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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order revoking former President Trump’s ban on Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat. The Verge reports that President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that revokes former President Trump’s ban on the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat. Biden will instead be instructing the commerce secretary to investigate apps with ties to foreign adversaries that may pose a risk to American data privacy or national security.

So I discovered something annoying. I have long been in the custom of watching streaming videos (on Amazon Prime) and making screen captures to turn into amusing memes. As of today, when I tried to make a screen cap and then paste in my graphics program, the video portion of the screen cap is black. The header, menu bar, scroll bar, etc. of the window still show up in the screen cap -- but the entire interior is black. This happened with PrintScreen in both Firefox and Edge browsers. If I try the Windows Snipping tool, the window of the...

'Who's the idiot with the clipboard?' Disbelief and panic as mystery man WITHOUT a hazmat suit helps second Ebola nurse board her plane to Atlanta, disposes waste and then climbs aboard (full title) Man casually dressed in shirt and pants seen on TV walking with Ebola patient Amber Vinson He carried a clipboard and walked alongside Ms Vinson and healthcare workers who were ALL dressed in Hazmat suits He has been identified as a supervisor for Phoenix Air, the company that flew Miss Vinson to Atlanta Miss Vinson walked onto the plane in Dallas and the man without protection also...

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) told reporters Monday that he intends to join forces with Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) newly created Tea Party Caucus. The Republican Conference Chairman only had two words to say when asked if he would join, “You Betchya!” Pence said being a part of a caucus allows for that he hopes the Tea Party Caucus will shed light on what he has seen the American people want in Indiana and across the country.

I have learned that when I carry around a clipboard or even a single sheet of paper, people think I am working. If I carry the clipboard tucked under my elbow and a pen in the other, the phenomenon is increased. I'm working hard Today the Senate is in session. The President is coming to visit them. Collectively, they are carrying around a clipboard

An executive tried to liven up a dull day at the office by stripping naked to interview a 25-year-old woman, a court heard yesterday. Saeed Akbar, 35, said at first that it was part of his "tough interviewing technique" but later admitted that he was bored and wanted a "cheap thrill". He asked the woman, who was applying for a translator's job, if she minded if they took their clothes off. When she refused, he left the room for a few minutes and returned naked, carrying only a clipboard. He got dressed again when she objected to his behaviour and...