Skype Shutting Down

After 21 Years, Microsoft Is Shutting Down Skype. It’s Truly the End of an Era Skype never really made sense in a world where Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams. I don’t know for sure how this sort of thing works, but I imagine there was a meeting once where […]


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Trump Signs Executive Order Designating English the Official Language

President Trump signed an executive order Saturday making English the official language of the United States, marking the first time the U.S. has designated an official language at the federal level. “A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is […]


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Cell Phone Ban Takes Effect Tuesday

When students in the Los Angeles Unified School District return to class after President’s Day, they might want to leave their cell phones at home. A district-wide cell phone ban takes effect on Tuesday. It was approved by LAUSD’s board last June in an effort to improve student engagement, reduce […]


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Google Calendar Drops Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, More

Facing another backlash that’s put the company in political crosswinds, Google says that its removal of cultural holidays and events such as Black History Month from its Calendar app is a scaling issue and not ideological. Although some users on social media began noticing and posting about the changes online […]


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Word of the Year

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined the political landscape of the United States and its candidates. The word, the book company reported, is polarization, and it was one of the most searched words of […]


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