Oct 22
Porsche decided almost 60 years ago that it was going in its own direction, opting for the boxer engines that improve many aspects of its vehicles.
Oct 22
The Porsche 928 from “Risky Business” is the car in which Tom Cruise first learned to drive a stick shift.
Oct 22
House of the Dragon viewers have had themselves some fun watching the Game of Thrones prequel over the last two months. But it isn’t Game of Thrones without some kind of drama happening, and ahead of this Sunday’s season finale, the episode up and got leaked out of nowhere.
Oct 22
The Republican National Committee is suing Google over Gmail's spam filters
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe Republican National Committee is suing Google. According to Axios (via The Verge), the organization filed a lawsuit with California’s Eastern District Court on Friday. The complaint accuses Google of sending “millions” of RNC campaign emails to Gmail spam folders in an extension of the company’s “discriminatory” filtering practices.
“At approximately the same time at the end of each month, Google sends to spam nearly all of the RNC’s emails,” the complaint claims. “Critically, and suspiciously, this end of the month period is historically when the RNC’s fundraising is most successful.”
The lawsuit comes after Google launched a controversial program to appease GOP lawmakers concerned about its filtering practices. In June, after a study found that Gmail was more likely than competing email clients to filter emails from Republican campaigns, the company said it would work with the Federal Election Commission to pilot a system designed to prevent political messages from ending up in spam folders. The concession came after Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that sought to ban email platforms from using algorithms to route campaign messages automatically.
According to a recent report from The Verge, the Republican National Committee is not taking advantage of the program Google built to address the party’s concerns. The organization’s complaint doesn’t explicitly mention the pilot. Instead, it points to a training session the RNC attended on August 11th, the same day the FEC approved Google’s program.
“This discrimination has been ongoing for about ten months — despite the RNC’s best efforts to work with Google,” the organization claims. Google did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment. “As we have repeatedly said, we simply don’t filter emails based on political affiliation,” the company told Axios, adding that Gmail’s spam filters reflect user actions.
Oct 22
Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara Bellis’ pretrial rulings resulted in an unfair trial and “a substantial miscarriage of justice.”
Oct 22
For nearly a full decade, Warner Bros. Conjuring franchise has been steadily going. Between The Conjuring 2 and last year’s The Devil Made Me Do It was five years, and that long wait has filled by various spinoffs like The Nun or Curse of La Llorona. If it seems like the franchise is gradually slowing down as…
Oct 22
About 1,000 Students At A Virginia High School Have Come Down With ‘Flu-Like’ Symptoms
Posted in: Today's ChiliHealth officials are working to “identify the root cause of the illness” that has affected nearly half the students at Stafford High School.
Oct 22
Slow internet is something that can plague any of us. Fortunately, there are some easy steps you can take to help get your speed back to where it belongs.
Oct 22
The next time you want to download an app on your iPhone, prepare to see more ads. Starting on October 25th, Apple will begin rolling out two additional ad categories to the App Store, according to an email seen by MacRumors. In all countries outside China, the company plans to begin selling ad space within the “Today” tab and at the bottom of individual app listings. Once they arrive, the ads will feature an icon with a blue background to distinguish them from other recommendations.
While Apple has sold search ads through the App Store since 2016, the Today tab was previously reserved for recommendations from the company’s editorial team. “With a Today tab ad, your app can appear prominently on the front page of the App Store — making it some of the first content users see when they begin their App Store visit,” the company states on a support page.
Apple first announced it was bringing ads to the Today tab in July. The expansion is part of a broader push by the company to expand its advertising business. According to a recent report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company hopes to nearly triple its advertising revenue to $10 billion annually over the next few years. In addition to more App Store ads, the company reportedly plans to introduce search ads to Maps in the near future.
Oct 22
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Britain ahead of a possible tilt at reclaiming his former job.
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