New U.S. Sanctions Mean ‘Permanent Closure’ Of Diplomacy, Iran Says

Trump enacted new sanctions Monday targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

KitchenAid Smart Oven+ connects with Google Assistant, Alexa, our house

Everything is connected today, and not just the obvious culprits like phones, computers, and TVs. These days, even refrigerators and ovens are connected to the Internet or to each other. The latter is what KitchenAid is trying to sell with the new Smart Oven+. First shown of at CES 2019, the smart single or double wall oven allows users to … Continue reading

Japanese High-Speed Rail Line Was Brought to Standstill by Tiny Slug That Fried on Power Cable

Japanese rail company JR Kitakyushu says that one small slug was responsible for a power outage and subsequent delays for an estimated 12,000 commuters on a high-speed rail line in Kyushu on May 30, CNN reported on Monday.

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Apple's Seattle workforce will quintuple by 2024

Apple is doubling down on the number of employees it plans on hiring in its new Seattle site. The company announced at a Monday news conference that it would be bringing 2,000 jobs to the city by 2024 — twice the number it initially planned. The new…

Chrome OS will show Android cloud storage apps in Files app

From the very beginning, Chrome OS and Chromebooks were envisioned to be cloud-centric, which is why the early models had very measly internal storage. It may have been a bit ahead of its time and Chromebook makers eventually crammed more gigabytes inside devices. Fast-forward a few years later, cloud storage has become a critical piece of modern workers’ lives and … Continue reading

postmarketOS now supports 139 abandoned phones and tablets

Android has the lion’s share of the smartphone market partly because of the wide variety of devices available and the wide range of prices they carry. There may also be one other factor influencing those numbers: early obsolescence of devices. Android phones are guaranteed two to three years of software updates and that is if they’re lucky. If you have … Continue reading

Doctor: Conditions In Immigrant Child Centers Akin To ‘Torture Facilities’

“I can’t imagine my own child being there and not being broken,” said Dr. Dolly Lucio Sevier.

W.H. Blocks Kellyanne Conway From Testifying Before House Panel On Hatch Act

The White House declines to let the Oversight Committee question Trump’s adviser about alleged ethics violations.

Cock And Awe: Colbert Mocks Trump’s ‘Tiny Little Mushroom Cloud’ Threat

“Late Show” host lets the puns run wild after Trump’s “cocked and loaded” tweet.

Watch SpaceX attempt a 'most challenging' Falcon Heavy launch at 2:30 AM ET

Last year SpaceX launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, but the company describes tonight’s STP-2 mission as one of the “most challenging” launches in its history. It’s also the first Falcon Heavy launch to reuse side boosters,…