2025-04-16

DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps were sent home due to “new operational parameters.” The program’s long-term fate is unclear. [...]

2025-04-16

American Airlines will provide inflight Wi-Fi for free starting next year

American Airlines has announced plans to finally offer free Wi-Fi on flights. The company said that its AT&T-sponsored program will start offering free, high-speed Wi-Fi "across more than 2 million American flights per year" in January 2026.<br /> To be able t [...]

2025-04-16

Zoom is back up after outages this afternoon

Zoom went down for many of its users this afternoon. People began experiencing issues with video conferencing service over the past few hours, peaking at more than 60,000 reports on DownDetector. Zoom shared an update acknowledging the problems and posted on X that "a restor [...]

2025-04-16

Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?

This seems like a smart use of taxpayer money. [...]

2025-04-16

AP: Trump admin to kill IRS free tax-filing service that Intuit lobbied against

Amid IRS staff cuts, employees were told to stop working on Direct File. [...]

2025-04-16

Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account

X will soon remove Support account suspended users viewed as a lifeline. [...]

2025-04-16

LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions

LG licenses tech for interpreting TV users' feelings and convictions. [...]

2025-04-16

14 reasons why Trump’s tariffs won’t bring manufacturing back

Op-ed: Trump administration grossly underestimates difficulty of their stated task. [...]

2025-04-16

Skullcandy's New Method 360 ANC Are $100 Bose Earbuds In Disguise

Skullcandy and Bose have teamed up to create an affordable pair of impressive sounding earbuds. Here are my early hands-on impressions of the Method 360 ANC after using them for a day. [...]