The Facebook outage is dry run for worse web crashes

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Mark Zuckerberg can’t catch a break lately. The Facebook (FB.O) boss wants to turn the two-dimensional internet into a metaverse where “instead of just viewing content, you are in it,” according to an interview with the Verge. But hot on the heels of an exposé of some uncomfortable internal documents provided by […]
U.S. senators propose 25% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday proposed a 25% tax credit for investments in semiconductor manufacturing as Congress works to increase U.S. chip production.
EXCLUSIVE Biden considers giving refiners relief from U.S. biofuel laws, sources say

President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is considering ways to provide relief to U.S. oil refiners from biofuel blending mandates, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Rubio first U.S. Republican senator to support union push at Amazon.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio on Friday became the first high-profile Republican lawmaker to support a growing push to unionize Amazon.com Inc workers in Alabama, after several Democratic lawmakers visited the company’s facility last week.