• In Android 15, Bluetooth may never be truly off

    The forthcoming Android 15 update from Google may prevent device owners from fully turning off their Bluetooth connection, according to new research. Android Police reports that the requirement for Bluetooth to power the forthcoming Find My Device network (launching imminently) could limit the user's ability to have full manual control over the longstanding wireless connectivity tech. Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus is over £100 off right now The Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus can be...

  • Mike Johnson may be speaker, but Democrats run the House

    Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has laid it all on the table: He’s staking his speakership—and his cozy relationship with Donald Trump—on aid to Ukraine, and putting his fate in the hands of Democrats. Democrats, in turn, are not going to make it easy for him. In an impassioned speech Wednesday, Johnson argued that getting aid to Ukraine was paramount, even if putting that bill on the floor will likely trigger a move to oust him. “This is a critical time right now, a critical time on the...

  • Who screwed millennials out of affordable housing? Part 2 – podcast

    How did the government set fire to the Australian housing market? Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley look at how the threat of a communist uprising, a benign sounding tax review and one prime minister’s admiration for two world leaders changed the lives of young AustraliansYou can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: Continue reading

  • Never mind the roadworks, stick your pin in Bute House

    Its 2024-25 budget consultation, which went live last week, is no ordinary online survey. Using the latest geo-tag technology (no, I had never heard of it before either), the council invites you to stick a pin on the location in the city that you consider to be a priority for improvement. According to the website, you can tag the location of a problem in your neighbourhood or an issue anywhere across the city. Trouble is there aren’t enough pins to cover the city’s traffic hot spots that turn...

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    Opinion: What we may never understand about O.J. Simpson

    Opinion By Gene Seymour, CNN (CNN) — So now that he is dead, what is there to do with the perpetually troubling, infuriating American conundrum that was Orenthal James Simpson? My guess is that we’ll do the same thing we’ve been doing for all his public life, right up until Thursday, when his family announced his death,

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    Opinion: What we may never understand about O.J. Simpson

    Opinion By Gene Seymour, CNN (CNN) — So now that he is dead, what is there to do with the perpetually troubling, infuriating American conundrum that was Orenthal James Simpson? My guess is that we’ll do the same thing we’ve been doing for all his public life, right up until Thursday, when his family announced his death,

  • House may take up vote soon on national security bill

    {beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story House may take up vote soon on national security bill Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is already facing a revolt

  • WWE Star Says He May Never Get Cleared To Wrestle Again

    WWE Superstar Big E provided an update on his neck and the news is both good and bad.  Big E has been out of action since March 2022 after taking an overhead belly-to-belly suplex from Ridge Holland at ringside. Big E accidentally landed on the top of his head and was taken to the hospital. He

  • Sarnia affordable housing project may proceed without provincial cash

    Ontario nixed a requested $5-million contribution, but Lambton County’s Housing Services wants to move ahead with building as many as 50 new units of affordable housing on county-owned parkland on Kathleen Avenue in Sarnia.

  • Manteca may hike illegal fireworks fine by a third to $1,000

    The use of illegal fireworks in Manteca this year could carry an even stiffer financial penalty. The Manteca City Council on Tuesday will consider increasing the fine for the first offense from the current $750 to $1,000.

  • Future Apple Pencil may work on iPhone and never need charging

    Apple is looking at technology to entirely remove the need to charge a future Apple Pencil without removing features, and whether that will help it be used on an iPhone. A battery-less Apple Pencil could be made to work with an iPhone First, Apple made you stick it in an iPad to charge, then it had you magnetically attach it to the side of an iPad. Most recently it's switched to a hidden USB-C connector. Now it wants to get rid of all of that. This is the central point of the...

  • Jon Bon Jovi Says He May Never Perform Live Again After Throat Surgery

    Singer Jon Bon Jovi reportedly said he may never perform live again after undergoing throat surgery. | Entertainment