Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto Show, in Detroit on September 14, 2022. (credit: Getty | Anadolu Agency) “The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden said matter-of-factly in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night. The impromptu comment immediately drew headlines, as well as criticism from health experts. It […]
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Google and Amazon want more defense contracts, despite worker protests
Enlarge / A Project Nimbus cloud contract with the Israeli government has some Google and Amazon workers upset. (credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Hundreds of Google workers and their supporters gathered near the company’s downtown San Francisco offices Thursday, raising signs that read “No Tech for Apartheid” and filling the air with chants of “Tech […]
Trump called on lawmakers to institute the ‘death penalty for drug dealers’ despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Trump spoke at a rally Saturday for the first time since the August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he was calling on lawmakers to institute capital punishment for drug dealers. But before leaving office, Trump pardoned […]
Despite being out of office for a year and a half, Donald Trump said ‘weirdo’ Mark Zuckerberg joined him at the White House for dinner ‘last week’
Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Save America rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images At his first rally since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, Trump briefly fixated on the Meta chief executive. The comments are the latest in a series of […]
FCC has approved $6 billion in broadband grants despite rejecting Starlink
Enlarge Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today, the FCC announced $ 791.6 million for six broadband providers, covering network expansions to over 350,000 homes and businesses in 19 states. The ISPs will receive the money over 10 years. “This round […]
American Gods Is ‘Definitely Not Dead’ Despite Cancellation, Insists EP
RELATED STORIES American Gods is down but not necessarily out, insists franchise overlord Neil Gaiman. In the wake of the series’ cancellation earlier this week, the EP — whose 2001 novel the Starz series was based on — took to social media late Tuesday to assure fans that the troubled fantasy drama is “definitely not dead,” adding, […]
BBC suffers drastic New Year’s Eve ratings drop – despite millions forced to stay at home
This year’s New Year’s celebrations were like none other before as millions were told to stay home and avoid large gatherings by Boris Johnson in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. While this meant many people had to celebrate bringing in 2021 from within their own homes, the BBC still aired its annual […]
Fear the Walking Dead fans call for AMC to CANCEL horror series – despite season 7 renewal
And the Fear the Walking Dead fan wasn’t alone, as a second weighed in: “No way, this show has gone downhill since S3, unless you bring new showrunners I don’t think the OGs will get any screentime at all tbh, this is just TWD Jr. “And it will be about the noobs instead of focusing […]
Antiques Roadshow guest refuses to sell Suffragette medals despite huge value
“I think they liked being together sometimes,” they added before the expert gave her valuation of the bespoke collection. “With its letters and of course with the whistle, which I can imagine your grandmother blowing, I would say we’re talking about £6,000 to £8,000,” Hilary said. The guest was shocked to hear how much their […]
Power showrunner confirms Ghost and Angela teen story WON’T happen despite flashback
The pair begin discussing possible colleges they can attend after high-school, with Angela suggesting Choate, the school Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr) ends up going to. In typical Ghost and Angela fashion, the scene is charged with sexual tension as the teens flirt outside their high-school. And given one of the Starz spin-offs, Book III: Raising […]