MOSCOW — President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin traded provocations Tuesday, with the Kremlin broadcasting a new round of military exercises within striking distance of Ukraine and Washington rushing a fresh shipment of weapons to Kyiv while suggesting thousands of U.S.troops could be deployed soon to shore up allies’ […]
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How gerrymandering makes the US House intensely partisan
Austin (CNN) The capital of Texas is a pretty liberal town.Proudly so. Crosswalks repainted in rainbow Pride colors.Signs welcoming gay patrons.It has a vibe that even some locals boast is more like Berkeley, California, than a stereotypical southern city. And yet residents who live in this progressive neighborhood are represented […]
Melania Trump auctioned off her hat, and became the latest victim of the cryptocurrency crash – The Washington Post
(This article has been updated to reflect that the auction, which was offline for part of Tuesday, is back online.) Melania Trump began 2022 by announcing she’d be auctioning off a hat, along with two other items, for the low, low starting bid of $250,000. Her website, MelaniaTrump.com , allowed […]
You’re grounded, Russia! New U.S. sanctions could take Russia’s toys away.
By Ja’han Jones You know how parents sometimes suspend their kids’ technology privileges as punishment? The Biden administration is reportedly considering a similar tack to discourage Russia from invading Ukraine .According to a new Washington Post report , the Biden administration is debating a policy that would punish Russia by […]
Joe Biden Formally Backs Consumers’ Right to Repair Their Electronics
Image: Alex Wong/Getty Images President Biden became the first sitting president to give extensive comments supporting the right to repair and acknowledging the anticompetitive practices of electronics manufacturers that have spent the last decade creating repair monopolies and making it difficult for consumers to fix the things they own. At […]
But are you willing to subject your eyes to such an ordeal?
Although the old top-down version of Grand Theft Auto was at one time ported to the Game Boy Color, the experience was nowhere near as fun as the notorious 3D versions of the game, so Sebastian Staacks decided to fix that and has come up with a way to actually […]
A new Steam feature allows you to play games more easily across multiple PCs
Steam is adding a new feature that will make it plenty easier for players to access video games “seamlessly” from different PCs.Valve announced the new feature, called Dynamic Cloud Sync, via a blog post .The feature was added as part of a series of updates to support its upcoming Steam […]
‘Jeen-yus’ Review: Kanye West Documentary Chronicles an Inspiring Rise, Followed by a Long, Polarizing Plateau
Netflix’s epic Kanye West documentary, “ Jeen-yuhs : A Kanye Trilogy,” will unfold in three feature-length parts, as the subtitle promises.(The first part premiered Sunday in the Sundance Film Festival, and gets a one-night theatrical release Feb.10; the whole thing will unspool on successive Wednesdays on Netflix, starting Feb.16.) But […]
Peter Goodman’s ‘Davos Man’ Says Billionaires Made Pandemic Blows Worse
It is not a coincidence that hospital beds have been in alarmingly short supply during multiple stretches of the pandemic. Instead, according to a new book by The New York Times journalist Peter S.Goodman, the shortage was the byproduct of wealthy investors—often billionaires—who seized on health care as a lucrative […]
The people deciding to ditch their smartphones – BBC News
The people deciding to ditch their smartphones By Suzanne Bearne Business reporter Published 1 day ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, One study suggests we spend almost five hours a day on our smartphones In a world where many of us are glued to our smartphones, Dulcie Cowling is […]