Category: everydayblog


  • Trump Administration Revokes Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.

    The Trump administration has revoked Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for more than 300,000 Venezuelans in the United States, leaving the population vulnerable to potential deportation in the coming months, according to government documents obtained by The New York Times. The move, President Trump’s first to remove such protections in his second term, signals that…

  • Amazfit Helio Smart Ring review: bargain bin bust

    Smart rings are in the middle of a renaissance. That’s great because we finally have way more options than just an Oura Ring. The downside is most of Oura’s would-be rivals are launching their first, maybe second-gen smart rings. Meaning, if you want an Oura Ring alternative, there’s a good chance you’ll have to put…

  • Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes

    The Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that two airstrikes a day earlier had killed at least 18 civilians, one of the highest single-day tolls so far this year and a grim reminder of the war’s enduring devastation as it approaches its fourth year. The first strike occurred Saturday morning when a Russian missile hit a residential…

  • The tech industry’s layoffs and hiring freezes: all of the news

    Companies have been cutting costs. | Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge Over the last couple years, it feels like we’ve heard news of mass layoffs and hiring freezes from tech companies nearly every week, and since the beginning of 2024, there’s been a new wave of layoffs and firings. In the first few…

  • Has Your Nonprofit Been Affected by Federal Funding Cuts? We Want to Hear From You.

    This is a time of fear and worry in the nonprofit world. The Trump administration has taken extraordinary steps to reduce federal grant funding to nonprofit groups. It has largely shut off foreign aid. It briefly froze all outgoing grants. Now, even though that broad freeze has been lifted, the White House says it is…

  • PDP’s Riffmaster guitar controller is receiving a rare $20 discount

    Last month, Fortnite Festival, the game’s Rock Band-like music mode, rolled out local multiplayer on PlayStation and Xbox. It’s a great addition if you and up to three buddies want to relive the halcyon days of ‘07 on a single TV, particularly if you’re using a nostalgia-inducing peripheral like the PDP Riffmaster — which is…

  • Tariffs: Aiming at Mexico, Hitting Ourselves

    There are many reasons to regret Trump’s latest experiment with tariffs, but let’s take prices and migration. Source link

  • US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is impacting big tech and beyond

    President Donald Trump has announced that he’s imposing a tariff on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: Canada, Mexico, and China. Under the executive orders signed on February 1st, Canada and Mexico will face a 25 percent tariff, while goods from China will be subject to a 10 percent tax. Energy resources…

  • Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

    More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.” The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes and scientific…

  • Automakers brace for ‘massive’ impact of Trump’s tariffs

    Your next car purchase is probably going to be more expensive, thanks to President Donald Trump. Around 5.3 million vehicles are built in Canada and Mexico, 70 percent of which are destined for the United States. Those vehicles will soon be subject to 25 percent tariffs, which were just announced by the Trump administration. And…