Australians visiting Google.com last week found, hovering below the search bar, an exclamation point encased in a yellow triangle. A warning: “The way Aussies search every day on Google is at risk from new government regulation.” The warning links to an open letter from Google Australia and New Zealand managing director Mel Silva. Google’s and…
As a kid growing up in New Hampshire, camping was a summertime rite of passage. I particularly loved our second-grade class trip to Jigger Johnson Campground up on the Kancamagus Highway, and all of the weird scenes that were part of it. Freddy Gallietta falling into the Swift River. The magic glow of the Primus…
It’s likely that your whole life is on your laptop: your financial records, your plans for the future, your entire photo and video library, your company’s sales reports, and so on and so on. What you don’t want is anyone else gaining unauthorized access to it, or more importantly, to all that data. The good…
Alleged design schematics for an updated iPad with a 10.8-inch display have been shared by 91Mobiles. The schematics reportedly show an iPad with a 10.8-inch display. This correlates with a previous report from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which said that Apple plans to launch a new 10.8-inch iPad in the second half of 2020. Although…
The killer feature that could make the iPhone 12 feel much, much faster – CNN
Destiny 1 Bungie There are frequently complaints that Destiny 2 is only just recycling old Destiny 1 content all the time, which includes bringing back old weapons. Well, they haven’t brought back as many as you think. By my count, there are 28 weapons that Destiny 2 has yet to port over from Destiny 1,…
Time travel becomes a family affair in Bill and Ted Face the Music, the long-awaited third film in the popular Bill and Ted comedy franchise. Fans won’t be disappointed: the film is most excellent, capturing that same breezy, chaotic, let’s-just-have-fun-with-this madcap magic of its predecessors. That’s due to a winning script by co-creators Ed Solomon…
Gather ’round, all, and hear the tale of the alleged Russian ransomware crook who tried and failed to recruit a Tesla employee for an insider scheme. Rather than go along with it, the target reported the approach, which got the FBI involved, which led to an arrest in Los Angeles the other week. It’s all…
This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In November 1860, a young scientist from upstate New York named William Brewer disembarked in San Francisco after a long journey that took him from New York City through Panama and then north along the Pacific coast. “The weather is perfectly…
AB979 is a robust approach to a longstanding problem, but raises a complicated question: Who counts as an underrepresented minority? The bill defines the category as someone who “self-identifies as Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native.” Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender employees also qualify as underrepresented.But…
