The federal government backpedaled Tuesday after its request for data about visitors to an anti-Trump website was slammed as a broad violation of free speech protections. “The government values and respects the First Amendment right of all Americans to participate in peaceful political protests and to read protected political expression […]
Daily Archives: August 23, 2017
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NEW YORK — Three-time Tony Award-winning book writer Thomas Meehan, best known for transforming the Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip into the smash Broadway musical “Annie,” has died at age 88. Meehan, who had been ill for about five months and had undergone surgery, died at his home in Manhattan […]
Don’t throw them away now that the fun is over. Sarah Tew/CNET Now that the excitement is over, don’t toss your eclipse glasses just yet. Here are some ways to give them a second life and keep them out of the landfills. 1. Use them as DIY camera filters Many […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s actress wife apologized Tuesday for tearing into an Instagram user who criticized her online for tagging designer brands in an image of the couple disembarking from a government plane. “I apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response,” Louise Linton said […]
[MUSIC] Hey, there, this is Sean Hollister with CNET and I’m pretty pissed. I just spent the entire morning trying to get the SNES Classic Edition, the itsy-bitsy $80 Nintendo console It’s going to be one of the hot items this holiday season. It was not particularly easy because like […]
Lucas Apa, senior security consultant at cybersecurity company IOActive, handles robots by UBTech and SoftBank Robotics during a demonstration in Singapore August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jeremy Wagstaff More By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Researchers who warned half a dozen robot manufacturers in January about nearly […]
When you first install the Orbit B-Hyve, you might not think it’s that different from an ordinary sprinkler controller. The large central dial, the four large buttons and the clunky LCD display all give the impression that you’re dealing with outdated technology. Indeed, Orbit’s first smart sprinkler doesn’t stray far […]
A life restoration of Inermorostrum xenops dolphins (AFP Photo/Dr. Robert BOESSENCKER) More Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Wednesday unveiled an extinct species of toothless, whiskered and objectively cute mini-dolphin that plied Earth’s oceans some 30 million years ago. With only a fossilised cranium — found in a river near Charleston, […]