Sen. Elizabeth Warren wasted no time making her thoughts about gay marriage known at the CNN equality town hall on Thursday night. In a clip from the televised forum on LGBTQ issues that has since gone massively viral, the 2020 Democratic presidential candid…
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Facebook now blocks Pirate Bay links — but you can still bypass the ban
You can forget about sharing links from popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay, with your Facebook friends. Well, sort of. The social media giant has started blocking all links from thepiratebay.org, TorrentFreak has noticed. The ban applies to both posts and …
Iraq has a calmer night after a week of protests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq had its calmest night since anti-government protests began more than a week ago over corruption and unemployment. At least 110 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded, in the capital Baghdad and the south, since the secu…
Most Americans don’t know that Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp, new Pew survey says
The illusion of consumer choice is as American as apple pie. Most Americans apparently just don’t know that truth also extends to the tech sector. Leading consumer knowledge company Pew Research Center released a new report Wednesday measuring the digital li…
iPhone 11 Pro Said to Offer 13% Faster 4G LTE Speeds Than iPhone XS
During its media event on Tuesday, Apple revealed that the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max feature faster gigabit-class 4G LTE, but the company didn’t provide any further details. However, an internet speed testing service claims to have the numbers. …
Brace Yourself for the Internet Impeachment
Brace Yourself for the Internet Impeachment
How The Broadband Lobby Impersonated A Million Americans In The Fight To Kill Net Neutrality
Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief. She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared to have posted a comment weighing in on a bitter policy battle for control of the…
Iran says new U.S. sanctions target Iranians’ access to food, medicine
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced renewed U.S. sanctions against its central bank as an attempt to deny ordinary Iranians access to food and medicine, and said the move was a sign of U.S. desperation. The United States on Frida…
I’m a millennial and I don’t hate the VSCO girl — she’s just the first new trend that makes me feel old
Sksksksk. No, that’s not a keyboard smash. Nor is it a Spellcheck or editing fail. That’s the way VSCO girls express their excitement. And I don’t understand it any more than you do. If anyone had a hot girl summer in 2019, it was probably the VSCO g…
Why Greeks are questioning this role model’s credentials
Image copyrightMattelImage caption Eleni Antoniadou was showcased by Mattel as one of its Barbie role models this year on the doll’s 60th anniversary She has won awards and accolades, and has been feted internationally for her scientific work, but now a wo…