Monthly Archives: May 2018
NBA notebook: Iguodala doubtful for Game 4 with left knee contusion
Golden State Warriors small forward Andre Iguodala is listed as doubtful for Tuesday’s Game 4 against the Houston Rockets with a left knee contusion.
Prodded by Trump, FBI to look into complaint about its 2016 tactics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department agreed on Monday to investigate “any irregularities” in FBI tactics related to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign after Trump questioned whether an FBI informant had been planted into his political organization.
Farm bill to get second vote in U.S. House in June: Roll Call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote for a second time on a massive farm bill after the measure was defeated last week, the No. 3 Republican in the chamber said, according to Roll Call newspaper.
Charlize Theron will play Megyn Kelly in a movie about Fox News
Charlize Theron is ready to take on Megyn Kelly. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Theron has been cast as the former Fox News anchor in an as-yet-untitled project about the downfall of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. SEE ALSO: The #MeToo men are getting their comeback tours. The women they hurt won’t be. The script, […]
Siri is telling people it's getting a major update at WWDC
Siri’s getting a makeover — at least that’s what the Apple digital assistant strongly hinted at with its responses about the upcoming Apple developer conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, or WWDC, is next month and if you ask the voice assistant (I refuse to call an AI a gendered pronoun) what to expect, it hints […]
Here's the aspect of self-driving car testing that's not dominated by Apple or Google
Last week, Apple’s secretive, self-driving car project got some attention for adding more cars approved for testing in California. But despite the company’s big name and the heightened curiosity over the iPhone-maker’s foray into autonomous vehicles, the winner here is not the company you’d expect. SEE ALSO: Intel just hit the nitro in the self-driving […]
Golf: Wise clinches first PGA Tour win in Texas
(Reuters) – South African-born American Aaron Wise clinched his first PGA Tour title in only his 26th start on Sunday, an empathic three-shot win at the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas.
Trump to ask Justice Department to look into campaign surveillance claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter on Sunday that the Justice Department look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by the agency or the FBI under the Obama administration.
'September' songwriter Allee Willis is not a fan of Taylor Swift's Earth, Wind & Fire cover
Taylor Swift got dragged pretty hard last month when she released her cover of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” But little did we know the sickest burns were yet to come. SEE ALSO: There’s a ‘Deadpool 2’ Taylor Swift Easter egg you definitely missed in the trailer Allee Willis, who co-wrote the original tune with […]
This $27 battery case fixes the Amazon Echo Dot's biggest flaw
We’re willing to bet that many people who purchased the Echo Dot — Amazon’s adorable hockey puck of a personal assistant — did so under the assumption that they’d be able to take it anywhere. It’s so small, so why not move it around the house or put it in your pocket and bring it […]