Day: May 24, 2022
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Carolyn Bourdeaux’s Primary Loss Breaks Off a Third Member of the Gottheimer Gang
Last summer, a group of Democrats organized by New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer derailed President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda by successfully decoupling it from a bipartisan infrastructure bill. The group was dubbed the “Unbreakable Nine.” The bill, known as the Build Back Better Act, was paid for in part by tax increases on the wealthy […]
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Central Park Birdwatcher Christian Cooper Gets His Own National Geographic TV Show
Central Park Birdwatcher Christian Cooper Gets His Own National Geographic TV Show Photo: National Geographic/Jon Kroll After being falsely accused of threatening a woman in Central Park two years ago, avid birdwatcher Christian Cooper is finally seeing the fallout from the controversy come full circle. When the unfortunate incident dragged his name into the public […]
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PSA: Apple still selling 2021 Apple Watch Pride Braided Solo Loop band
Apple on Tuesday released the 2022 edition of its traditional Apple Watch Pride bands. Although in the past the company discontinued the old Pride bands after launching a new one, this time Apple is still selling the 2021 Pride Braided Solo Loop band for Apple Watch. more… The post PSA: Apple still selling 2021 Apple […]
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Bomb-Sweeping Dog Switches Sides to Ukraine After Being Abandoned by Russian Troops
Bomb-Sweeping Dog Switches Sides to Ukraine After Being Abandoned by Russian Troops Dogs and their enhanced sense of smell have been an integral part of helping the Ukrainian army fight against the Russian invasion. In fact, courageous pups in Ukraine have even been awarded medals of honor for their ability to detect and clear explosive […]
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Keep track of the songs you want to listen to later with ‘MusicBox’
iOS has many ways to help you discover new songs, including the built-in Shazam integration. But what about when you can’t play that song at that moment for some reason? With the new MusicBox app, users can finally keep track of songs they want to listen to later. more… The post Keep track of the […]
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Apple’s new App Store rule for easier account and data deletion hits June 30th
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge During its WWDC 2021 event, Apple laid down a slew of policy changes for the App Store, adjusting the rules for everything from bounty hunting to whether or not Roblox is a game. Now, with the WWDC 2022 event ready to start on June 6th, Apple is reminding […]
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What the public wants in COVID news vs. what the press provides
Enlarge (credit: Anton Melnyk) Misinformation posing as news has been a problem that only got worse with the ease of publishing on the Internet. But the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have raised it to new levels, driving lots of attention to rumors, errors, and outright falsehoods. Given the magnitude of the threat, there would seem […]
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Server hack yields harrowing images of life inside Chinese detention camps
Enlarge A hack on police servers in China’s Xinjiang region has yielded thousands of graphic images and videos of Uighur detainees suffering in detention camps in one of the starkest accounts yet of the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the country’s persecution of ethnic minorities. The images are accompanied by training manuals, detailed police work […]
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Brian McFadden.
Brian McFadden.
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Judge rules Tesla can’t hide behind arbitration in sexual harassment case
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A lawsuit that accuses Tesla of fostering a workplace with “rampant” sexual harassment will continue in court after a California judge denied the company’s motion for arbitration, as first reported by Bloomberg. Although the female worker who brought up the case signed an arbitration agreement at Tesla, terminating […]