Monthly Archives: October 2022

Epic Games and Match Group want to bring additional antitrust allegations against Google

Epic Games and Match Group are attempting to expand their lawsuits against Google to include additional allegations against the search giant. In a motion filed on Friday with the District Court of California, the two companies accused Google of paying off developers that had the means and ability to create competing Android app stores. Specifically,…

Wet Pot Systems Self-Watering Pots take care of your indoor plants for simple management

Caring for your indoor greenery just got easier with the Wet Pot Systems Self-Watering Pots. Thanks to its simple function, it offers maintenance-free indoor garden growth and helps your flora to flourish. Best of all, the pots are made of 100% natural materials without any chemicals, so you can grow veggies, too. Simply place your…

Twitter locks Kanye West out of his account following anti-Semitic post

Ye’s Twitter account is locked after he violated that platform’s policies. | Photo by Edward Berthelot/GC Images Twitter confirmed that it locked Kanye West, who now goes by “Ye,” out of his account after he posted an anti-Semitic tweet on Saturday (via BuzzFeed News). “The account in question has been locked due to a violation…

Virginia flight instructor, 23, killed during flight lesson after a student caused the plane to stall and crash

Viktoria Ljungman/Instagram Viktoria Ljungman, 23, was killed after the plane stalled and crashed during a flight lesson. Oluwagbohunmi Oyebode, 18, pointed the nose of the plane too high, causing it to stall, police say. Oyebode and another 18-year-old student on the plane suffered life-threatening injuries from the crash. A Swedish flight instructor was killed during…

Mark Meadows told incoming Biden chief of staff Ron Klain during the presidential transition that ‘no president’ received a daily intelligence briefing: book

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Meadows told Klain that “no president” received a daily briefing, per Maggie Haberman’s new book. In “Confidence Man,” Haberman detailed how Klain asked for Biden to get a daily intelligence brief. “No president ever does that. That’s never happened,” Meadows responded, according to the…

Apple’s new crash detection feature for the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch is calling 911 when people ride roller coasters

Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Apple recently introduced crash detection for iPhone 14 and Apple Watch. It’s supposed to detect when users get into a crash and help them reach emergency services. It seems to be overreacting in some cases, though. Crash detection is calling 911 when users go on roller coaster rides, WSJ and Coaster101 report….

Twitter locks Kanye West’s account for anti-semitic tweet following warm Elon Musk welcome

Elon Musk’s troubling, nascent vision for Twitter was on full display this weekend after the SpaceX and Tesla CEO strode into the center of a content moderation controversy created by Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. West popped up on Twitter Friday night for the first time since November 2020, tweeting “Look at this…

Ukrainians are posing with a giant postage stamp depicting the blown up bridge linking Russia and Crimea

People pose for photos and take selfies in front of the large poster of a postage stamp depicting the Crimean Kerch Bridge on fire in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 08, 2022. Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ukrainians are celebrating the bridge explosion that collapsed a key link between Russia and Crimea. The Kerch Bridge explosion…