‘The Odyssey’ Backlash Failed Tremendously
On the day of its release, I woke up at dawn and drove 25 miles to the Philadelphia suburbs to…
Category: Technology
ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to renew its contract with a subsidiary of data broker giant Thomson Reuters at…
What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke
Hot dogs, beach days, and iced tea on the porch are some of the rites of summer. But in an…
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
A glitch with Amazon Web Services’ billing operation led some customers to believe they owed the world’s fifth most valuable…
Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees
There’s no shortage of bonkers details about Polymarket. The government alleges that both a special forces soldier and a longtime…
Lyft’s CEO Says, ‘We’re the Good Uber’
Three Years AGO, Lyft was floundering. The perpetual also-ran to Uber was in danger of being run off the road…
Conspiracy Theorists Think Trump’s Speech Paves the Path to the Insurrection Act
President Donald Trump’s much-hyped speech promising huge revelations about interference in the 2020 election failed to deliver. On Thursday night,…
Essential Gear for an Emergency Kit—for Cars or Go-Bags
Another thing people forget to do until the internet is already down? Download emergency phone apps. As of October 2025,…
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
Apple and Google have been ordered to take down apps that can “nudify” or “undress” people and told that they…
Home Depot Promo Codes: 50% Off in July 2026
The company pretty much invented the hardware superstore when it began in 1978, just by being so big. They inflated…