Monthly Archives: August 2022

Apple TV+’s ‘Bad Sisters’ review: Sharon Horgan’s dark comedy ditches whodunnit for how

What was it about Catastrophe, the comedy/drama Sharon Horgan co-created with Rob Delaney, that made it so damn good? The sharp writing? The clever blend of genres? The fun story? All those things played a part, but it was the characters — in all their flawed, human, amusing glory — that truly elevated the show….

The site of the US’s first major World War II offensive in the Pacific is the scene of new struggle with China

US Navy transport ship USS President Adams, its decks crowded with troops, before the invasion of Guadalcanal, August 4, 1942. PhotoQuest/Getty Images Eighty years ago, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It was the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, and it began to roll back the Japanese advance. The…

Trump has until Friday afternoon to decide to whether to fight the release of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. His team is reportedly consulting outside counsel.

Former US President Donald Trump waves while walking to a vehicle outside of Trump Tower in New York City on August 10, 2022. – STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images The US Department of Justice has moved to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Trump himself could release the warrant himself immediately. But the former president’s team is…

Trump said the feds left Melania Trump’s closet a ‘mess’ after executing a search warrant at their Mar-a-Lago home

AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson Donald Trump said the feds left Melania Trump’s closet a “mess” after the Mar-a-Lago raid. Earlier this week, the FBI searched Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, in a search signed off by the US AG. It’s unclear if any items were seized, but any clothing Melania Trump wore during official events…

Nothing Phone (1)’s screen isn’t as bright as initially advertised, but could get there in the future

Nothing initially advertised the Phone (1) as being capable of reaching a maximum peak brightness of 1,200 nits, only in certain HDR video scenarios. We don’t test for those, so all we got for our review of the phone was 663 nits in Auto brightness mode, with 466 nits in manual brightness mode. This didn’t…

Facebook Messenger finally wants to make end-to-end encrypted the default

Facebook Messenger is testing ways to protect user privacy with a handful of new security features. On Wednesday, the messaging platform announced it would begin testing “secure storage” of users’ Messenger conversations on the company’s server, so that users can still access their message history even if they’ve lost their device or want to restore…