Monthly Archives: July 2022

Justice Samuel Alito jabs at Prince Harry and Boris Johnson after they criticized the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court’s budget during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee March 07, 2019 in Washington, DC. Members of the subcommittee asked the justices about court security, televising oral arguments and codes of ethics for the court. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…

The DOJ is preparing a strategy to force former Trump confidants to testify about the most secretive moments of Jan 6: report

House January 6 hearings are expected to put Donald Trump at the center of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Chet Strange/Getty Images The Justice Department’s Jan. 6 probe continues to zero in on former President Donald Trump. CNN reported Thursday that the agency is gearing up for a legal battle over forced testimony about…

Free Basic PDF Editing With Chromebooks

Google has announced notable updates in their Chromebook apps coming out next week, and the Gallery app PDF editing features caught my attention the most. It introduces new PDF editing functionalities, such as “fill out forms, highlight text, sign documents and add text annotations.” While these don’t cover all editing functions professionals might need, they…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 150 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 150 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, Shadow DOM,…

Derrick Brent to Be Sworn in as Next USPTO Deputy Director

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that Derrick Brent will serve as the Office’s next Deputy Director. According to today’s announcement, Brent hails from both the public and private sectors, most recently serving as a consultant advising startups on IP and other issues. He consulted for Cut Golf, an early-stage golf equipment…

Comcast stock falls as company fails to add Internet users for first time ever

Enlarge / Comcast CEO Brian Roberts at an event in Beijing on October 17, 2019. Comcast is the largest Internet provider in the US with over 29.8 million residential broadband customers, but the company’s long streak of adding Internet subscribers each quarter is finally over. In Q2 2022 earnings announced today, Comcast said it has…