Chad, the acclaimed coming-of-age comedy, has been canceled, just hours before its second season was due to go on air. The show starred former Saturday Night Live regular Nasim Pedrad as the title character, a Persian American boy struggling with the pressures and cutthroat daily life at high school while reconciling with his cultural identity and…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
When Amazon Prime Day comes around, the company is always great at offering deals on its own services, and Audible is one such offering that it’s worth waiting for Prime Day before picking up. Alongside all the Prime Day deals on right now, you can currently get three months of Audible for free if you’re…
A Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft takes part in a rehearsal, ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, over RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, Britain, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Lee Smith Hot weather melted the tarmac at a UK military base, which halted flights, per Sky News. Tar has got stuck to RAF officials’ boots and aircraft wheels…
Uber stand at LAX DAVID SWANSON/REUTERS Uber paid out six-figure fees to academics for positive research used in the media, the Uber Files revealed. The tech company funded academic research to use as ammunition in politics and the media. An FT story which quoted the consultant academics was applauded internally at Uber. Uber paid consultants…
Former President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1996. Davidoff Studios/Getty Images A new documentary explores the relationship between Trump and his three oldest children. Interviewees, including Trump’s kids, said he pitted them against each other when they were younger. A Trump biographer said the ways Trump…
Subway tuna sandwich. Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Image A federal judge ruled that Subway can be sued over the contents of its tuna products. An original class-action lawsuit was filed in January 2021. The lawsuit alleged that the company’s tuna products were made from “a mixture of various concoctions.” A lawsuit claiming that Subway…
Hi, Aaron Weinman here. The largest US banks will reveal their second-quarter earnings this week. But before getting into that, today and Wednesday mark Amazon Prime Day. So if you’re in the market for an air fryer or a pair of hideous Crocs flip flops, we’ve got you covered with 59 of this year’s best…
Manuel Oliver interrupting Joe Biden during a speech at the White House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images Manuel Oliver interrupted Biden during a speech to call for more gun control. Oliver, whose son died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, said he did it because he had “nothing to lose.” Biden had been celebrating…
Apple is trying to reshape the way people work on Macs. Stage Manager in macOS Ventura might seem like a quick visual way to swap between your recently used applications, but according to Devindra Hardawar, who’s been testing the first Ventura public beta over the past week, Apple may have solved the window management issues…
While Prime Day deals have discounted most of Amazon’s gadgets, one of the most affordable you can get is the Echo Dot. The company has knocked 60 percent off the small smart speaker, bringing it down to a new record low of $20. The Echo Dot with Clock is also cheaper than ever right now…