Monthly Archives: July 2022

A Trump fan got widespread sympathy after his garage was burned and defaced with ‘Biden 2020’ graffiti. Prosecutors say he did it himself in a $300K insurance scam.

A screenshot from Fox News’ “Ingraham Angle” on September 24, 2020 showing Ingraham and Ben Shapiro commenting on an apparent attack. Fox News/The Internet Archive Prosecutors say a Minnesota man faked a politically motivated attack in an insurance scam. They said Dennis Molla sprayed pro-Biden and Antifa graffiti on his garage then set it on…

Twitter says Elon Musk admitted he didn’t read a summary it sent him of how it samples bots

Elon Musk. Picture Alliance/Getty Images Twitter is suing Elon Musk for trying to terminate his proposed acquisition of the company. Musk said one reason he wants out is Twitter withheld information about the number of bot accounts on its platform. Twitter denied this and said Musk didn’t read a summary it gave him of how…

Here’s how American, JetBlue, and United’s flight cancelations compare with other major global airlines

United canceled 3% of flights during the first half of 2022, according to OAG. Matheus Obst/Shutterstock New data calculated the percentage of flights cancelled by airlines in the first half of 2022.   The data from OAG, reported by Sky News, included United, American, Lufthansa and British Airways. With 4.3%, JetBlue canceled the highest percentage of…

Quarantined cruise passengers say they struggled to get COVID-19 tests and an asthma puffer during a virus outbreak onboard

The Coral Princess cruise ship is seen docked at the International Terminal on Circular Quay in Sydney on July 13, 2022. MUHAMMAD FAROOQ/AFP via Getty Images Coral Princess guests struggled to get COVID tests and an asthma inhaler while isolating, per The Guardian. An infected guest was left unchecked for two days and staff offered…

The US’s best stealth jets are pretty easy to spot on radar, but that doesn’t make it any easier to stop them

An F-22 and an F-35. Air Force Stealth fighters are often touted as “invisible on radar” but are actually not invisible at all. Lower-frequency radar arrays are often capable of spotting stealth fighters in the air. Because those radars have larger wavelengths, they can’t provide enough data to lock onto a target. Stealth fighters like…

The Morning After: First impressions of Nothing’s see-through smartphone

With its transparent back, light-up details and low-fi ringtones, the Nothing Phone 1 is framed as a playful reinterpretation of the smartphone, a category that (beside foldables) has become staid. Engadget It’s an anticipated addition to the world of smartphones, and Nothing would do well to carve out a place for itself against not only…