Month: December 2020
‘We Don’t Have To Live This Way’: Doctors Call For Climate Action
Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame. (Image credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreExpect a ‘flurry’ of pardons before Trump leaves office, source says – CNN
Expect a ‘flurry’ of pardons before Trump leaves office, source says CNN Time to Rethink Presidential Pardons? The New York Times Abolishing the Electoral College is closer than you think The Week Mellman: Mired in Partisanship | TheHill The Hill Stephen Moore: Biden, progressives,
Read MoreLive updates: Biden holds roundtable with workers; Trump draws rebukes for questioning election integrity – The Washington Post
Live updates: Biden holds roundtable with workers; Trump draws rebukes for questioning election integrity The Washington Post Trump talks of ‘another four years’ during White House Christmas reception CNN Trump has already left the building, but there’s lots we can do while
Read MoreHulu officially launches its co-viewing feature Watch Party
Hulu’s social viewing feature, Watch Party, has now launched to all on-demand subscribers, the company announced today. The co-viewing feature was first introduced during the earlier days of the pandemic in 2020, allowing Hulu users to watch shows together from
Read MoreSalesforce slumps 8.5% as its post-Slack selloff continues
Shares of Salesforce traded lower today, despite the company hosting a multi-hour keynote that included a buffet of Marc Benioff. What’s going on? Essentially, since the Salesforce-Slack deal reached the ears of the public, shares of the CRM giant have
Read MoreGrounded: Emotional Support Animals No Longer Guaranteed Free Flights
The Department of Transportation won’t require airlines to accommodate animals other than legitimate service dogs. The decision comes after reports of fraudulent service animal claims. (Image credit: Julio Cortez/AP)
Read MoreThe Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021
Organizers on Wednesday said that this year they will premiere over 70 films on a custom online platform during the seven day event.
Read MoreDaily Crunch: Apple announces its best apps of 2020
Apple releases its annual best apps list, a self-driving truck startup raises $350 million and the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency approval in the United Kingdom. This is your Daily Crunch for December 2, 2020. The big story: Apple announces
Read MoreEveryone has an opinion on the $27.7B Slack acquisition
When the Salesforce-Slack deal was officially announced on Tuesday afternoon, and the number appeared, it was kind of hard to believe. Salesforce had shelled out more than $27 billion to buy Slack and bring it into the Salesforce family of
Read MoreValéry Giscard d’Estaing, ‘modernist’ French president, dies at 94
Former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who brought about rapid social change after more than 15 years of strict Gaullism and who was a leading force in laying the foundation of the European Union, died on Wednesday at the age
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