How to Support the Amazon Prime Day Strike

For the second year in a row, Amazon workers are planning to strike on Prime Day. In 2018, Amazon warehouse workers in Germany, Poland, and Spain went on strike during Prime Day; this year, fulfillment center workers in Minnesota have planned a similar strike, in part due to Amazon’s recent announcement that it would…

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Swatting a Fly Without Killing It May Cause It Pain for the Rest of Its Life, Study Finds

Barely missing a fatal slap at a bothersome fly might be a headache for both of you, according to new research from scientists at the University of Sydney. They say they’ve found evidence that insects are capable of feeling chronic pain after an injury, much like we do. What’s more, studying why and how insects…

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Biden Likens Medicare For All To GOP Obamacare Repeal

“I’m surprised that so many Democrats are running on getting rid of it,” Biden said of Obamacare.

Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch Linked To Sex Trafficking

The high-desert property is now tied to a probe that the NY state attorney general’s office has opened into Epstein.

Trump Repeats Racist Remarks, Attacks Dems During White House Event

“If you hate our country, if you’re not happy here, you can leave,” he told reporters.

Elvis Biopic Casts Austin Butler As King Of Rock And Roll

The actor beat out stars like Harry Styles and Ansel Elgort for the role in Baz Luhrmann’s film.

Scotland generated enough wind energy to power its homes twice

It’s no secret Scotland has a lot of wind farms, but it’s now clear just how much electricity those turbines can produce. Data from WeatherEnergy shows that Scottish wind turbines generated just over 9.8MWh of electricity between January and June, or…

Twitter’s faster, redesigned site starts rolling out to everyone

It took quite some time, but the new Twitter.com is finally here. Months after teasing parts of it, Twitter has announced that it is now rolling out its redesigned site globally, which will bring people a web experience that’s faster, easier to brows…

Facebook won't make Libra available until regulators are happy

Facebook is determined to reassure officials that its Libra cryptocurrency is above-board. As part of prepared testimony for a July 16th Senate hearing, Calibra head David Marcus has stressed that the social network won’t offer the virtual money unt…

Sony Xperia 1 review: Powerful, but not sensible

I don’t love admitting this, but it can be hard to take Sony’s phones seriously sometimes. That’s not because of a lack of effort on its part — it’s more that the phones they do release often seem gleefully out of step with the mobile mains…