Monthly Archives: September 2022

Trump team files new court papers in Mar-a-Lago lawsuit that experts say are ‘long on hyperbole and short on law’

Former President Donald Trump. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Trump’s latest salvo in his effort to get a special master was panned as a “PR filing” rather than a serious legal document. His lawyers recycled claims of political bias and alluded to his possible 2024 presidential run. Notably, they made no mention of his weeks-long claim that…

Mitch McConnell asked Peter Thiel to split costs in backing Trump-endorsed AZ Senate candidate Blake Masters before his PAC pulled funding from the race, per WaPo

Billionaire Peter Thiel and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters. Marco Bello/Getty Images and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Mitch McConnell asked billionaire Peter Thiel to split costs in Blake Masters’ AZ Senate race, per The Washington Post. Thiel reportedly rebuffed McConnell and his associated PAC’s pitch. Some in the GOP have begun…

A photo shared by the DOJ of materials recovered at Mar-a-Lago clearly shows documents labeled ‘TOP SECRET’ with distinctive cover sheets that are hard to miss

This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Department of Justice A photo from a Tuesday…

University of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Public Schools Partner with AWS to Increase Access to Cloud Computing Education Statewide

A new collaboration among the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE), University of Hawaiʻi System (UH), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) aims to build a cloud computing talent pipeline from high school through higher education, with a short-term goal of training and certifying 150 learners by 2025.Read More

US TV advertisers will spend close to $20 billion in this year’s upfronts

TV networks are hoping for a return to normalcy  after a turbulent 2020.  Advertisers will spend $19.90 billion upfront in the 2021-2022 TV season, an increase of 7.6% over the previous cycle. Do you work in the Marketing, Media & Advertising industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors…

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp could soon have exclusive features for those willing to pay

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp could soon have specialized features available only to users willing to pay for them. Meta is forming a new division called New Monetization Experiences that will be solely focused on paid features for the company’s app, according to a memo reported byThe Verge. Wile Facebook and Instagram already have a number…