Category: everydayblog


  • Google ends DEI hiring goals

    With new U.S. Executive Orders, court decisions, and many companies making changes to their DEl programs in recent weeks, we sat down with Fiona Cicconi to learn how Google is thinking about this. Can you tell us how we’re thinking about this across the company? First, I want to be clear: we’ve always been committed…

  • Death of Robert Brooks, Inmate Beaten by N.Y. Prison Guards, Is Ruled a Homicide

    An autopsy has found that the death of a New York State prison inmate who was handcuffed and shackled while corrections officers attacked him was a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday. Ms. Hochul said the determination should prompt the swift filing of criminal charges against those involved in the death of the man,…

  • Best iPad deals for February 2025

    While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are attainable outside those times. The day-to-day discounts may come and go like changing winds, but there’s often something to be saved, particularly on the more affordable iPads. The most recent iPad Pro…

  • U.S. Is Holding Migrants in Cells That Once Held Al Qaeda Suspects

    The Trump administration is holding 10 migrants with suspected gang affiliations in the same prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that has housed men accused of being members of Al Qaeda, U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday. The Pentagon made the disclosure as U.S. forces are preparing a tent city for migrants, in compliance with an…

  • Qwertykeys halts keyboard shipments to US over tariff costs and confusion

    The keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporaily halted all shipments to the United States in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods going into effect. The company says it’s working on ways to mitigate shipping costs and that the tariffs have made it so that “all keyboards from China to the U.S. are now subject…

  • Beneath Trump’s Plan for Gaza, Painful Echoes of Forced Displacement

    President Trump has described his proposal to seize control of Gaza and displace the Palestinian population as a humanitarian imperative, a gesture that would allow people living in what he called a “hellhole” to finally find peace somewhere else. But beneath his astonishing plan were echoes of forced displacement that have shaped Palestinian society since…

  • China tariffs may already be hiking up import fees

    US consumers may already be seeing additional fees on shipments from China after President Donald Trump’s tariff on Chinese goods took effect on Tuesday. Clint Reid, the founder and CEO of a company that offers software to help with cross-border commerce, posted screenshots on X showing additional charges added to a shipment from DHL: Another…

  • Trump Administration Deepens Pressure on Federal Workers to Resign

    President Trump’s administration deepened its pressure campaign on government employees to resign before a Thursday deadline, rattling and angering a civil service steeling itself for a prolonged battle with Elon Musk and his ongoing foray into the federal bureaucracy. With hours dwindling for workers to decide whether or not to quit, agency officials held last-minute…

  • Volkswagen claims it’s actually making that $20,000 EV and will show it next month

    Volkswagen has announced that next month, it will show off a new low-cost, entry-level EV that could cost just €20,000 (about $20,800 USD), the price it suggested it would hit back when it announced the ID. Life concept in 2021. That’s a steal compared to current low-end US EVs like the over-$28,000 Nissan Leaf. Meanwhile,…

  • Anti-Trump Protesters Across the U.S. Gather to Condemn White House’s Policies

    Thousands of people on Wednesday turned out across the U.S. to protest President Trump’s flurry of early actions, denouncing his plans for mass deportations, his attacks on diversity initiatives and his efforts to restrict transgender rights. The demonstrations, which popped up in major cities and state capitals in more than a dozen states, appear to…