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Is the bloom off the rose with Facebook? |
| "The less time I spent on Facebook, the better I felt." That rings true to more and more people who are questioning their always-on relationship with the giant social network. Nearly one in five Facebook users say they are using Facebook less than they did a year ago, according to a new poll by Honest Data, a market research firm run by Tavis McGinn, who used to work at Facebook. Why back away? Political arguments, concerns about online addiction, plus a nagging sense that being more connected might be making us all lonelier. Will it hurt Facebook, which still has 2 billion active monthly users? A popular replacement app is Instagram — which happens to be owned by Facebook. |
There's the FBI's version of the Rob Porter investigation, and there's the White House version |
| The White House and the FBI appeared to give conflicting accounts Tuesday about when White House officials knew about spousal abuse allegations against former top aide Rob Porter. FBI Director Christopher Wray gave this sequence of events in Senate testimony: The bureau submitted a partial report on Porter's background check to the White House in March, completed it in late July and followed up in November before closing the file in January. Porter's two ex-wives have said they told FBI agents that Porter had abused them. But White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House didn't consider the investigation complete until November. Pressed to clarify Tuesday, Sanders said she still couldn't say when the White House learned about the abuse allegations. "I wouldn't have access to that information," she said. |
All six intelligence leaders stand together on Russian interference |
| Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was unequivocal: "Frankly, the United States is under attack." Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that every facet of society is being targeted with cyber intrusions by Russia and other adversaries, but he specifically called out a credible threat from Russian President Vladimir Putin to this year's midterm elections. "There should be no doubt that he views the past effort as successful," Coats said of Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Although President Trump has repeatedly wavered on Russia's involvement, Coats and the nation's five other top intelligence officials Tuesday each affirmed that Russia interfered. |
That older iPhone is about to have a much longer life |
| For many of us, smartphone ownership runs on a two-year cycle. Buy the phone, play with the phone, watch the phone slow to a snail's pace, repeat. Soon, thanks to an iOS update, those slower iPhones might be a thing of the past. Before, Apple would slow down your iPhone's performance to save the battery. With this update, you can now choose to turn that off, maintaining performance. Combine this with the option to replace your battery for a fee, and it means you might not have to rush for the next shiny iPhone when your 24 months are up. |
#MustRead: As federal prisons run low on guards, nurses and cooks are filling in |
| When Kristan Morgan joined the U.S. Bureau of Prisons three years ago, the 30-year-old nurse expected to spend her days caring for the sick and injured. What she didn't anticipate: being plucked to pull guard duty, including in a solitary confinement wing. "We get a radio and set of keys, and we don't know which keys fit which doors," Morgan said. Hundreds of secretaries, teachers, counselors, cooks and medical staffers were tapped last year to fill guard posts because of acute officer shortages and overtime limits. Learn more. |
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