Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks during the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 22, 2022. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Sen. Josh Hawley said he does not think the US should support Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid. In a new op-ed, he has become the first senator to announce his opposition to…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
New York police must now comply with a public records request related to its use of facial recognition and other surveillance on protestors. A judge has ordered the New York Police Department to release documents pertaining to its monitoring of Black Lives Matters protests during the summer of 2020, requiring it to release 2,700 emails…
Reminiscing The nostalgia of the past is appealing to everyone. The 2000s are a good example. Many trends have just been left behind in the midst of rapid technological advancements. There have been a lot of discussions about which 2000s trends Redditors wish would make a comeback. The movie rental business and translucent electronic cases…
Unusual In every culture, there are a variety of cultural norms. A good example would be if you excuse yourself from the table at dinner, or you say “bless you” when someone sneezes. It is also possible that we may be unfamiliar with many other cultural practices. In fact, these behaviors are accepted in each…
If Nothing’s brackets-loving naming scheme had you convinced that the next smartphone the company would come out with would be the Nothing Phone (2), well… Maybe not. A new rumor today claims that before a successor, the Nothing Phone (1) will get a “lite” version sibling. This would basically be exactly the same device as…
Spotify has unceremoniously stopped making the dash-mounted “Car Thing,” its first hardware device, the company announced this week. The change was announced as part of Spotify’s latest earnings release for shareholders, which said that developing the Car Thing cost €31 million (approximately $32 million USD) and that its overall gross margin was “negatively impacted by…
Pictured: a big reason Roku made less money than it expected from its players. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge No, you didn’t suddenly forget how to read: Roku, the streaming box and service company, is worried about how much money its buttons are bringing in. Not because it suddenly started making clicky…
President Joe Biden speaks during a Fourth of July celebration for military families on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci US President Joe Biden announced that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike. The US military conducted a precision drone strike operation on Saturday…
Former US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The daughter of a January 6 rioter said Monday that Donald Trump deserves “life in prison.” Peyton Reffitt’s father, Guy, was sentenced to 7 years in…
Derrick Evans pictured inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Justice Department. A Capitol rioter announced that he is writing a book while serving out his three-month sentence. Derrick Evans, a former West Virginia state legislator, pleaded guilty to Jan. 6 charges earlier this year. Since his sentencing, Evans has repeatedly downplayed his…