Monthly Archives: October 2019
‘Treelon’ Musk donates $1 million to #TeamTrees
Here’s a way to improve your tarnished reputation: Donate $1 million for a worthy cause. After a quick Twitter back and forth with MrBeast, a YouTuber known for making large donations to various causes, Elon Musk pledged to donate $1 million to #TeamTrees. The initiative aims to plant 20 million trees around the globe by […]
Samsung teases clamshell folding phone in new video
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, it seems, was just the beginning. During its Samsung Developer Conference 2019, which kicked off on Tuesday, the company published a new YouTube video, showing a new, clamshell-style foldable phone form factor. “Samsung will continue to explore a range of new form factors in the foldable category. And at SDC19, Samsung invited […]
Osaka withdraws from WTA finals with shoulder injury
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Shenzhen due to an injury to her right shoulder, tournament organizers said on Tuesday.
Concerned White House official told government lawyer of Trump's push for Ukraine to probe Bidens
A high-ranking White House national security official will tell congressional impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was so alarmed about a call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Ukraine’s leader to investigate former vice president Joe Biden that he reported it to a top government lawyer.
North Carolina's congressional map is illegal Republican gerrymander, court rules
A North Carolina court on Monday temporarily blocked the state from using its congressional map in next year’s elections and strongly suggested it would eventually rule the districts were illegally gerrymandered to favor Republicans.
Former 'Game of Thrones' showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss bail on their 'Star Wars' deal
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have quit their planned series of Star Wars movies, leaving them with only their $200 million Netflix deal for comfort. The former Game of Thrones showrunners were announced as the writers and producers of a new Star Wars film series last February with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy complimenting their “command […]
Facebook kept removing his fake Green New Deal ad, so now he's running for office
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took on Mark Zuckerberg, a progressive group ran a blatantly false ad to test the limits of Facebook’s new policies. Now, after that ad was removed, a person behind the group is running for governor of California to make a point: Facebook is letting politicians, including Donald Trump, spread lies. On Saturday, […]
Uber Money will give the company an even tighter grip on its drivers' finances
Uber is starting to look more and more like a bank. The ride hailing giant unveiled Uber Money, a new division for the company focused on providing financial services for its riders and drivers, starting with debit and credit cards. Though Uber has dabbled in these kinds of services in the past, Uber Money represents […]
Cole restores confidence for Astros in World Series
Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole shut down the Washington Nationals and gave his team control of the World Series in such impressive fashion on Sunday that he even managed to stump himself with the achievement.
Long-serving former Democratic U.S. congressman John Conyers dies at age 90
John Conyers, a liberal Democrat who was the longest-serving African-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving for more than half a century, died on Sunday at the age of 90.