Apple refuses to allow major gaming apps from Microsoft, Google and Facebook on the iPhone and iPad App Store. The reason, Apple said, is because those apps give access to games that have not been reviewed by Apple’s review guidelines. “Our customers enjoy great apps and games from millions of …
Read More »Kudlow withdrew, saying only that Congress could extend unemployment benefits
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said he “spoke out” earlier this week when he said unemployment benefits could only be extended by Congress. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed four executive orders to bypass Congress and deliver new actions on temporary benefits related to unemployment, student loans, evictions and …
Read More »Olivia de Havilland, and the lawyer who helped her turn her business into a show (guest column)
Last month, Olivia de Havilland – the last of the great actors of Hollywood’s Golden Age – died at the age of 104. That in itself is remarkable for someone who, in 1944, at the age of 28, was diagnosed with viral pneumonia, which has a high fever, coughing up …
Read More »How Italy reversed the Covid-19 disaster
Now, just four months later, life in Italy, country president Mike Pence once said “no one wanted to look like”, is almost back to normal, despite sporadic spikes in cases attributed to migrants arriving in the country as living in narrow quarters. The death toll has leveled at just 35,000, …
Read More »80,000 airline workers face furloughs due to COVID-19
More than 80,000 pilots, airlines and other employees of the airline face unpaid time and an uncertain future as carriers attempt to navigate catastrophic losses resulting from COVID-19. © Social media A United Airlines flight from Newark to San Francisco is full of passengers pictured on social media Beyond holidaymakers’ …
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