According to a new report from Bloomberg, shipments of AirPods are expected to double to 60 million units during 2019 compared to last year. The report cites “people familiar with” Apple’s production plans, and provides a rare look at unit sales for Apple’s truly wireless headphones. more… The post Bloomberg: AirPods shipments to double to [...]
There are some great resources out there to help conference speakers give better talks, but fewer for people who are preparing to take on the role of emcee at meetup or conference. I've been fortunate enough to emcee conferences more than 20 times now, most recently JAMstack_conf which I help organize. I also enjoy hosting [...]
A bumper sticker on one of our older, somewhat battered library carts was my first introduction to the mysterious Manitoba Museum of Finds Art (MMOFA). More glimmerings appeared as we cataloged the Special Collections Artist Files (artist-created ephemera culled from our holdings of over forty thousand files for individual artists and artists’ groups), in exhibition [...]
Barack Obama raised millions of dollars for the Democratic Party. | Scott Olson/Getty Images “I don’t care” if it’s not “your perfect candidate.” Barack Obama exhorted some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest Democratic donors to “chill” in their debate over the party’s candidates, seeking to ease the tensions among tech billionaires who have broken into separate [...]
Shutterstock PG&E waffles on California blackouts, fueling confusion; six die as Bolivian protests continue. Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The blackouts that never came A [...]
Iran imposed a nationwide internet outage after citizens flooded the streets to protest the government’s hike in oil prices. At least five people were killed in the demonstrations, which show no sign of subsiding. | ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images After protesters railed against increased fuel prices, connectivity fell to just 5 percent. The Reset [...]
The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate took place in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2019. | Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images Vox’s Today, Explained podcast covers what we learned from the November Democratic debate. The fifth Democratic debate in the 2020 election cycle came after multiple days of public hearings in the [...]
Javier Zarracina/Vox From Buttigieg on rural America to Warren on breaking up Big Tech, these episodes dive into how candidates think about policies that affect your lives. Democratic veterans and newcomers alike have lined up to challenge President Trump in the 2020 election. With the field more crowded than it’s been in years, it can [...]