Monthly Archives: August 2022

Trump demands reinstatement as ‘rightful’ president or ‘a new Election, immediately!’ as some Republicans seek distance from him

Former President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File Donald Trump is seeking reinstatement as president or “a new Election, immediately!” His statement follows news that Facebook limited the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop in users’ news feeds in 2020. Trump is doubling down on false election fraud claims as some Republicans seek distance from the…

US military academies should honor ‘greatest examples’ of the past and ditch Confederate names, commission says

A graduating senior Cadet salutes during the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2022 graduation ceremony at West Point, New York, May 21, 2022. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado A commission has recommended dropping Confederate names at US military academies. The congressionally-created “Naming Commission” is largely composed of retired military brass. It said academies should honor the “greatest…

Innovation Strategies at Small and Midsize FIs: How US Banks with Assets Below $100 Billion Are Punching Outside Their Weight Class on Digital User Experience

Smaller FIs are aware of the need to develop value-added digital customer experiences, but they have to do so with smaller budgets than their competitors. The following is a preview of Insider Intelligence’s Innovation Strategies at Small and Midsize FIs Report. You can purchase this report here. Do you work in the Banking industry? Get…

An iPhone 14 satellite link could depend on Apple cutting a deal with wireless carriers

It could come down to business negotiations. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge As Apple’s iPhone 14 event gets closer, rumors continue to swirl around the phone’s potential ability to provide emergency communications via a satellite network. On Monday, noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple had “completed hardware tests for this feature”…

Biden faces growing pressure to legalize weed

Photo by Nate Smallwood / Getty Images Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman is calling on President Joe Biden to decriminalize marijuana before visiting Pennsylvania next week. “It’s long past time that we finally decriminalize marijuana,” Fetterman said in a Monday statement. “The president needs to use his executive authority to begin descheduling marijuana, I would…