Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo open President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Tuesday to keep open the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and opened the door to sending new prisoners there. The decision is a major reversal of his predecessor President Barack Obama’s policy. During his […]
Trump to project success as Washington rots from within President Donald Trump embarks on his debut State of the Union address Tuesday with the formidable assignment of shoring up a presidency threatened by a Russia scandal that is sowing rancor in Washington and tearing at national unity. If the pattern […]
Trump makes case he’s stoking American dream President Trump called for bipartisan action on immigration and infrastructure in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, asking a deeply divided nation to come together after a tumultuous first year in office. The president said his agenda is working, highlighting […]
Hawaii false alarm: Officials quit over missile alert Two top civilian officials from Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency have resigned over the sending of a false incoming missile alert. The 13 January message led to widespread panic and the authorities took 38 minutes to correct it. Administrator Vern Miyagi and executive […]
Newport Beach helicopter crash: 3 dead, 2 injured in Southern California A helicopter crashed into a house in a Newport Beach, California, neighborhood Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and two others injured, the Newport Fire Department said. Fire Chief Chip Duncan confirmed the fatalities. CBS Los Angeles reports […]
Facebook to promote local news in latest update Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday the social media website would focus on promoting local news in its latest update. “Starting today, we’re going to show more stories from news sources in your local town or city,” Zuckerberg said […]
Trump security team sees building U.S. 5G network as option President Donald Trump’s national security team is looking at options to counter the threat of China spying on U.S. phone calls that include the government building a super-fast 5G wireless network, a senior administration official said on Sunday. The official, […]
iPhone X Failure Forces Apple Into Drastic Action Once more Apple is making a deeper than expected cut to the production line of its flagship smartphone. This year that means the iPhone X, which was already under performing in Q4 2017 is the handset that is missing its sales targets. […]
Apple Is Redesigning Its Bookstore Apple has an upgrade coming to iBooks, and it’s starting with a name change. iBooks, the Apple e-book store that has existed since 2010, will soon be known as “Books,” and it’ll pay more attention to books you’re reading than the existing app does. The […]
Microsoft issues update to disable Intel’s buggy Spectre patch Microsoft Corp issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker’s fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal. Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables […]
