Monthly Archives: September 2022

From layoffs to hiring freezes, here’s how companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and Google are preparing for an economic downturn

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Talk of a coming recession has some people spooked. While the economy is still looking pretty good due to a strong jobs market, some companies seem to be scaling back. From hiring freezes to cancelling offsites to layoffs, they’re signaling expectations of a downturn. While a recession hasn’t…

Biden responds to another heckler at his latest speech: ‘Let him go, everybody’s entitled to be an idiot’

President Joe Biden speaks to union workers at Laborfest on September 05, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Biden is scheduled to speak at an event in Pennsylvania after leaving Wisconsin. Scott Olson/Getty Images President Joe Biden responded to a heckler during a Monday Labor Day speech in Milwaukee. “Let him go. Look, everybody’s entitled to be…

Harvard legal scholar Laurence Tribe slams judge’s decision to allow special master in Trump case as ‘utterly lawless’

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York City, on August 10, 2022. James Devaney/GC Images A federal judge ruled that a special master must review materials seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. The Monday opinion granted Trump’s request and ordered the Justice Department to stop using the documents in its investigation.  A Harvard legal…

Out of 18 pro-democracy bills in 2022, the US Senate filibuster torpedoed 17 of them: report

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, points at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, on the steps of the US Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Watchdog group Common Cause ranked Congress on key democracy issues.  101 members of Congress received a perfect score in the 2022 Democracy Scorecard.  That’s…

Gurman: ‘Apple Reality Pro’ to Be First of Three Apple AR/VR Headset Devices

Apple is working on at least three augmented-reality and virtual-reality headset devices, the first of which will likely launch with the name “Apple Reality Pro,” according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Concept render based on purported leaked information by Ian Zelbo In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman explained that there are a…