Energy secretary says Trump was speaking ‘casually’ with claim about taking out oil

Energy secretary says Trump was speaking ‘casually’ with claim about taking out oil

During an Oval Office event on Wednesday afternoon, a reporter asked Donald Trump for his reaction to the news that inflation has reached a three-year high. The president responded that the new data was “great,” adding, “I love the inflation.” And while that was strange, it quickly got worse. As part of his explanation for … Read more

A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

A former Meta employee who lost their job during a round of layoffs on May 20 is said to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days, according to communications inside the company seen by WIRED. A current employee posted about the incident on an internal Meta messaging board for immigration … Read more

Rush Shake Up Set List in Night Two of Fifty Something Tour

Rush Shake Up Set List in Night Two of Fifty Something Tour

At their core, Rush were always about glorious musical excess, routinely cramming more riffs and time signatures into single songs than some bands managed on entire albums. And as much as the band absorbed the lessons of punk and New Wave by the late Seventies, they were always about conspicuous effort, too – hard-won chops, … Read more

The factory floor’s last manual process gets an AI upgrade

The factory floor’s last manual process gets an AI upgrade

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Inside an RV plant in northern Indiana, a curved fiberglass countertop that used to take an hour to hand-finish now leaves the line in six minutes. Sanding and polishing a complex surface to a uniform sheen had long resisted autonomous finishing, and for a counterintuitive reason: the variation … Read more

Tim Allen Says No Home Improvement Reboot Due to Actor Sons’ Problems

Tim Allen Says No Home Improvement Reboot Due to Actor Sons’ Problems

“Toy Story 5” star Tim Allen says a “Home Improvement” reboot is not likely at the moment due to “personality problems” with the actors who played his on-screen sons on the classic ABC sitcom. “They keep talking about how it could move forward, but they get stuck [because] there are some personality problems right now … Read more

When a parent needs help at home

When a parent needs help at home

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. What families should know about home care services, cost, and planning before a crisis happens. Most families do not expect parents’ independence to decline all at once. More often, the change has happened gradually, such as a missed doctor’s appointment, expired groceries in the refrigerator, or unpaid bills. … Read more

‘Every Year After’ Author on TV Adapation, Title Change, More Books

‘Every Year After’ Author on TV Adapation, Title Change, More Books

On the heels of a massively successful launch for “Off Campus” last month, Amazon is set to debut “Every Year After,” its next big YA series, on June 10. Along with being another romance, this one has the added bonus of potentially filling that “The Summer I Turned Pretty”-shaped hole in YA fans’ hearts, since … Read more