This is Round 37, and Im stats guy David Byler. I could use the next 350 words to mathematically prove to you that 12 candidates talking for three hours is too much for anyone to watch. But you already knew that. The Commentary The biggest event of the week…
Remembering Rep. Elijah Cummings
ProPublica: Never-before-seen Trump tax docs show major inconsistencies
The big picture: Gabbard’s foreign policy stances significantly differ from other top Democratic candidates, especially when it comes to Syria. She has controversially defended the brutal Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, and met with him on a secret trip to …
A proposal to tax WhatsApp calls has pushed an already struggling Lebanon over the edge. Thousands poured into the streets calling for the “fall of the regime” on Thursday and Friday, reports Al Jazeera. Why it matters: These are the largest protests seen in…
For the last eleven years, Firefox Search Engine add-ons have been powered by OpenSearch. With the recent implementation of the search overrides API, a WebExtensions API that offers users more controls for opting into changes, Mozilla intends to deprecate Ope…
What’s happening: In the first quarter of 2019, Didi delivered an estimated 21 million rides per day, compared with 15 million daily by Uber. In August, Didi spun out its self-driving unit, following the example of Google and Waymo. The aut…
Verizon’s pending shutdown of Yahoo Groups has major implications for British cell phone customers looking to change carriers as Britain’s cellphone regulator Ofcom uses Yahoo Groups to handle porting of numbers from one provider to another, The Verge reports…
While biometrics can offer added security, two separate issues highlight limitations of the technology, especially when used as the sole means of locking a smartphone and user accounts. Driving the news: Samsung says it is working on a software update for th…
With Warren’s rise, Biden faces Dems’ anxiety about 2020 bid
KABUL (Reuters) – Multiple explosions at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan collapsed the roof on worshippers during Friday prayers, killing at least 62 and wounding more than 100, officials said. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s governor…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended security forces on Friday over their handling of a shocking outbreak of drug violence, saying they had saved lives by releasing a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman af…
