Monthly Archives: September 2022

Trump once tried to pay a $2 million legal bill with a horse, a new book reveals. His reputation for shortchanging lawyers made the firm that helped him win the 2016 election doubt they would get paid at all.

Jones Day began representing Donald Trump ahead of his 2016 presidential campaign. Getty In a new book, David Enrich takes a deep dive into the 127-year-old law firm Jones Day. Donald McGahn, a partner at Jones Day, left the firm to serve as Trump’s White House counsel. The following is an excerpt from the book,…

Americans think the government is too old — and wide margins support term limits, age caps, and cognitive tests, an Insider/Morning Consult poll finds

Franziska Barczyk for Insider Most Americans want to see age caps in Congress, according to an Insider/Morning Consult poll. Same for term limits in the House of Representatives and Senate. Three in four respondents think the age of the government is a problem. Read more from Insider’s “Red, White, and Gray” series. America’s government is…

Apple Reveals 8 Scenarios Where iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On Display Turns Off

Apple today published a new support document with additional details about the new always-on display mode on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Notably, the document lists eight scenarios where the always-on display temporarily turns off. To save battery life, Apple says the display goes completely dark when:Your iPhone is lying face…

Parler pivots to ‘uncancelable’ cloud services

Image: The Verge On Friday, Parler announced that it was entering the internet infrastructure industry in order to provide new “uncancelable” cloud services for online businesses. In a Friday press release, Parler announced that it was restructuring; the new venture, called Parlement Technologies, will provide new internet infrastructure services for businesses it says are at…

The new “Intel Processor” will replace Pentium and Celeron CPU branding in 2023

Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel’s processor lineup used to be, in the words of one of our greatest working artists, all about the Pentiums. That became less true beginning in the mid-2000s, when the modern “Core” branding was created to emphasize the company’s then-new multi-core processor offerings. But it was still sometimes about the Pentiums—Pentium and…

2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners include ducks in a row, constipated scorpions, ice cream, and more

Ducks swim in a row and use drafting to conserve energy. Phil Mitchell/Pexels Ritual enema ceremonies depicted in pottery. The synchronizing heart rates of new lovers. Scorpion constipation. Why the words in your iPhone “Terms of Agreement” are so complicated. Moose crashes. Research into all of these burning topics and more was honored yesterday at…