Monthly Archives: December 2019
Lyft drivers have to complete safety training if they want to pick up passengers
Lyft wasn’t joking about a mandatory “community safety education” course. Any Lyft drivers that missed yesterday’s Dec. 15 deadline to complete an online 20-minute program that includes sexual misconduct training from anti-sexual violence group RAINN are blocked from driving on the Lyft ride-hailing app until they complete it. The program pops up through the Lyft […]
Instagram expands fact-checking worldwide, but it's still 'playing catch up'
A full three years after Facebook began working with outside fact-checkers, Instagram is finally expanding its fact-checking operations to cover all of its users across the globe. The photo-sharing app will now start fact-checking posts outside of the United States, the company announced. It’s a significant expansion of Instagram’s fact-checking program, which up until now […]
Woods leads from front as U.S. wins Presidents Cup
United States captain Tiger Woods led from the front as the Americans dominated the Sunday singles to overhaul the Internationals at Royal Melbourne 16-14 and claim an eighth successive Presidents Cup.
Top Democrats make case for Republicans to endorse Trump impeachment
Top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives made a last-minute pitch to Republicans on Sunday for why they should put partisanship aside and vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
Not even J.J. Abrams can make a re-release of the original 'Star Wars' cuts happen
If you thought that maybe with Disney’s 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm, or its 2019 purchase of 21st Century Fox, or the launch of Disney+ we’d finally get a new release of the de-specialized versions of the original Star Wars trilogy, we’ve got bad news. In an interview promoting the upcoming Rise of Skywalker, Abrams told […]
Apple iPad Pro Smart Folio is the best damn keyboard on the go
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. When Apple unveiled its Smart Keyboard Folio alongside its latest and priciest iPad Pro models in late 2018, the peripheral barely registered on my radar. Little did I know it would become my constant companion, one of the most loved […]
Here's what Apple's $6,000 cheese grater Mac Pro looks like on the inside
After months of waiting, Apple’s new, powerful (and expensive) Mac Pro is here, cheese grater casing and all. And while we’ve gotten up close with it in the past, the folks at iFixIt have done their thing and popped it open for all to see. Known for their tear-downs of new tech in an effort […]
Darts: Van Barneveld loses in his farewell world championships
Darts great Raymond van Barneveld lost the final match of his garlanded career, bowing out in the first round of the PDC world championships at the Alexandra Palace on Saturday.
Texas a linchpin in Biden's Super Tuesday strategy
With the first Democratic nominating contests less than two months away, former Vice President Joe Biden is already looking beyond to Super Tuesday in March, when some of the biggest electoral prizes will be up for grabs.
Democrat lawmaker opposed to impeachment will switch parties: report
A Democratic U.S. lawmaker who opposed his party’s moves to impeach President Donald Trump told staff on Saturday he will become a Republican as soon as next week, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the discussions.