Monthly Archives: August 2022

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Biden deserves credit for passing bipartisan legislation on guns and infrastructure

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Ting Shen – Pool/Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham said Biden has signed some legislation that “made sense.” He noted the bipartisan efforts behind the infrastructure and gun reform bills. “I just want the country to know that all is not lost in Washington,” Graham said. Sen. Lindsey Graham said…

Huawei MateBook 16S review

Introduction This is the new Huawei MateBook 16S – a laptop matching the overal design of last year’s MateBook 16, but a notable shift in internals to Intel’s Alder Lake. If you’re not familiar with Huawei’s MateBook 16, it has a 16-inch display with a taller 3:2 aspect ratio, packed into a svelte body that…

Baidu to operate fully driverless commercial robotaxi in Wuhan and Chongqing

Chinese internet giant Baidu has secured permits to offer a fully driverless commercial robotaxi service, with no human driver present, in Chongqing and Wuhan via the company’s autonomous ride-hailing unit, Apollo Go. Baidu’s wins in Wuhan and Chongqing come a few months after the company scored a permit to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the…

Meta’s AI chatbot has some election-denying, antisemitic bugs to work out after the company asked users to help train it

Screenshot of Blenderbot.ai conversation wherein the chatbot indicates Donald J. Trump is the current president of the United States. Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert/Insider Meta’s new machine-learning chatbot, BlenderBot 3, is the company’s most advanced AI chatbot to date. The bot, launched Friday, learns from users interacting with it and searches online to craft responses. In chats with…

Lindsey Graham says same-sex marriage should be left to the states but pivots from question on interracial marriage

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the second day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 23, 2022. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham reiterated on Sunday he thinks same-sex marriage should be a…

Air Canada is refusing to compensate passengers for cancellations thanks to a policy that lets them call staff shortages a safety problem

Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on July 30, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Air Canada has a policy allowing employees to classify flight cancellations caused by staff shortages as a “safety” problem. The policy excludes travelers from being able to access compensation under federal regulations. …