Protestors outside the US Supreme Court after the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, June 24, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Other countries, including US allies, reacted with concern after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. While the case may not appear to affect foreign policy, it has raised doubts overseas about US…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
A phone’s screen is incredibly important because it’s your main point of interaction with it and all its innards. Your handset might have the best chipset and the best cameras, but if the screen isn’t very good, you’ll definitely notice – after all, you are looking at it every time you use your phone. There…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter lawyered up. The company reportedly hired Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a firm notable enough to have its own Wikipedia page, and a founding partner, Martin Lipton, credited with inventing the shareholder rights plan or “poison pill” defense that Twitter initially used to put the brakes on…
In this April 22, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel arrives at a news conference outside of the south air traffic control tower at O’Hare International Airport. President Joe Biden is nominating former Emanuel to serve as his envoy to Japan. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File Amb. Rahm Emanuel shared Japan’s reaction to the assassination…
The July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois left seven dead and dozens wounded. Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A business district in the location of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, can reopen. The area had been blocked off with crime scene tape, barricades, and uniformed officers since last…
Goop CEO and founder Gwyneth Paltrow Layne Murdoch Jr./Getty Images Two men were hospitalized after catching fire during an explosion at a Goop store in the Hamptons. The explosion was caused by rubbing alcohol added to lit candles, according to officers on the scene. “I’ve been doing this for 26 years and I’ve seen a…
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he goes on a bike ride in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Sunday, July 10, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP President Biden told reporters he is still considering declaring a public health emergency for abortion access. The administration previously tabled the idea, worried that…
Make traveling and overnight getaways more exciting and possible with the BeTRITON camper trike. It’s compatible with both land and water use, making it perfect for long-distance adventures. Moreover, this camper trike has a 50+ km range on land and 20+ km on water. Best of all, it only takes around 5 minutes to switch…
Domain authority (DA) is one of the most important factors in evaluating a website, and it’s a metric search engines use to determine a website’s quality and relevance. To determine a site’s domain authority, the metric counts the number of links from high-quality websites to a particular domain. When you understand your domain authority, you…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A trove of internal Uber documents leaked to The Guardian and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), as well as dozens of other news outlets, outlines its strategies for global expansion — even if the company had to bend some rules. The leak, collectively dubbed…