One of the selling features of Android is its openness. Some of them are by design, like the ability to use different app launchers or default apps. Others, however, are more involved piracy and development products, specifically custom ROM and routing. Unfortunately, it appears that the latest set of superpowers …
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Hong Kong’s new national security law, imposed by China yesterday and set to take effect hours later, is apparently intended to restore “prosperity” and “stability” in a city rocked by months of protests. It criminalizes a wide range of actions, and is written vaguely enough that any criticism of the …
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The Supreme Court bolstered religious schools on Tuesday, ruling that states that grant scholarships or tuition grants to children in private schools cannot deny the same aid to parents who enrolled their children in a religious school. In a decision 5-4, the court said that excluding them amounted to unconstitutional …
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“Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Harvey Dent’s words in one of the most iconic superhero movies of our time, The Dark Knight. It seems appropriate for a time like this, a time when, as an Eagles fan, you’d hope …
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Johnny Mandel, who composed and arranged for some of the major great bands of the 1940s and 1950s before establishing himself as a writer of memorable sheet music for films and themes such as “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Emily” and “Suicide is painless” . “He died Monday at his …
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