Places and Things

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would end the right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on US soil. from https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/donald-trump-ending-birthright-citizenship/index.html https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181018212148-trump-gianforte-assault-reporter-exlarge-169.jpg

President Donald Trump’s private schedule reflects that he has an increasing amount of “Executive Time” during which he tweets and watches television, rather than scheduled work time. from https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-spending-less-time-doing-his-job-more-time-tweeting-and-watching-1192540 http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Ok, so that monthly installment for your cell phone bill is now gone. from https://bgr.com/2018/10/29/smartphone-upgrade-cycle-new-data/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

According to a recent report in the New York Times, the Department of Health and Human Services is “considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth. from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-trump-administrations-proposed-redefinition-of-gender-is-scientifically-absurd/ https://static.scientificamerican.com/blogs/cache/file/360F0E7F-30E9-4345-865DB73FAA328C79_source.jpg?w=590&h=800&EE1D5227-FA32-455B-9DB65EA4ADE20299

The notch on the Pixel 3 XL is probably one of the most derided smartphone features in history, or, judging by our comments section, the worst thing to ever happen in the history of the universe. from https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/29/hilarious-pixel-3-xl-bug-adds-second-notch-side-screen/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

We’ve seen a similar icon before, back on the fifth beta of iOS 12. That icon showed an iPad with no home button, rounded corners and no notch, but it was a small icon designed to be used in the battery widget. Therefore, it didn’t give us a lot of detail on the form factor of the device. from https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/28/exclusive-icon-found-in-ios-shows-new-ipad-pro-with-no-home-button/ https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/10/ipadpro2018.png?w=1600

One of the centerpiece features of the new Apple Watch Series 4 is its fall detection, the ability it has to know when, say, its wearer has taken a tumble or collapsed for whatever reason. from https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBP0jJV http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBP0vhl.img?h=169&w=300&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=594&y=482