wireless devices connecting to cellular networks in the United States and its territories over the past six months has …
U.S. video game sales slide 23% in August
Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories in the United States continued to slide in August according to new data from NPD Group, again …
Nielsen: Android takes 40% of U.S. smartphone market in July; iOS flat, RIM down a point
Google’s Android platform gained once again during the three-month period ending in July, increasing it’s share by 1% over second-quarter totals to grab 40% of …
Deloitte: U.S. may invest $53 billion in 4G networks over next five years
Wireless telcos in the United States are poised to invest as much as $53 billion in 4G wireless network technology and buildouts over the next …
Android, iOS gain U.S. market share in Q2 while BlackBerry slides, NPD says
Android’s lead in the U.S. smartphone market was extended further in the second quarter of 2011 according to leading market research firm The NPD Group. …
NPD: Gaming sales down 26% in July, Xbox 360 top U.S. console for seventh straight month
U.S. video game industry sales were down 26% in July compared to the same period last year according to new data published by The NPD Group. …
Nokia to abandon feature phone, Symbian businesses in U.S. and Canada
Nokia plans to exit its low-end feature phone and Symbian smartphone businesses in North America following the launch of its first round of Windows Phones, …
PlayStation Vita will miss Christmas shopping season in U.S., Europe
Sony’ next-generation portable video game console will not launch in the U.S. until early 2012, Sony Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai told The Associated Press …
U.S. broadband actually approaches advertised speeds
4G is a hot topic here on BGR and as such, we’ve likely become more numb than we should when it comes to advertised data …
Apple may sell 30 million iPhones in Q4, including 1.5 million Sprint iPhones, analyst says
The launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone will propel global iPhone sales to 30 million units in the calendar fourth quarter of this year, BTIG Research …
