But one of the positive things with the 15.3-inch screen is that Lenovo didn’t try to squeeze in a number pad. No, no. Just a standard keyboard layout with a centered touchpad and an adequate amount of room for your wrists. And yet, this also doesn’t feel like an overly large laptop. The width and … Read more
For more than two decades, people have walked into my therapy office and told me they were burned out. Most of them weren’t actually burned out. Corporate wellness programs and social media carousels that gloss over the topic are leading to incorrect self-diagnoses. People are using “I’m burned out” the way they used to say … Read more
WASHINGTON — A relentless push by President Trump to reshape Washington‘s cityscape is facing mounting resistance, threatening a slate of transformative monuments intended to cement his legacy in the nation’s capital. Eager to see his projects completed before leaving office, Trump has responded to growing legal and political obstacles by pushing ahead, attempting to force approvals through … Read more
Uber customers in the U.K. can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve autonomous vehicle — another sign that the two companies are preparing to launch a robotaxi service in London. When that launch does happen, Uber will be competing directly with Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving company that … Read more
Senate Republicans demurred last week at the chance to rein in President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, despite indications that the slush fund is not as dead as the Justice Department has claimed. Even more troubling, the GOP opted not to touch the less blatantly corrupt part of Trump’s settlement with himself. Under the … Read more
Summer, and all the vacation days and potential travel that implies, is upon us. And whether flying internationally or taking time off at home, you can’t beat a good British crime drama as the ultimate self-soother (especially in summer when the U.K.’s inevitable drizzly city streets and windswept moors can provide at least visual relief … Read more
Officials have identified the man killed in a skydiving accident last month in Perris. Pascal Pierre Petein, 57, a resident of Punaauia, Tahiti, died on May 28, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. That day at about 2:30 p.m., a group of friends visiting Skydive Perris were jumping together, according to a Skydive Perris … Read more
Lilian Schmidt could not, for the life of her, figure out how to get her daughter to go to sleep. None of the advice given to her by sleep experts or her pediatrician worked—not using a white noise machine, not buying blackout curtains, not even giving her a massage. “Every single day, it took like … Read more
For Felipe Chavez, the future of robotics might look something like an idyllic yogurt commercial. No, really. During Business Insider’s visit to Robot.com’s headquarter in San Francisco on Thursday, Chavez, who is the co-founder and CEO, took out his laptop and played a Chobani commercial. The video had the whimsy of a Studio Ghibli movie. … Read more
SACRAMENTO — The Democratic-led state Senate has voted to reconfirm five commissioners to the California Board of Parole Hearings, a move that drew outcry from Republicans who argued the board recently made several egregious decisions. “The current board is clearly not doing a good job protecting children and should be replaced,” said Sen. Steven Choi (R-Irvine), speaking … Read more
As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ramps up his Senate campaign against James Talarico, he and his party have dug in to “othering” the fresh-faced Democrat. Paxton’s reference to his opponent as “Talafreako” pretty much sums up the GOP’s Manosphere-coded attack strategy. Adhering to the script, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has … Read more
When CBS announced that it planned to outsource the hallowed “Late Show” slot occupied by Stephen Colbert and David Letterman before him to “Comics Unleashed,” the syndicated, low-budget talk show with stand-ups riffing on their routines, many saw politics at play. But the show’s host and producer, comic-turned-mogul Byron Allen, saw the math. Once a … Read more
David Baerwald holds up his most precious possession so that it’s visible on our video conference: a very old violin in a very old, battered case. Baerwald, an award-winning musician, film composer and songwriter who called Los Angeles home for nearly four decades, doesn’t play the violin. During his years with the Tuesday Music Club … Read more
It’s a spring afternoon in a strip mall in Echo Park. Jasmine is in bloom. Along Sunset Boulevard, bars are crowded with Dodger fans. A man in a Clayton Kershaw jersey steps out of Leo Market carrying a plastic bag filled with homemade curry, chicken tikka and a pack of American Spirits. Inside, Kajari Ghatak … Read more
When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO. The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment. Yet, ultimately, Batson said, … Read more