Andy Borowitz jokes that one outcome of the U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks, in Singapore, was that Donald Trump offered to let Kim Jong Un have Mike Pence work as his manservant.
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How ‘The Incredibles’ Got an Upgrade
It’s the same family, but 14 years later, technological advances mean a much more subtle look for “Incredibles 2.”
Read More »Hands-on: Hitman 2’s murderous puzzle sandbox lets you wield fish as a weapon
I am a machine. I am efficient. I am a loaded gun, a live weapon. I use the tools I’ve been given, even if that means no tools at all. I am years and years of training, the perfect assassin, a shadow even in the light of the noonday sun. I am an agent of targeted destruction, a demon sent …
Read More »What this puppy chatbot says about the friendly future of fintech for consumers
This puppy chatbot is the most adorable example yet of the promise of fintech. Fintech is a blanket term for financial technologies. Fintech ranges from the payment and banking apps many of us already use, to the AI and machine-learning applications that crunch transactional data for financial companies, to cryptocurrency, blockchain, and other complete re-imaginings of how money works. At …
Read More »Hodeidah: What the assault means for Yemen’s civilians and the aid effort
After months of diplomatic wrangling and despite repeated warnings of humanitarian catastrophe, the long-threatened assault on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah is now underway. Forces backed by the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni partners – part of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition that has been fighting Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen since March 2015 – …
Read More »For Some in Tunisia, Ramadan Is a Test of Personal Freedom
A rare protest against the closing of cafes and restaurants during the holy month highlighted a debate about law, social pressure and individual liberties.
Read More »Avoid overheating with this six-fan adjustable laptop cooling pad for under $12
When you’re crunching numbers or playing games on your laptop, you’ve got to keep that notebook cool. Right now, Amazon’s got a great deal to keep your laptop from overheating. You can get a six-fan cooling pad for 15.6- and 17-inch gaming laptops for $11.70 with the checkout code ANPALG78. To read this article in full, please click here
Read More »Tech Tip: Coming Down From iCloud
Apple’s cloud service is intertwined with its operating systems, but you can move many of your files to a new online home.
Read More »Is there Gender Parity & Reverse Sexual Harassment at UN?
By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 14 2018 (IPS) Faced with growing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the UN system, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last year announced a “zero-tolerance” policy to fight harassment in the world body. But UN Women, which was created in July 2010 and dedicated to gender empowerment, has moved one step further– and appointed an …
Read More »How Yemen Became a Humanitarian Nightmare: Untangling a Complex War
Yemen’s war has already killed thousands of civilians and left three million people internally displaced.
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