Photo: Amy Sussman (fake pictures) There may be a brave newcomer in the transmission block (and another coming soon), but let’s not forget the older video streaming platforms that paved the way for competitors like HBO Max and Peacock and Quibi, platforms like Amazon Prime, which also has some new …
Read More »IPhone shortcut ‘Siri, I’m being stopped’ helps open camera, record police stops
Darcie Moran | Detroit Free Press Yes, Siri can help iPhone users to record police interactions. The Apple Shortcut plugin “They’re Stopping Me” has reappeared online and in the news amid talks in Michigan and around the world about the police brutality following the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a …
Read More »Someone please explain WTF Are the app clips exactly?
I just don’t understand. Screenshot: Apple The lack of applause during this year’s World Developers Conference main conference meant that updates to Apple’s new operating systems were overlooked at a carpal tunnel-inducing speed. It also meant that Apple quickly went through the big changes that came to iOS 14. Specifically, …
Read More »Senate Democrats will block the Republican Party’s police reform bill, launching a review effort
The Democrats’ measure limits the weeks of calls by both parties to quickly advance police reform amid protests and civil unrest across the country after high-profile episodes of police use of deadly force that sparked a national backlash. But efforts to find common ground have largely turned into bitter, partisan …
Read More »Video: Russell Wilson, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe open the ESPY 2020 Awards with messages about racism
This year’s ESPY Awards had a decidedly different tone, because this is a decidedly different time in our lives. We are in the midst of a pandemic, and the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked massive global protests demanding equality and racial justice, while …
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