NASCAR bans the Confederate flag

From NASCAR: “The presence of the confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry. Bringing people together around a love for racing and the community that it creates is what makes our fans and sport special. The displayContinue reading “NASCAR bans the Confederate flag”

Bubba Wallace to drive Black Lives Matters car in NASCAR race

From Richard Petty Motorsports on Twitter: Tomorrow night at @MartinsvilleSwy, @BubbaWallace will run a special #BlackLivesMatter paint scheme promoting racial equality. #CompassionLoveUnderstanding As I wrote on Sunday, I would have never believed anyone who told me that a NASCAR team would be running a paint scheme is support of a progressive cause like Black LivesContinue reading “Bubba Wallace to drive Black Lives Matters car in NASCAR race”

Apple releases summer Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases

From Chance Miller for 9to5Mac: Apple has updated its collection of Apple Watch Sport Bands and iPhone cases today with a variety of new colors to celebrate summer. Today’s new releases come after Apple debuted two new Apple Watch Pride Edition Sport Bands last month. I don’t plan on getting any of these, but bothContinue reading “Apple releases summer Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases”

NASCAR’s Black Lives Matter gesture before Atlanta race

From NASCAR on FOX on Twitter A moment of silence and a message from NASCAR President Steve Phelps and drivers. One of the many twists and turns of 2020 — I would have never expected NASCAR to a public statement about the treatment of Black people in the United States before a race, but hereContinue reading “NASCAR’s Black Lives Matter gesture before Atlanta race”

John Andretti biography announced

From Jade Gurss on Twitter John Andretti’s autobiography, RACER, is now available for pre-order at http://OctanePress.com. 10% of all proceeds from the book will go to @Race4Riley – the charity John founded for the Riley Children’s Foundation in Indianapolis. John Andretti was not only a kind and charitable man, but a fierce and diverse raceContinue reading “John Andretti biography announced”

Craig Federighi on AppStories

From the AppStories podcast In this special episode of AppStories, Federico interviews Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi about iPadOS, pointer support, and more. There’s no one better to interview Federighi about iPadOS’ recently implemented cursor support than Federico Viticci. I listened to it this morning and it was interesting to hearContinue reading “Craig Federighi on AppStories”

Charty Shortcuts utility released

Developer Rodrigo Araujo released the new Shortcuts utility Charty today. Charty donates 11 actions to the Shortcuts app to create charts and graphs. I haven’t had the chance to play too much with Charty, but I am thrilled to see another Shortcuts utility enter the App Store. After the release of Toolbox Pro, Data Jar,Continue reading “Charty Shortcuts utility released”

Apple announces WWDC date

From Apple: Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference virtually, beginning June 22, in the Apple Developer app and on the Apple Developer website for free for all developers. The company also announced the Swift Student Challenge, an opportunity for student developers to showcase their love of coding by creating theirContinue reading “Apple announces WWDC date”

Apple Announces New 13-Inch MacBook Pro

From Apple Apple today updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for the best typing experience ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations, delivering even more value to the most popular MacBook Pro. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent fasterContinue reading “Apple Announces New 13-Inch MacBook Pro”