Monthly Archives: February 2019
Get your car a heads-up display on sale and snag the navigational tool of the future
Don’t GPS and drive, y’all: As helpful as they can be, smartphones are actually one of the leading causes of distracted driving accidents. Built-in routing tools and smartphone apps alike can steal your attention away from the road, whether you’re just glancing at a screen or gutsily reprogramming your route mid-drive. But hey, it’s not like […]
Never cook soggy pasta again thanks to this cheap kitchen gadget
Staring at your pot until your water boils is like watching paint dry. It’s a complete waste of time — time that you could have spent doing something more worthwhile. But those of us who have attention spans akin to a goldfish tend to forget our pots altogether when we leave them alone. And that […]
College basketball notebook: UConn's Adams out 4-6 weeks
–Connecticut leading scorer Jalen Adams will miss four to six weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
Exclusive: U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections – source
The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on him, a senior White House official said.
Virginia governor vows to stay; calls mount to oust lieutenant governor
Virginia’s embattled governor, Ralph Northam, capped a week of political chaos ignited by racial scandals by vowing to stay in office on Friday, while the fellow Democrat in line to succeed him faced a second accusation of sexual assault.
Victims reclaimed their own narratives at Sundance 2019
If the premise of Pippa Bianco’s Share feels depressingly familiar – girl wakes up with no memory of the previous night, until video surfaces of her own assault – the film is notable for what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t show us the full videos Mandy (Rhianne Barreto) received. Nor the hateful comments and texts […]
Amazon's QVC-style shopping channel is a monument to sadness
Even in these dark online times, there are places on the internet that manage to shine through and offer us some form of digital redemption; places where we yearn to stay and build new forms of community. Amazon Live is not one of those places. The QVC-like streaming media service — soft-launched on Amazon’s mobile […]
5 USB-C accessories to help upgrade your digital life, all on sale
You want thingamabobs? We’ve got five, and they’re all designed to make your life a whole lot easier if you’re using a device equipped with USB-C compatibility. (We’re fresh out of whozits and whatzits, though. Sorry.) Whether you’re in the market for a powerful new charger or a more durable cable, you’d be hard-pressed to […]
World body to lift Russia ban, with conditions
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Friday it would lift the ban on Russia’s Paralympic Committee by March 15, under certain conditions.
Acting U.S. Attorney Gen Whitaker to testify before House panel on Friday
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Thursday that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify on Friday, after he threatened not to show up following the panel’s warning that it could subpoena him.