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Samsung’s Expert RAW camera app will get two new features with next update, release for older models delayed

Samsung has announced two new features for its Expert RAW camera app, which will be available for the users with the next update. First is the Custom Preset feature, which will let users save their custom camera settings and use them to take pictures again. Second is the Save Format menu, which will allow users…

I tried four sandwiches on Subway’s newly revamped menu, and now I think the chain is finally turning things around

A Subway tuna sandwich. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Subway just introduced a new menu with 12 sandwiches designed to be ordered as-is, without customization. The menu is a departure from Subway’s historical emphasis on customization. This was my best Subway experience, and I think it shows a bright future for the chain.  Subway just…

Mom hits out at American Airlines for losing her unaccompanied daughter in Miami airport

Miami International Airport. Daniel Slim/Getty Images American Airlines lost a 12-year-old unaccompanied child after she arrived at Miami airport. The girl’s mother said she was told by AA an hour after the flight landed they couldn’t find her. Her mother paid $150 for an airport chaperone but the airline let her get off the plane…

From Donald Trump to Mike Pence, the GOP parrots claims about ‘abortions at the moment of birth’ that experts call ‘terrible lies’ and a ‘complete falsehood’

In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the third presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas. David Goldman/AP Conservatives applauded the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, which withdrew the federal right to an abortion. Abortion opponents have claimed that Roe…

The Twitter drama among powerful people over high gas prices revealed a lot about who gets what and why — and Americans are still waiting on a solution

President Biden; gas prices in San Francisco, California on May 20, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast. He writes that a recent feud on Twitter reveals a lot about who gets what in the American economy.   We often…

Aircraft leasing company with 34 jets being held hostage by Putin sinks to $1.6 billion loss

Russia is holding onto hundreds of foreign aircraft as it dodges sanctions. Pavel Golovkin/AP SMBC Aviation has written off $1.6 billion on planes that are stuck in Russia. Russia passed a law in March allowing the registration of foreign aircraft, stoking default fears. Russian airlines are facing problems as Boeing and Airbus will not send…

Police swarmed Steve Bannon’s DC home after receiving a false report that an armed man shot someone inside

“War Room” podcast host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. DOMINICK REUTER/AFP via Getty Images Armed police on Friday swarmed the DC home of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Police showed up at his home after receiving a call saying there was a man inside who had shot someone. Police told the Washington…

Digital Trust Benchmark Report 2021 Preview

In our Digital Trust Benchmark Report, we analyze the data from our fifth annual “US Digital Trust Survey” to evaluate how US social media users feel about nine major social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube—and reveal the extent to which trust affects usage and attitudes toward advertising. To download…