Dear Amy: This summer I had a falling out with my oldest friend. Amy Dickinson She did me a large favor and eventually felt overextended. I had done her many favors in the past. I thanked her for her help, both in writing and through my actions, but I dropped the ball on returning her […]
Apple has reportedly begun testing foldable screen prototypes for upcoming iPhones
Summary List Placement Apple has begun internal testing on foldable screen prototypes for iPhones, but hasn’t yet decided whether to move forward with such a model, Bloomberg reported. The company has been testing the screen prototypes, rather than a full iPhone model, according to the report. It’s unlikely a foldable phone would be included in […]
Privacy and antitrust experts described Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit deal as sinister: ‘It’s crazy this has been allowed to happen’
Summary List Placement Competition and privacy experts are worried about “sinister” consequences of Google’s acquisition of fitness firm Fitbit, despite the tech giant’s promises to keep user fitness data apart from its ad business. Google first announced its $2.1 billion deal to acquire Fitbit in November 2019, triggering concerns about its growing market power, and […]
Harriette Cole: I’m tired of dating my boss, but he won’t let me go
DEAR HARRIETTE: I began seeing my boss romantically outside of work. After a while, I decided I didn’t feel the same way anymore and I don’t see myself going anywhere with him in the future. Harriette Cole So I started canceling our dates and haven’t been answering his texts or calls after work. He has […]
Health Secretary Alex Azar uses resignation letter to fire warning at Trump that the Capitol siege threatens to ‘tarnish’ the administration’s accomplishments
Summary List Placement Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar resigned earlier this week, using his departure letter to strongly criticize President Trump over his role in inciting last week’s violent riot at the US Capitol. In the formal resignation letter, which dates to January 12 but was obtained by NBC News on Friday, […]
Miss Manners: I didn’t expect he would be in his pajamas. Was I in the wrong?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I recently needed to contact my neighbors regarding an issue with our building. I know all of them by name, and have their telephone numbers, except one couple. We do greet each other when we meet in the lobby or the elevators, but I didn’t have their contact information. So last Saturday […]
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up in 2021. Here are the 19 they chose.
Summary List Placement Venture capitalists still look to be bullish on Europe’s fintech companies heading into 2021. The sector continued its run as being by far the biggest in the bloc for VC investment, netting $9.3 billion in fresh capital in 2020, according to annualized data from Dealroom/Atomico. And the breadth of fast-growing venture-backed startups […]
Turkey is accused of extraditing Uighur Muslims to China in exchange for COVID-19 vaccines
Summary List Placement Turkey has been accused of agreeing to hand over Uighur Muslims to China in exchange for access to its COVID-19 vaccines. The allegations stem from the timing of two events in December: the long-delayed arrival of Turkey’s order of vaccines from the Chinese firm Sinovac and Beijing’s abrupt move to ratify a […]
UK seals its border and requires negative COVID-19 tests for arrivals in a bid to keep out ‘vaccine-busting’ variants
Summary List Placement Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the United Kingdom is to close all travel corridors and that all travelers will be required to supply a negative COVID-19 test result before departing for the UK. In a Friday evening press conference, Johnson said that all travel corridors — routes that do not […]
Dear Abby: Does this long silence mean she doesn’t want to be friends?
DEAR ABBY: A friend of mine from college (I graduated four years ago) is incredibly kind but terrible at keeping in touch. She has never been good at responding to texts, but now that we no longer live in the same area, we don’t communicate. Jeanne Phillips When she invited me to her wedding, I […]
Twitter launched a @SecondGentleman account for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband
Summary List Placement Twitter has added @SecondGentleman to its roster of official political handles as the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepares to become the first male second spouse in US history. President-elect Joe Biden touted the move Friday, in a tweet announcing his own takeover of the @POTUS handle on January 20 and […]
US NTSB team arrives in Indonesia to look into jet crash
By EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has arrived in Indonesia’s capital to join the investigation into the crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said Saturday. The team also comprises representatives from the U.S. […]