Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said Friday he’s resigning from the company’s board of directors and wants a black candidate to take his seat on what has been an all-white, four-person board. CEO Steve Huffman promised to honor the request and said in a post on Reddit that the company will update its content moderation policies…
Across the US, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against decades of systemic racism and police brutality, and to demand justice for George Floyd, a black man who was killed while in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. Amid the well-documented dangers of rubber bullets, tear gas, and pepper…
As businesses reopen, many of the 40 million people who lost jobs in the past three months could soon face a dilemma: return to work and risk their safety or lose their job and income.On Friday the US Labor Department said employers unexpectedly added 2.5 million jobs last month, after a devastating decline in April.…
Friday’s May jobs report shocked economists and analysts: After weeks of speculation that the new figures might show unemployment topping 20 percent—Great Depression–era levels—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, national unemployment dropped from 14.7 percent in April to “just” 13.3 percent. National payrolls, which experts had been predicting might have officially shed another 8…
Driven by climate change, heavy rains this spring gave rise to vast swarms of locusts that have been obliterating crops across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, leaving a trail of destruction the likes of which haven’t been seen for generations. Over the past few months, the insects have rapidly spread north, crossing the Gulf of Oman…
Police in riot gear swinging batons. Plumes of tear gas. Protesters on their knees, pepper-sprayed in the face. Rubber bullets shot from moving cars. Such scenes have played out in some 75 cities across the US after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. US president Donald Trump has…
Home News (Image credit: VRPlayer.fr) Sony has yet to reveal the design of the PS5, but a patent spotted by LetsGoDigital showcases how the console will keep cool and hints at its design. The patent shows a v-shaped cooling system that looks like it funnels air from one end of the console to the other, while…
Google Messages is the main SMS client for Android, and while most of the app’s recent development has been focused on improving RCS, the design team has also been hard at work. Now the app is receiving a top search bar, similar to what Gmail and other Google apps already have. The new design appears…
TCL is now selling Android TV-based smart televisions in the US.The 32-inch model is priced at $130 at Best Buy, while the 40-inch version costs $200.TCL previously only sold smart TVs with the Roku OS in the US.The Android TV operating system has always lagged behind the more popular Roku OS and Amazon Fire TV…
In America, it is easy to fantasize one kind of story: that black people should be powerless. The most extreme version of that fantasy played out in late May—how else might one categorize kneeling on someone’s neck for eight-plus minutes with such coldness in their eyes as anything other than a murder fantasy made real?—and…
