Jim Carrey will no longer play Joe Biden on ‘SNL’
Jim Carrey‘s short stint as Joe Biden has come to an end. Carrey will no longer play the president-elect on “Saturday Night Live,”…
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Jim Carrey will no longer play Joe Biden on ‘SNL’
Jim Carrey‘s short stint as Joe Biden has come to an end. Carrey will no longer play the president-elect on “Saturday Night Live,”…
Continue Reading How Covid-19 upended the design of fast food restaurants
Coronavirus has left no parts of life untouched, even fast food. The pandemic has shifted how people consume it, with the drive-thru getting a second…
Continue Reading How Covid-19 upended the design of fast food restaurants
Coronavirus has left no parts of life untouched, even fast food. The pandemic has shifted how people consume it, with the drive-thru getting a second…
Continue Reading Massive SolarWinds hack has big businesses on high alert
The US government was rattled this week by a cyberattack that compromised a third-party software vendor’s systems and led to data breaches at…
Continue Reading Massive SolarWinds hack has big businesses on high alert
The US government was rattled this week by a cyberattack that compromised a third-party software vendor’s systems and led to data breaches at…
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Boris Johnson is facing two hellish weeks. Critics fear his weak leadership could seriously harm the UK
Boris Johnson might not be fully aware of it, but the next two weeks could contain two of the most significant moments in his premiership. As Brits…
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As FDA authorizes a second Covid-19 vaccine, US reports highest number of daily cases
A second Covid-19 vaccine will soon be shipped out across the country — a “remarkable scientific achievement,” according to one…
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Tucker Carlson’s vaccine rant should be called out by every reputable news organization
The First Amendment offers wide protection for free speech in America. But that right to express an opinion is not unlimited. Everyone knows you…
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Last minute Christmas shipping craze sweeps the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — Haven’t shipped your Christmas packages yet? You’d be surprised to learn there is still time, but not much. The deadline to ship…
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Obamacare sign ups increase for first time under Trump
More people signed up for Obamacare coverage on the federal exchange during open enrollment this year — the only increase under the Trump…
Continue Reading Researchers reject Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s misuse of their studies to support mask denialism
Laura Ingraham, the right-wing Fox News host, logged on Twitter one recent Friday afternoon to fire off the latest salvo in her long-running crusade…
Continue Reading Former Zoom employee accused of censoring Tiananmen Square video meetings for Chinese government
A former Zoom employee is wanted by the FBI for his alleged participation in a scheme to censor meetings on behalf of the Chinese government.…
Continue Reading Travis Scott is the latest entrant in the (very crowded) spiked seltzer wars
Travis Scott is partnering with Anheuser-Busch on a new agave-spiked seltzer called Cacti, bringing yet another label to the crowded spiked seltzer…
Continue Reading SpaceX internet competitor OneWeb is back in action after bankruptcy
OneWeb, a UK-based company racing to build a constellation of satellites to beam internet service to people back on Earth, completed its first launch…
Continue Reading Tesla is about to become the top S&P 500 stock. It’s not even close
When Tesla officially joins the S&P 500 on Monday, Elon Musk’s electric car company will instantly become the top performing stock in the…
Continue Reading New York Times says its award-winning podcast about ISIS ‘did not meet our standards for accuracy’
The New York Times announced Friday that “Caliphate,” the newspaper’s award-winning podcast about the Islamic State, “did not…
Continue Reading BTS really can do anything. Now it’s got print magazines flying off the stands
The impact of Korean pop band BTS on the global music scene is hard to overstate. Time magazine recently named BTS Entertainer of the Year in its…
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Here’s why some McDonald’s restaurants are putting cameras in their dumpsters
Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it. Since 2013 his San Francisco-based startup, Compology,…
Continue Reading Here’s why some McDonald’s restaurants are putting cameras in their dumpsters
Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it. Since 2013 his San Francisco-based startup, Compology,…
Continue Reading US bans China’s top chipmaker from using American technology
China’s top chipmaker was already having a rough week. Now its problems are getting much worse. The US government on Friday slapped harsh…
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Here’s why McDonald’s restaurants are putting cameras in their dumpsters
Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it. Since 2013 his San Francisco-based startup, Compology,…
Continue Reading Retailers brace for a rush of last-minute shopping this weekend
At this point, if you haven’t shipped your Christmas gifts, it may be too late to ensure online purchases will arrive before December 25. That…
Continue Reading Mayor Pete had a fleet of 47 buses. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will have a budget of $87 billion
South Bend, Indiana has a transit budget of about $10 million, covering 47 buses and fewer than 100 full-time employees. Now the transportation…
Continue Reading Sony pulls bug-ridden Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store
Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077, the most anticipated game of the year, from its PlayStation Store and is offering refunds to customers. Sony…
Continue Reading Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash
Message board juggernaut Reddit is accelerating its push into video, snapping up a sharing platform that is popular with young people and women.…
Continue Reading Alibaba ‘dismayed’ by reports its software was used to identify Uyghurs
Alibaba says that it has stopped trying to identify faces by ethnicity after the company was accused this week of creating a facial recognition…
Continue Reading Tucker Carlson fans flames of vaccine skepticism, telling Fox News viewers to be nervous about ‘glitzy’ rollout
Tucker Carlson, the right-wing Fox News host, sowed doubt about the coronavirus vaccine on his highly rated prime time program Thursday, spotlighting…
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Tucker Carlson fans flames of vaccine skepticism, telling Fox News viewers to be nervous about ‘glitzy’ rollout
Tucker Carlson, the right-wing Fox News host, sowed doubt about the coronavirus vaccine on his highly rated prime time program Thursday, spotlighting…
Continue Reading A sad list of all the tech we barely touched in 2020
So much of the technology we use in our daily lives is meant for life on the go—whether we’re commuting to work, connecting with friends…
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