MAY 18, 2022
Queen Elizabeth smiling. - Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Queen Elizabeth II, long known for tradition, has been "shaking things up" a bit at Windsor Castle as of late. First, the queen shocked the world by expressing her wishes that Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, be named Queen Consort upon her son and heir Charles' ascension to the throne (as shared...
MAY 18, 2022
A PG&E worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
Summer is right around the corner, which means jamming up those air conditioning units. However, with the cost of energy rising, cooling down the house in the midst of the sweltering summer heat is going to cost more than usual.
The U.S. Energy Information...
MAY 17, 2022
Musk and Bezos Agree on Who Is Responsible for Inflation. - TheStreet
It's rare to see Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos agree on things.
The former is the richest man in the world with an estimated fortune of $213 billion as of May 16, according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
The second is the second richest man on the planet. His...
MAY 17, 2022
Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City. - Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Elon Musk says he will be crossing the aisle to vote for Republicans in the upcoming elections.
Musk announced Monday that he would be voting for GOP candidates in the...
MAY 17, 2022
Former US President Donald Trump. Allison Joyce/Getty Images
The company buying Trump's social network Truth Social warned investors about his past business failures.
In a filing Monday, Digital World noted the bankruptcy of Trump Taj Mahal and failure of Trump Vodka.
The blank-check firm is engineering a merger with TMTG, the company that owns Truth Social.
Former US...
MAY 17, 2022
An iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. - NYC Russ/Shutterstock
Rumors that Apple is working on a foldable device have been swirling for a while now, but it appears that the company wants to take a rather odd route for making gadgets with flexible screens. According to TFI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is "testing E Ink's Electronic Paper Display...
MAY 17, 2022
U.S. health regulators cleared for use a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for children 5 to 11 years, expanding booster access to about 28 million youngsters.
The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permits a third dose of the shot at least five months after the second dose.
It...
MAY 16, 2022
Guwahati: The Indian Army's Eastern Command chief on Monday said China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is engaged in infrastructure capacity enhancement across the international border in Arunachal Pradesh.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command, Lt Gen R P Kalita, however, said the Indian side is also continuously upgrading its infrastructure and capabilities to deal with any situation...
MAY 16, 2022
Verizon is increasing its monthly administrative fee for postpaid customers. - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Many Verizon customers are going to see a few extra dollars on their next phone bill. Starting in June, Verizon is raising the administrative fee it charges postpaid customers by $1.35, bringing it up to $3.30 per voice line....
MAY 16, 2022
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Americans spend a lot of time in their cars, so it’s not surprising the police pull over a lot of us—about 50,000 a day, and 20 million every year. If you’ve ever been pulled over (and based on those numbers, you probably have) you know how nerve-wracking the experience can be. Put simply, police...
