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
Photo: Anne Kitzman (Shutterstock)
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...
MAY 16, 2022
President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
In my estimation, there are few moments that better encapsulate Donald Trump’s 2016 bid for the Republican presidential nomination than when he was asked during a town-hall event in April of that year...
MAY 16, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow, Russia, on April 24, 2022. - Contributor/Getty Images
A prominent Russian military analyst had an honest take about Russian military failures on state TV.
Russian columnist Mikhail Khodaryonok said that Russians "should not take information tranquilizers."
He called on Putin's regime to avoid "saber-rattling" with Finland over...
MAY 16, 2022
Clerk Dallas Schroeder is seen in surveillance footage inside his office in Elbert County. - Reuters/ELBERT COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
A former Republican minority leader of the Colorado legislature is among the recipients of a trove of sensitive voting data leaked by a county official working with an activist seeking to prove President Donald Trump's false stolen-election claims,...
MAY 15, 2022
Goldman Sachs senior chairman and former CEO Lloyd Blankfein said on Sunday that the U.S. should prepare for a recession.
When asked by CBS’s Margaret Brennan if he thought the country is heading for a recession, Blankfein responded that “it’s certainly a very, very high risk factor.”
“It’s definitely a risk. If I were running a big company, I...
MAY 15, 2022
Representation Image: online shopping checkout Photo: Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash
Consumers are using “buy now, pay later” on just about anything.
However, there are risks with this type of debt and little regulatory oversight to sufficiently protect borrowers.
Most people love the convenience of buy now, pay later.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, installment...
