• 'Stop whining Donny': Convicted Trump ally tells ex-president 'it's time to pay the piper'

    A man who was prosecuted for what he says were crimes he committed on behalf of Donald Trump has a serious warning for the former president.Trump on Saturday attacked a key witness in his felony criminal trial slated for Monday, prompting some to ask if there will be "consequences" for the apparent violation of a gag order in the hush money case. Trump's gag order was recently strengthened after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's daughter for her company's ties to top Democrats.Trump's...

  • It's About Time Fashion Stopped Sleeping on Women's Basketball

    New York bustled more than usual on Monday night, especially in the Brooklyn borough. As Dior staged a runway show at the Brooklyn Museum, the 2024 WNBA Draft

  • The Morning After: Amazon stops paying bonuses to Alexa developers

    Amazon has cut paid perks for Alexa developers. With a bigger focus on generative AI, the voice assistant’s third-party apps (skills) aren’t a priority. An Amazon spokesperson told Engadget that the “older programs have simply run their course, so we decided to sunset them.” Launched in 2017, when Alexa was all the rage, the program paid developers bonuses for skills that resonated with users. It was part of Amazon’s quest to turn Alexa Skills into a booming app store. (Did that happen?) At the...

  • Amazon will stop paying bonuses to Alexa developers

    Amazon has decided to cut off paid perks for Alexa developers. The company confirmed to Engadget on Wednesday that it will end the Alexa Developer Rewards Program at the end of June. A second program that rewards developers for using Amazon Web Services as the backend for their Alexa apps will wrap up at the same time. With the emergence of generative AI, the pioneering voice assistant’s third-party apps (“skills”) no longer appear to be a central focus for the company. The news was first...

  • Letters to sports: The Times must stop offensive commentary

    As a Bruins fan and season-ticket holder for UCLA women's basketball for more than 25 years, I'd like to thank staff writer Ben Bolch for writing a stupid, over-the-line hit piece on the LSU Lady Tigers, thereby providing fuel for Coach Kim Mulkey, who never needs fuel, and her players by comparing LSU vs. UCLA as "dirty debutantes" vs. "milk and cookies." Then after UCLA lost he rubbed salt in the wound with his next story. We don't know what you were trying to achieve, Ben, but with writers...

  • Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang

    This is the second group to demand a ransom payment from Change Healthcare to prevent the release of stolen patient data in as many months. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Memorial that pays tribute to soldiers killed in Iraq makes stop in Española

    ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – A traveling memorial that pays tribute to a group of soldiers killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom is making a stop in Española. After months of planning, The Eyes of Freedom: Lima Company Memorial, has made it’s way to the Pueblo of Pojoaque. It was a longtime goal for Cynthia Grant to bring that []

  • Seven-Time Deported Illegal Alien Gang Member Charged with Murder in Ohio

    An illegal alien from Mexico, deported seven times from the United States, is now accused of aggravated murder in Butler County, Ohio.

  • ‘Bubble Gang’ long-time collaborators share gag show’s secrets to success

    For more than two decades, “Bubble Gang,” now spelled “BBLGANG,” has become a staple of every Kapuso’s Entertainment fare. It features, among other things, “commercial spoofs, recurring characters, and parodies on politicians,” according to its website, and remains the local tinseltown’s longest-running gag show.

  • 'Judges didn't have time to stop laughing': Trump's failed hush money trial bid mocked

    Former President Donald Trump was dealt a humiliating blow on Monday when a judge immediately dismissed his push to delay the April 15 date of his Manhattan hush money trial.Trump, whose attorneys had been arguing the delay was necessary in order to pursue a change of venue, were summarily denied by Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez, clearing the way for the former president's first criminal trial to begin later this month.Commenters on social media, including legal experts, were triumphant that the former...

  • My 13p method to stop neighbours stealing my parking spot works EVERY time – it reeks but it’s only bad for them

    ONE driver’s neighbours kept stealing their parking spot – so they came up with a drastic solution. The student, who lived in a rented off-campus apartment, took to Reddit to explain th

  • Man pays dearly after confronting gang of motorcyclists illegally riding path behind his home: 'I was knocked out'

    Those who live near the entrance to the Kinnickinnic River Trail in Milwaukee told WTMJ-TV it's well known that motorcyclists use the trail even despite posted signs prohibiting motor vehicles upon it. Image source: WTMJ-TV video screenshotOne of those residents, Gary Hartung, recently heard six motorcyclists leaving the trail just steps from his home near the trail's entrance, the station said.With that, Hartung recorded a video of motorcyclists while telling...