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  • Uber is definitely not happy with Travis Kalanick's board appointments

    Ousted Uber CEO but still-Uber-board-member Travis Kalanick named two new directors to Uber’s board without consulting anyone else at the ride-hailing company he founded.  Despite Kalanick’s looming presence over Uber, the people actually running the company now were not happy with his scheme.  SEE ALSO: Uber CEO admits ‘we’ve got things wrong’ in open letter …

    September 30, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Here's where Trump spent the past 10 days as Puerto Rico collapsed

    Hurricane Maria is the largest storm to hit Puerto Rico in modern history, but President Trump was just a little too busy this week to gave the island his full attention. A new report by The Washington Post breaks down how the President spent the last 10 days as the island’s devastation deepened. When the …

    September 30, 2017 | by Raheel
  • How to activate Smart Invert in iOS 11

    The new “Smart Invert” feature in iOS 11 is a dark mode, but smarter.  For a while, Apple has been trying features to ease the nighttime burden on our eyes when they’re staring at screens, with greyscale mode in iOS 8 and Night Shift in iOS 9. Smart Invert, iOS 11’s go at eye relief, …

    September 30, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 10 days after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still fighting for life

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Donald Trump blames Puerto Rico’s continuing struggles on “poor leadership.” Pictures tell a very different story. While the president sunk to an inexcusable new low on Saturday, images coming out of the storm-ravaged U.S. territory show us what’s really going on. It is much as San Juan Mayor Carmen …

    September 30, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Texas high school football players kicked off their team for protesting during national anthem

    Two Texas high-school football players stood with athletes across the country against police brutality and discrimination by protesting during the national anthem. Immediately after, they were told to hand in their uniforms. Sophomore Cedric Ingram-Lewis and his cousin Larry McCullough were kicked off their team at Victory & Praise Christian Academy, the Houston Chronicle reported. …

    September 30, 2017 | by Raheel