• EPA wants to roll back Obama-era auto efficiency guidelines

    Under the Obama administration, the EPA instituted a set of goals for automakers aimed at improving vehicle efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The terms state that companies have until 2025 to get their fuel efficiencies up to a fleet… Source: Engadget | EPA wants to roll back Obama-era auto efficiency guidelines

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Justice Dept. sues California again, this time over state law on transfer of federal lands

    Justice Dept. sues California again, this time over state law on transfer of federal lands  Washington Post In Latest Clash With California, Justice Dept. Sues Over Land Use Law  New York Times The Justice Department is Suing California — Again  BuzzFeed News Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Invalidate New California Law Restricting Federal Land Sales | OPA | …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Hubble space telescope spots the farthest known star

    Astronomers have spotted numerous extremely distant galaxies, but spotting individual stars is understandably much more difficult unless they go supernova. Sometimes, though, cosmic alignment works in their favor. Researchers using Hubble space tel… Source: Engadget | Hubble space telescope spots the farthest known star

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Fox News: Look, We're Not Sinclair

    Fox News: Look, We’re Not Sinclair  BuzzFeed News 17 Advertisers That Have Dropped Laura Ingraham’s Fox News Show  The Cheat Sheet Fox News Channel Tops Cable News Charts; MSNBC Has Lock On Growth For 1Q’18  Deadline CMO Today: Zuckerberg and Cook Sound Off; Google Changes Reporting Metric; Fox News Responds to ‘Ingraham …  Wall Street Journal Full coverage Source: …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Dow drops nearly 700 points as trade-war fears intensify

    Dow drops nearly 700 points as trade-war fears intensify  Los Angeles Times Dow dips more than 500 points after Trump attacks Amazon, NAFTA  The Week Magazine Dow Drops 500 on Fears of China Trade War  Newser Full coverage Source: Google News | Dow drops nearly 700 points as trade-war fears intensify

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Stormy Daniels appears in not one but TWO Seth Rogen movies

    The adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who may or may not have had an affair with the sitting U.S. president, has appeared in two Seth Rogen movies, Rogen said on Ellen. And she shared a little information about her affair that would take the public’s attention 10 years later. Rogen shared a story about how …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Facebook promises to delete unpublished videos

    Now that Facebook has been outed as keeping videos you've recorded but never published, the social media has promised to actually delete them. Last week, the sister of a New York Magazine writer found old videos that should have been cleaned off the… Source: Engadget | Facebook promises to delete unpublished videos

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Sinclair defends itself over uproar after local news anchors read anti-'false news' screed

    Sinclair defends itself over uproar after local news anchors read anti-‘false news’ screed  USA TODAY Why Sinclair, Trump and red America already had broad overlap  Washington Post Video Reveals Power Of Sinclair, As Local News Anchors Recite Script In Unison  NPR How America’s Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump’s War On The …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • This keyboard looks like a typewriter, but works like it's 2018

    How much thought do you put into picking out a keyboard? Chances are, not a lot.  Admit it: With so many options out there, you’re likely to buy the cheapest model or whatever your IT buddy recommends. But finding a keyboard that fits your lifestyle matters. Period. Whether you’re writing a blog post or coding …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel
  • 'Isle of Dogs' reflects the bleak reality that we treat dogs like garbage

    This post contains spoilers for Isle of Dogs. Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs has some glaring flaws. But anyone with experience in (or even a cursory knowledge of) the institutions tasked with managing pet populations in the real world will tell you it got one thing right. We treat dogs like disposable trash. And as …

    April 2, 2018 | by Raheel