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The trip has dogged the U.K. prime minister ever since she extended the invitation.
And compares Robert E. Lee to George Washington
Comes days after violence broke out in Charlottesville.
On Twitter, the president echoes a refrain of white supremacist groups that oppose the removal of Confederate monuments.
Skype is releasing a beta for their modern app that brings the mobile UI to the desktop but it's not as bad as you think. The post Microsoft Brings Skype’s Mobile UI to the Desktop And It’s All My Fault appeared first on Thurrott.com.
If you're using Comcast's Xfinity internet service anywhere in the US, you can now get on the company's Xfinity Mobile service, too. Just over four months after it was first revealed, Comcast has completed the rollout of the service...
The move by Pauline Hanson, the leader of the anti-immigrant One Nation party, drew strong criticism, with one lawmaker denouncing it as “appalling.”
Cook called for unity among Apple workers and came out against the president's remarks equating far-right hate groups with the people protesting them.
Hey, good morning! This Thursday, Nokia is returning to the flagship phone fight, neo-Nazi sites struggle to find a place on the web and HBO's woes continue.
Thursday, 17th August
The exclusive carrier for Andy Rubin's Essential Phone is offering an 18-month plan to pay for the $700 phone.
Sprint is now taking preorders for the Essential Phone, and it’s offering subscribers a pretty good perk to jump on it early: a discount of about $260. Naturally, Sprint being a phone carrier, all kinds of confusing terms and conditions apply...
The Essential Phone has arrived, a bit later than originally announced. The first smartphone from the new company founded by Android creator Andy Rubin is now available to order, via Essential’s own site, Best Buy, and Sprint. The phone...
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week from already low levels, a sign of health in the U.S. labor market.
Much like politicians, tech company CEOs are nowadays expected to take a position on the big social issues facing their country, and Apple boss Tim Cook has been the latest to join the fray with an email sent to all global employees of the company...
There are plenty of good third-party Windows email apps out there, but not many of them work across all the platforms you might use. If you're the type of person who jumps between macOS and Windows, Newton (formerly CloudMagic) might be worth a ...
Cook says in a note to employees that he disagrees with the president that Nazis are on the same level as those who oppose them.
The Apple CEO sent an email to employees about the events that took place in Charlottesville over the weekend that saw one woman killed at a white supremacist rally, reports Buzzfeed. In the email, Cook said “hate is a cancer” and that ...
The Pakistani-born activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize made the announcement on Twitter.
Following a similar plan from Disney's ESPN unit.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has criticized U.S. President Trump’s reaction to the violent events that took place over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one woman dead. “I disagree with the president and others who believe that ...
African-Americans contemplate race in the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
A growing chorus of executives on the President Trump’s business advisory councils have distanced themselves from the president. Here’s what they had to say.
Tim Cook made his stance about Charlottesville clear enough by tweeting out that "violence and racism have no place in America" as the tragic events were unfolding. This internal letter sent to employees that Recode obtained, however, will ...
The Apple CEO sent an email to employees about the events that took place in Charlottesville over the weekend that saw one woman killed at a white supremacist rally, reports Buzzfeed. In the email, Cook said “hate is a cancer” and that ...
Despite being released long after the point-and-click game genre's heyday, 2003's The Black Mirror became a gothic horror hit long before the unrelated British sci-fi anthology show. THQ Nordic tapped German developer King Art Games to...
Marchers paused for a moment of silence to honor those killed Saturday.
HBO just can't catch a break. The cable network got hacked again, though this time, the perpetrators targeted its social media accounts. A hacker group called OurMine took over the company's Facebook and Twitter accounts not to ask for...
The White Hat collective obtained access to several Twitter accounts, including the main HBO account, "Last Week Tonight" and "Game of Thrones."
An anonymous in-house chatroom at Facebook that had become a “hub” for Donald Trump supporters was closed last year by the company after comments made on the forum disturbed management, according to several reports. The forum, called FB Anon,...
The internal company forum was called Facebook Anon, and it was created in May 2015 as a way for employees to freely discuss subjects about the Facebook workplace. However, the forum soon became a hub for political discussions and was increasingly...
The social network closed the message board, which was popular with Donald Trump supporters, shortly after the election.
Facebook dismantled a popular anonymous discussion board for employees last year that had become a forum for conservative political debate that sometimes degenerated into racist or sexist comments.
At a memorial service, Ms. Heyer was remembered for a quality described as her most frustrating, and most admired — a passion for fighting injustice.
Apple has suspended support for Apple Pay on a handful of websites selling white-supremacy clothing and accessories, joining a cascade of technology companies currently cutting off hate groups online. Apple Pay no longer works on at least two...
Payments giants disable support for sites that promote hate or sell items glorifying white supremacists.
Apple has disabled its payments system on websites that sell white supremacist and Nazi-themed merchandise, according to a report from BuzzFeed News. The move, which follows the violent white nationalist attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia this...
Cook says in a note to employees that he disagrees with the president that Nazis are on the same level as those who oppose them.
Much like politicians, tech company CEOs are nowadays expected to take a position on the big social issues facing their country, and Apple boss Tim Cook has been the latest to join the fray with an email sent to all global employees of the company...
The Apple CEO sent an email to employees about the events that took place in Charlottesville over the weekend that saw one woman killed at a white supremacist rally, reports Buzzfeed. In the email, Cook said “hate is a cancer” and that ...
The post-Charlottesville crackdown on internet hate speech is expanding at a very rapid pace. Squarespace, the web design and hosting service, has revealed to The Verge that it's removing a "group of sites" for violating its policy...
Enlarge (credit: Squarespace) Some tech companies that provide hosting, domain, and CDN services to many of the most prominent hate groups are now re-evaluating those decisions in the wake of recent far-right violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. ...
For Cloudflare, long steadfast in its neutrality, the decision about one site was simple, said the CEO: “the people behind the Daily Stormer are assholes and I’d had enough.” Squarespace and Cloudflare are the latest digital...
Squarespace says it will begin dropping some websites from its service, apparently following in the footsteps of several tech companies that have distanced themselves from organizations that produce racist and white supremacist content. Squarespace...
The email, forwarded to journalists, cites “no difference” between Robert E. Lee and George Washington. It claims Black Lives Matter is infiltrated by terrorists.
Following the violent far right demonstrations in Charlottesville at the weekend, another two web services companies have terminated their business relationships with the Nazi propaganda website, The Daily Stormer. Read More
Internet security provider pulls its protection after claims it was secretly supporting the neo-Nazi site's ideology.
Matthew Prince, cofounder and chief executive officer of CloudFlare. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) All week, the infamous hate site Daily Stormer has been battling to stay online in the face of a concerted social media...
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A comedian filed a defamation lawsuit against the white supremacist website, which briefly returned from exile with a Russian domain name.
Following violence in Charlottesville, accounts affiliated with the neo-Nazi website are "suspended" on the social media platform.
The white supremacist website Daily Stormer keeps popping up, and like a bad game of whack-a-mole, the internet keeps trying to rid itself of the stain. Web hosting company GoDaddy dumped the domain itself, and even though the neo-nazi site briefly...
After being rejected by both GoDaddy and Google, neo-Nazi publication The Daily Stormer resurfaced today with a Russian domain extension. As Vox reports, Stormer's efforts to secure a Chinese hosting service (DailyStormer.wang) were cut short,...
Twitter joins a long list of companies.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence today regarding the violent attacks in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend and the ongoing conversation around hosting hate groups online. In a message posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the company...
Following violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the social network's CEO also condemns neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
We can now add Mark Zuckerberg to the growing list of CEOs and public figures who have weighed in on the events of Charlottesville. Writing in a Facebook post Wednesday, the CEO said white supremacists and neo-Nazis are a "disgrace," while...
When the sun goes dark for people in the path of totality, the stars will come out. It may also offer the rare opportunity to see a sungrazing comet with the naked eye.
On Aug. 21, the United States will be treated to a total solar eclipse - a rare solar event that hasn't happened since 1991 and which will not happen again until 2024. This year, the exciting eclipse will be visible throughout the nation at varying...
Get ready for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse with a gorgeous time-lapse video showing the 2012 eclipse in Australia.
It's no secret Apple really, really wants to reinvent the TV. On his deathbed, Steve Jobs expressed great interest in fixing the crummy TV watching experience, telling his biographer Walter Isaacson that he had "finally cracked it." Jobs said he...
It's not every day that a 3-year-old phone surprises us with cutting-edge features, but the Galaxy Note 4 just revealed that it packs a punch we thought limited to the 2016 Note 7. Specifically, that would be a proclivity toward overheating...
The Galaxy Note line is having problems again. Don't worry, this is not a Note 7-level emergency. And the issues aren't Samsung's fault or even associated with the original phone model. However, batteries installed in refurbished Note ...
A new recall for counterfeit Samsung Galaxy Note 4 batteries has been issued after the counterfeit batteries were used in AT&T refurbished devices.
Filed under: Government/Legal,Hirings/Firings/Layoffs,GM "General Motors is about unity and inclusion and so am I."Continue reading Mary Barra calls for 'unity and inclusion' after Trump disbands CEO forums Mary Barra calls...
After campaigning on a promise to bring manufacturing jobs back to America and use his business acumen to bolster the nation's economy...
After a conference call today organized by Stephen Schwarzman -- Blackstone CEO and head of the president's Strategic and Policy Forum -- the advisory council decided that the best thing to do in light of Trump's recent comments about the...
Amid a flurry of CEO resignations following the Charlottesville, Virginia, tragedy, Trump tweeted that he's doing away with two of his advisory councils.
President Trump tweeted that he was ending two top business-advisory councils, a move that came amid CEO defections following his comments about violence in Charlottesville, Va.
As relations between the White House and corporate executives continue to grow tense, leaders are facing pressure from employees to take stands on recent issues.
Two White House advisory councils that once included tech leaders like Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick have dissolved, after several members resigned over President Donald Trump’s weak condemnation of white supremacists. A member of the Strategic...
Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum, a group made up of business leaders from various industries, has reportedly disbanded. CNBC says the group has agreed to terminate as a whole, which is distinct from what’s occurring with...
The leaders held a phone call today to discuss the future of the council.
A number of CEOs have left since Trump's response to the deadly rally in Charlottesville.
Several CEOs from the council have quit this week.
The chief executives of 3M Co. and Campbell Soup Co. on Wednesday became the latest corporate leaders to leave a White House council on manufacturing after President Donald Trump’s responses to the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va.
The president’s Charlottesville reaction sealed the deal.
Activists have been working behind the scenes since January.
The president’s predecessors, going back to George Washington, have all tried, with varying degrees of success, to summon Americans to a higher moral purpose.
Spotify has removed several bands classified as “hate bands” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a report from Billboard. The decision comes one day after Digital Music News published a list of 37 white supremacist musicians...
Spotify says it has removed an array of white-supremacist acts from its streaming service that had been flagged as racist "hate bands" by...
Users will be able to make voice calls in the US and Canada through Google Home. The catch: you can't call another Google Home or answer calls with it.
Enlarge / Google Home. (credit: Ron Amadeo) At I/O 2017, Google promised that Google Home would get the ability to make phone calls. Today, the feature is rolling out to users in the US and Canada. Google Home users can call businesses listed...
Google’s smart speaker can now pull double duty as a phone for voice calls. The company just confirmed that it’s rolling out Google Home’s calling feature in the US and Canada beginning today. Users can dial anyone in their contacts and local...
"Nokia" and "return" are two words that have been forever glued together since I joined Engadget six years ago. Over the past decade or so, this publication has talked plenty about the company's smartphone ups and, in...
Dimon initially did not mention Trump by name in an earlier note to employees.
Kim Kardashian is "definitely trying" for another baby. In The Hollywood Reporter's cover story, the reality star confirms reports that...
Google products like Maps and search more or less exist, on a basic level, to answer questions. So it kind of makes sense that Google is adding a Q&A feature to results in Maps and search to make those questions easier to answer. ...
Google is launching a new feature for Google Maps for Android and mobile search today: question and answers. I’m sure it won’t come as a surprise when I tell you that this feature allows you to ask questions about a place and...
On August 21, which is this coming Monday, the contiguous 48 United States will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1979. The...
HMD Global, the Finnish company that licensed the rights to produce Nokia phones, is revealing the company’s first Nokia-branded Android flagship phone today. The new Nokia 8 will be available in early September across Europe, priced at 599 euros...
A number of CEOs dropped from the manufacturing council in recent days.
Two White House advisory councils that once included tech leaders like Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick have dissolved, after several members resigned over President Donald Trump’s weak condemnation of white supremacists. A member of the Strategic...
A number of CEOs have left since Trump's response to the deadly rally in Charlottesville.
President Trump tweeted that he was ending two top business-advisory councils, a move that came amid CEO defections following his comments about violence in Charlottesville, Va.
As relations between the White House and corporate executives continue to grow tense, leaders are facing pressure from employees to take stands on recent issues.
Amid a flurry of CEO resignations following the Charlottesville, Virginia, tragedy, Trump tweeted that he's doing away with two of his advisory councils.
After campaigning on a promise to bring manufacturing jobs back to America and use his business acumen to bolster the nation's economy...
Several CEOs from the council have quit this week.
The chief executives of 3M Co. and Campbell Soup Co. on Wednesday became the latest corporate leaders to leave a White House council on manufacturing after President Donald Trump’s responses to the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va.
The leaders held a phone call today to discuss the future of the council.
The president’s Charlottesville reaction sealed the deal.
Sure, it's only a bit of paint and some trim, but it's not exactly easy to make a car this special even more so.
It's probably easier than engineering ones that fold into the dashboard.
Each truck could save about five tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
Vizio TVs can now stream films and TV shows directly from Google, no Cast needed.
Back in May, Google said at its Google I/O developer conference that it would follow Amazon in enabling voice-activated phone calling on its smart speaker product. Well, it took a few months, but the service is going live for all Google Home owners...
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Google Home is getting a big upgrade today: The smart speaker can now place voice calls, no cellphone needed. This feature was first announced back at Google I/O in May, but it's now ready to roll out to users in the US and Canada. It's...
Google is rolling out a long-awaited feature for its Google Home smart speaker today: voice calling. The company just announced that Home users in the US and Canada will very soon be able to call people in their contacts and local businesses using...
Google’s smart speaker can now pull double duty as a phone for voice calls. The company just confirmed that it’s rolling out Google Home’s calling feature in the US and Canada beginning today. Users can dial anyone in their contacts and local...
Remember back in May, when Google announced plans to let people make free phone calls through the Google Home? That feature is rolling out starting today (alas, only for folks in US/Canada). Say something like “Ok Google, call the...
Users will be able to make voice calls in the US and Canada through Google Home. The catch: you can't call another Google Home or answer calls with it.
HBO’s international partners and affiliates should be extra careful going forward: For the second time in a little over two weeks, one of them was responsible for the early leak of an episode before its official airing. Episode 6, which...
After John Legend and Alicia Keys made us cry from laughter with their Carpool Karaoke: The Series episode, the show is upping the ante even further with a special reunion between the Stark sisters. Our favorite Game of Thrones besties, Maisie...
The money could fund as many as 10 television shows.
Vudu will reportedly be available on Apple next week.
Apple Music on iOS 10, with Senior VP Eddy Cue. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) As the battle to create original content for online video services continues, we get a glimpse into Apple's plans for the coming year. According to a report from The...
ESPN today rolled out a new version of its Apple TV app that introduces the ability to watch four live simultaneous streams which can be displayed on the screen at the same time. The feature takes advantage of Apple TV’s multicasting...
Just in time for football season, ESPN updated its Apple TV app to include a handy new feature for sports fans. Thanks to tvOS MultiCast, you can now watch up to four live streams at once across all of the network's programming options. This...
Apple is finally putting its money where its mouth is, setting aside $1 billion to pursue the original programming agenda it's been making so much noise about it recent times. In June, the company poached Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg --...
Since adopting the G Suite moniker in September, Google has been steadily beefing up Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Whereas, in the past its updates have targeted select sets of users (like one-tap citations for researchers) its latest crop of tools are...
G Suite, Google’s set of online productivity tools, is getting a major update today that adds a number of new features to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. Most of these updates focus around collaboration, but the service is also getting...
Organizer Jack Posobiec says the group received "Alt Left terrorist threats."
With help from a Master Blender.
Next week’s total solar eclipse isn’t just a chance to see a cool natural phenomenon, it’s a rare opportunity for all kinds of science experiments. The path of a total solar eclipse hasn’t touched the US since 1979. Sure, there’ll be...
After being pulled from GoDaddy and Google, the "top hate site in America" has taken refuge in the darkweb.
Enlarge (credit: Susan Melkisethian) Earlier this week, the infamous hate site the Daily Stormer lost control of the "dailystormer.com" domain after two domain registrars—first GoDaddy, then Google's domain service—refused service to the...
The hate site kept getting booted by its domain registrars and hosting companies after posting an abhorrent article about the woman who was mowed down and killed while protesting hate during the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. It also was one...
Alexa skills have always been free on devices like the Amazon Echo, but that’s not stopping Amazon from paying skill developers anyway. In May, Amazon quietly began rewarding developers with cash for making popular games and trivia skills....
Amazon today announced a new program that gives developers a way to earn money for their Alexa skills – the voice apps that run on smart speakers like the Echo, and other Alexa-powered devices. According to the company, developers will...
Back in 2015, Daniel Craig said he would rather “slit my wrists” than play James Bond again, adding: “If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.” Well, guess who just got paid. Craig stopped by The...
Following 2015's Spectre, Daniel Craig has been cagey about his potential return to the James Bond franchise. Not only did he (in)famously tell a reporter that he'd "rather slash [his] wrists" than ever play 007 again, but there have been numerous...
James Bond fans were shaken and stirred Tuesday night. Daniel Craig officially confirmed he will return to the role of Agent 007 in the upcoming...
After much speculation and continued delays, Essential has finally confirmed that the Essential Phone will be shipping within the next 7 days.
Ex-Android boss Andy Rubin's Essential Phone will start shipping next week, at least in one color, according to an email spotted by 9 to 5 Google. "As shipment of your Pure White device is still a couple of weeks away, we want to give you...
The Essential phone is real, you guys, and it will actually start shipping within 7 days. This is according to an email sent to customers who have reserved the phone, Android Authority reports. This doesn't, however, include the Essential 360...