Monthly Archives: January 2019
Senate seeks solution to open government, Trump insists on wall
U.S. senators made a new try at ending a partial month-long government shutdown through a temporary funding bill on Thursday, but President Donald Trump demanded a “down payment” for a border wall that Democrats reject.
U.S. to start returning asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday
The U.S. government will return the first group of migrants seeking asylum in the United States to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, U.S. and Mexican officials said, marking the start of a major policy shift by the Trump administration.
'Bohemian Rhapsody' pulled from GLAAD Media Awards after sexual assault allegations
Hollywood has been slow to respond to the new sexual assault allegations against director Bryan Singer, published in a bombshell Atlantic exposé yesterday, Jan. 23. But the LGBTQ media alliance group GLAAD is taking matters into its own hands. Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Singer, was officially pulled from the list of nominees for outstanding film […]
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Cybersecurity is not something to be taken lightly. It’s not the sort of thing you can just forget about and hope that it all works out OK. The moment you let your guard down you risk being caught out, and then it’s going to be a lot of work to clean up the mess. With […]
A bunch of 5G smartphones are coming this month
Mobile World Congress, which kicks off on Feb. 25 in Barcelona this year, will be hot. Besides foldable phones and hole-punch cameras, another trend we’ll see at this year’s event will be 5G. And we’re not just talking about tests and promises of crazy-fast internet speeds sometime in the future — we’ll actually see several […]
Tennis: Kvitova defeats Collins to reach Australian Open final
Petra Kvitova will compete in her first Grand Slam final in five years after ending the fairytale run of unseeded American Danielle Collins with a decisive 7-6(2) 6-0 victory on a scorching afternoon at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
Trump says will wait till shutdown over to make state of union address
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a late night Tweet on Wednesday that he will wait until the government shutdown is over to deliver a State of the Union address from the House of Representatives.
Locked out of House by Pelosi, Trump vows State of Union alternative
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would hold an alternative event to the State of the Union address after Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi barred him from speaking in the House of Representatives until the partial government shutdown ends.
How GoPro rebooted itself: CEO Nick Woodman talks strategy — MashTalk
For GoPro, things are looking up. After a tumultuous couple of years — which saw the action-camera company enter and then leave the drone business, get squeezed harder by increasingly competitive smartphone cameras, and ride a steady wave of criticism of its product line — GoPro appears to have found its footing with the well-received Hero […]
Mindy Kaling weighs in on where her 'Office' character would be now
It hasn’t been that long since fans said goodbye to The Office, but it’s been long enough to make us wonder where the characters are now (and not-so-secretly hope for a revival). In a new interview with Variety, Office alum Mindy Kaling discussed where she thinks Kelly Kapoor would be now and how she feels […]