American rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared furious with NBC News on Wednesday, accusing the network of trying to generate “hate clicks” with a “blatantly misleading tweet” about her one-minute appearance during Tuesday’s second night of the Democratic convention. NBC “jumped an enormous amount of hate and vitriol” with its 9:49 a.m. …
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How to save the USPS? Cliff from ‘Cheers’ has an idea
Scrape the mall. “Cheers” star John Ratzenberger thinks we should buy Christmas presents at the post office. When indie rock musician Tim Kasher reached out to Ratzenberger, who played know-it-all postman Cliff Clavin on the beloved sitcom of the 1980s, on the Cameo video card service, the actor came up …
Read More »Microsoft outlines EOL for Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy
Following the launch of its Chromium-based Edge browser earlier this year, Microsoft announced plans yesterday to launch the legacy version of Edge. In addition, the company said it was dropping its Microsoft 365 suite of apps and services for Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft gives users a lot of notice before …
Read More »Germany and Detroit already have their own Teslas
(Bloomberg Opinion) – When financial types talk about internal combustion engines, they often just use the acronym ICE. It’s an appropriate name: investors have a frosty view of car companies relying on gasoline or diesel to steer their cars. Volkswagen AG, the world’s largest carmaker by sale, has a market …
Read More »Rapidly moving fire in Northern California saves historic winery: ‘It’s a miracle’
Phil Sunseri thanked California fire department Tuesday afternoon after they were reportedly able to save his family’s 130-year-old Napa Valley winery from a fast-moving wildfire that came within the company’s feet and at least one building on the property. destroyed. The Hennessey fire, one of several wildfires in Northern California, …
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