WASHINGTON — President Biden took office and pledged to tackle the planet’s climate crisis. But rising gas prices, driven in part by Russia’s invasion of… Read More »Gas Prices Force Biden into Unlikely Fossil Fuel Embrace
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has once again sparked outrage online over her comments about Asian immigrants. Wax, whose parents immigrated to the… Read More »UPenn professor criticizes Indian immigrants critical of US, calls India a ‘sh*thole’
enlarge † Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the annual International Association… Read More »Tim Cook delivers speech railing against “data industrial complex”, sideloading
Inflation reached 8.5 percent in the United States last month, the fastest pace in twelve months since 1981, as a rise in gasoline prices linked… Read More »Inflation hits highest pace since 1981, at 8.5% through March
YouTube Bill Maher went after Bella Thorne on his “Club Random” podcast yesterday, lashing out at the actress for being candid about her fear. After… Read More »Bill Maher cruelly mocks Bella Thorne’s fear in her face
In a first for the tech giant, Google has filed a consumer protection lawsuit to protect the vulnerable and unsuspecting from what it called a… Read More »Google will initially go to court after puppy fraud
The CFPB accused TransUnion of using hard-to-recognize fine print to entice customers into recurring charges. Credit…Andrew Kelly/Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued credit… Read More »Stocks, economy and business news: live updates
enlarge † Will the third time be the charm of a rocket fuel test of the Space Launch System? NASA will find out this week.… Read More »NASA resumes tank test of SLS rocket, with major adjustments
NEW YORK (AP) — Hiring non-journalists as contributors to television news organizations is not new. Far less common is the pushback of such decisions by… Read More »Psaki Rumors, Mulvaney Hired at CBS News Problem Journalists
The editor-in-chief of WIRED shares thoughts on crypto scammers, the future of the Russian internet and more in the next issue.
WASHINGTON — Andriy Taranov, board member of Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, was sitting in his office last month when he noticed a strange message appearing… Read More »Hackers’ false claims of Ukrainian surrender are not fooling anyone. So what is their goal?
The Ragnar in Narvik, Norway, on March 21, 2022.JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images A superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch left Norway after being there… Read More »An $85 million superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch lay in Norway for more than six weeks as dockers refused to refuel it. Now it is sailing to Malta.
As in the United States, policymakers in other countries are overwhelmed by persistently high inflation. Price increases were expected to slow as economies recovered from… Read More »Global inflation is rising amid ongoing pandemic disruptions and war in Ukraine.
enlarge † The Fitbit app shows information about irregular rhythm notifications. Google-owned wearable brand Fitbit announced Monday that it will soon introduce a new feature… Read More »Fitbit receives FDA approval for new atrial fibrillation detection feature
In early April, As Ukraine began to regain control of Bucha and other small towns northwest of Kiev, horrific images began to spread on Telegram… Read More »The race to archive social posts that can prove Russian war crimes
