Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would solidify a 5-4 conservative majority if he were confirmed. This makeup of the court has many pro-abortion-rights activists concerned that abortion access and even the landmark case Roe v. Wade could be in danger. Legal experts, however, told Business […]
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review Round-Up: A Largely Entertaining Origin Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story is about to land in theaters after a highly-publicized and turbulent flight, and if you’ll allow me to belabor the metaphor, it sounds as if director Ron Howard managed to pull this particular spaceship out of a potentially disastrous nosedive and smooth things out in a satisfying way. The Solo […]
Opioid stats coming into focus, but impact on Indigenous communities largely unknown
The extent of the opioid crisis sweeping Canada has been hard for researchers to quantify. It’s been especially hard to get any data on Indigenous communities, which experts say are among the hardest-hit. CBC | Health News
China and Japan are largely responsible for cryptocurrency’s success
Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images The age of cryptocurrencies is upon us, and two countries in particular have been instrumental in their stratospheric rise: China and Japan. Cryptocurrencies have become popular in China due to the government’s stringent control of the yuan — a power they occasionally exercise by artificially devaluing the currency for trading purposes. With private wealth in China […]
House subcommittee largely rubber stamps Trump’s 2018 special ops budget
Published time: 21 Jun, 2017 03:20 Cyber warfare weapons and drone aircrafts are among the technology the House subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities has signed off on in President Donald Trump’s $ 12.3 billion budget for special operations. The sub panel has endorsed the bill’s request for $ 12.3 billion, which will go to […]
Xbox One users largely ignore backward-compatible Xbox 360 games
In an interview with Time earlier this week, Sony Head of Global Marketing and Sales Jim Ryan said that “when we’ve dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much.” An in-depth Ars Technica analysis of Xbox Live user data shows that […]
Tesla’s solar business is largely a bust
When Tesla bought SolarCity in late 2016, it was supposed to create a vertically integrated renewable energy company. People thought Elon Musk could marry EV sales with solar and combine SolarCity’s installation arm with Tesla’s Powerwall to create a path for customers to eventually go off-grid — or at least charge their car with solar […]
Doomsday Clock Moved To 30 Seconds Closer To Midnight, Now Only 2 1/2 Minutes From Apocalypse Largely Due To Donald Trump
The Doomsday Clock is now only two minutes and thirty seconds from midnight, which is the closest it’s been in over 50 years, and the world has Donald Trump to thank. On Thursday, the Doomsday Clock was moved forward for the first time since 2015 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the organization that […]