Month: April 2019

Indonesia has announced plans to build a new capital city, as its current capital, Jakarta, struggles with pollution, traffic gridlock — and the fact that the city is sinking. from https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/718234878/indonesia-plans-to-move-its-capital-out-of-jakarta-a-city-thats-sinkinghttps://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/04/29/ap_19119410945348_custom-b2ce40888b3c03e266eb36aeb0d3aebf7266e7e8-s1200.jpg

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Russian hackers were able to breach one Florida county’s voting systems during the 2016 Presidential Election, Florida Senator Marco Rubio confirmed in an interview, noting that that hackers not only accessed the county’s systems, but had the ability to change voter roll data, according to The N from https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/28/18520387/russian-hackers-florida-county-voting-records-marco-rubio-presidential-electionhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63687657/103573357.jpg.0.jpg

Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. Its author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact and, sometimes, pure shock value. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/27/18516648/game-of-thrones-got-season-8-hbo-final-hope-chest-character-death-survivalhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63673841/6a77d8b839d14aec73604c6ad5ab5807507a35dbd7066370ebbc348e72f37c6d.0.jpg

What in the world is going on over at Samsung in the wake of the Galaxy Fold delay? The whole situation keeps refusing to normalize, and instead gets weirder nearly every day. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516875/ifixit-takedown-samsung-galaxy-fold-teardownhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63674202/akrales_190417_3377_0309.0.jpg

One unfortunate side-effect of our modern buy-everything-online lifestyle: package theft. A box or pile of boxes left sitting on your front stoop makes an easy target for “porch pirates,” some of whom follow delivery trucks and scoop up packages moments after they’re dropped off. from https://www.cnet.com/how-to/ways-to-keep-packages-from-getting-stolen-off-your-porch/https://cnet2.cbsistatic.com/img/mUk9T6_Mwln0abMBjqTmFU0F6aM=/620×0/2018/01/09/9be2baef-f4da-4386-89e1-e04ae098ef74/boxlock.jpg

Netflix revealed in January it would increase prices for US users and those in Latin American countries where it charges in US dollars. It told many subscribers this week the hikes will take effect in May, though the increases have been rolling out over the last few months. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/03/netflix-us-price-increase-rollout/https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fcrop%3D1600%252C994%252C0%252C0%26quality%3D85%26format%3Djpg%26resize%3D1600%252C995%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-04%252F3bff4950-561c-11e9-affe-dd3438fbf44e%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D2f263d06e97aa8a102622e528323a1f92090911c&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=8bae5c5471c9faa5c3f416c6ac9df33e210570a2

Tim Cook has tweeted a commitment that Apple will help to fund the rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris, the famous French cathedral which was devastated by fire last night. from https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/16/apple-notre-dame/https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/04/Apple-Notre-Dame.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500

For the time being, breakfast holds the grand title of “the most important meal of the day. from https://www.inverse.com/article/55187-skipping-breakfast-costshttps://fsmedia.imgix.net/2b/a4/32/04/be39/48d0/b3a4/1d5c5b414ecd/skipping-breakfast-comes-at-a-steep-cost.jpeg?rect=0%2C761%2C3205%2C1602&auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&w=650

President Trump has just under 60 million Twitter followers. This is a lot. Barack Obama has over 106 million. This is a lot more. The discrepancy is precisely the type of thing that would infuriate the current occupant of the White House and, according to the Daily Beast, it does. from https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-twitter-followers-obama-826471/http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png