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See Taylor Swift through the years


Taylor Swift shocked her fans yet again this year, by announcing a surprise drop of her ninth album “Evermore” on Dec. 11. To help Swifties celebrate, we’ve rounded up the singer’s life in photos, from her early Nashville days through her current pop (and now folk) mastery.

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/2016/03/16/taylor-swift-through-the-years/81857818/

Apple plans to remove apps from App Store that track users without consent starting 2021


This is part of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework with iOS 14, requiring developers to receive the user’s permission to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier. The new feature will be available early next year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/09/apple-could-remove-apps-track-users-without-consent/6505743002/

COVID-19 vaccine, US Women’s Open tees off, Hanukkah begins: 5 things to know Thursday


A U.S. committee crucial for clearing a COVID-19 vaccine will hold an all-day meeting Thursday, and depending on how it votes, the nation’s first doses could ship as early as Friday. The U.S. set a record for COVID-19 deaths reported in a day Wednesday — 3,124, a single-day toll worse than 9/11.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/12/10/coronavirus-vaccine-hanukkah-us-womens-open-northern-lights/6495976002/

Should Facebook be broken up? FTC, 46 states sue tech giant for antitrust over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions


The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states are suing Facebook on antitrust grounds, taking direct aim at two prized acquisitions that broadened the company’s global footprint and fueled its more than $70 billion advertising business.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/08/facebook-antitrust-lawsuits-instagram-whatsapp-mark-zuckerberg/6502309002/

What vaccination rates in rural America tell us about the advent of COVID-19 vaccines


America’s poor track record vaccinating people against the flu spells trouble for the coming effort to immunize the nation against COVID-19, experts say, particularly in rural areas where the novel coronavirus is raging out of control.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/06/flu-vaccine-rates-rural-covid-19-vaccine/3832618001/