Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. First off, hello to all the new Startups Weekly subscribers who joined us after last week’s newsletter. I’m glad we all still resonate with a comeback […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. I enjoyed many of the moments of the Dice Summit 2023 and the Dice Awards this week, from the opening talk by author Neal Stephenson, creator of Snow Crash, to the acceptance speeches at the prestigious equivalent to […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Kratos Studios announced it has raised $20 million at a valuation of $150 million, and it has acquired IndiGG. The seed round was led by Accel, with participation from Prosus Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Nazara and […]
Our computer models are dialed into the 100 best stocks for March 2023. What makes them “the best stocks”? Years of hard work to find the precise factors that lead to market beating stocks (SPY). Like our coveted strategy with an average annual return of +57.82%. And yes, it even produced impressive profits during the […]
Getting a big tax refund this year? No need to feel guilty for violating this cardinal rule of personal finance. The large tax refund is one of the few universally agreed-upon personal finance sins. Getting a fat check back after filing your taxes is “giving Uncle Sam an interest-free loan,” according to the experts who […]
Andrew Roth, founder of research firm Dcdx, talks about how virality and instant gratification have fundamentally changed the way young people interact with brands. Andrew Roth is the 24-year-old founder of Dcdx, a research and strategy consulting firm geared toward helping brands understand how to connect with Gen Z. As an undergraduate at Vanderbilt majoring […]
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Folks, we’ve got some really sad news for you. The weekend is here, which means that you have to stop working for a couple days. We know, it’s a tragedy. But don’t […]
The PlayStation VR2 is a simultaneously exciting and disappointing development in the virtual reality space. Well-specced, easy to set up and reasonably light and comfortable, Sony’s latest still can’t shake the fundamental issues that have prevented VR from going mainstream: a lack of compelling content and despite a brand new 4K OLED display, distracting image […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. One of gaming’s most creative directors, Tim Schafer, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame on Thursday night. Speaking at the DICE Summit, he was quick to point out that such a […]
Iwaya Giken, based in Japan, wants to bring down the price of space tourism, although passengers technically won’t be in outer space. A Japanese startup announced plans Tuesday to launch commercial space viewing balloon flights that it hopes will bring an otherwise astronomically expensive experience down to Earth. Read Full Story Source link Please enable […]
Amazon is joining the Indian government-backed e-commerce initiative that seeks to “democratize” online shopping in the South Asian market and amusingly challenge the very dominance of companies such as the American retail group. In a statement on Friday, Amazon said it will integrate its logistics network and SmartCommerce, its platform to digitize neighborhood stores, to […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. From Software’s Elden Ring won Game of the Year at the prestigious Dice Awards on Thursday night, beating out its rival for the year God of War: Ragnarök. Sony’s God of War title actually won more awards with […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Investment data and research firm PitchBook has released its first market report on the gaming industry. The report focuses on Q4 2022 and provides an overview of the games market, venture capital activity and growth opportunities. Venture capital […]
For some countries, nation branding is about boosting tourism. For Ukraine, public perception is a matter of survival. Perhaps it started on February 24, 2022, when Russian troops descended on Ukraine. Or maybe it was in 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. Perhaps it was in 2004, when the Orange Revolution put […]
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If the department moves forward with a lawsuit, it would be the third antitrust action against Google and its parent Alphabet. Google’s troubles with the government appear to be getting worse. Read Full Story Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Hot economic data and rekindled price pressures are expected to keep the stock market highly volatile, with the Fed minutes signaling continued rate hikes in upcoming meetings. Amid this backdrop, investing $1,000 in fundamentally sound and dividend-paying stocks Walmart (WMT), Novartis (NVS), and Albertsons (ACI) could make you richer this year. Read more…. Markets have […]
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. At next month’s GTC, Nvidia’s annual AI conference targeting over 3.5 million developers working on its platform, founder and CEO Jensen Huang will invite Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist at OpenAI, onto the stage for a fireside chat. The conversation will certainly […]
No, the 15-minute city is not part of a grand Socialist agenda. Conspiracy theories aren’t a new thing, and for as long as they’ve been around they’ve ranged from the benign to the absurd. From the six moon landings being faked to the Earth being flat, to our ruling class being lizards, we’ve all probably […]
Snapchat announced today that it’s introducing two new features for its Sounds product, which allows users to add licensed song clips, excerpts from TV and movies, and their own original audio to their Snaps and Stories. The company is launching a feature that is designed to allow users to find relevant Sounds to complement a […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Nvidia reported its quarterly revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 29 was $6.05 billion, down 21% as the downturn took its toll on the AI and gaming chip maker. But generative AI is expected to create […]
We see it, we like it, we want it, we buy it. It looks like Super Bowl commercials may leave an impact on consumers for well over 30 seconds. According to a new study by behavioral research company Veylinx, which analyzed the behavior of 1,610 U.S. consumers pre- and post-Super Bowl LVII, ads shown as […]
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Bulls took the early lead in 2023…yet as more cards are flipped over it looks like bears are going to take the pot once again. Let’s discuss the recent changes that are pointing to more downside ahead for the stock market (SPY). Better yet, 40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister will share a trading plan […]
A new analysis of social media activity from 2,100 companies across 14 industries found Instagram engagement has been dropping, but all hope is not lost. As you debate whether to pay Mark Zuckerberg for a blue verification badge on Instagram, here’s an interesting piece of data that you might help you decide. Read Full Story […]
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Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. It’s been less than 18 months since we published our last MAD (Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Data) landscape, and there have been dramatic developments in that time. When we left, the data world was booming in the wake of the gigantic Snowflake […]
It was 2012, and Beatrice Dixon was running out of patience. She’d been dealing with chronic bacterial vaginosis that returned almost monthly, and doctors continued to prescribe medication that was more of a quick fix than a long-term solution. Dixon felt she wasn’t being heard, so she began to do some research on her own […]
At the core of the issue is determining whether YouTube is a platform or a publisher. The Supreme Court heard two and a half hours of often confusing, and at times frustrating, arguments on Tuesday in a case that could determine whether platforms are protected from liability for their recommendation tools. In Gonzalez v. Google, […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Autodesk today introduced Moxion Rooms, a cloud tool that enables creative teams in production and post-production to share livestreams and review uploaded assets. The forensically secure solution was developed for the specifications and production needs of remote teams […]
The shelters have already withstood storms when other structures nearby did not. At refugee camps near the coast in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled because of persecution in Myanmar, most people live in shacks made of bamboo and tarps. But for the past year, a handful of families have been […]
AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management software startup used by dozens of airports across the world, has raised $12.6 million in a Series A round of funding. Founded out of Chester, U.K., in 2019, AeroCloud says that it’s already working with Manchester and Eindhoven airports in Europe, while in the U.S. it counts Tampa International and […]
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Intuitive Machines enters the public market Silicon Valley goes to war News from Transcelestial, Umbra and more Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines received far less cash from its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) than it forecasted, but despite this rocky start the stock […]
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. When Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of Facebook to its new moniker Meta on Oct 28th, 2021, millions globally were captivated by his Pixar-style demonstration of how they envisioned the metaverse. The presentation starts with the viewer virtually walking through an avant-garde glass […]
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Every enterprise is in an endpoint security arms race. Attackers adapt their tactics faster than the most advanced security teams can react. One of the most compelling insights from comparing successive editions of Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security is how more CISOs […]
It’s hard to think of a trip to McDonald’s as an act of small business solidarity — the fast-food chain has more than 38,000 locations in over 100 countries. But that’s because you haven’t met Trina Bediako and sisters Erin Tolefree and Cara Hughes — the dynamic women responsible for supplying McDonald’s with everything from […]
The move comes after Twitter started selling verification as part of its Blue subscription service last year. The social media blue badge verification system is further losing its original meaning on additional platforms. On Sunday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook and Instagram would begin selling paid verification for a monthly fee. The new […]
African cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash conducted a second round of layoffs last Friday just ten weeks after it cut approximately 12.5% of its workforce (affecting its engineering team the most). The company’s V.P. of revenue shared the news on LinkedIn, saying “all areas” across Chipper Cash’s markets were impacted this time. “Friday was a […]
The 15-foot button is now supported by a 32-foot needle and metal ‘thread.’ Of the minor mending one might do, replacing a button is one of the easier operations. The buttonholes themselves are a kind of dummy’s guide to sewing, and the only real challenge is making sure to pull enough string through those holes […]
Startups are essentially machines that build MVPs (minimum viable products) that help answer questions and gradually de-risk the value proposition of the company. The key is that every MVP a company builds needs to be laser focused on answering a very particular question. If it does anything more than that, it’s time and effort wasted. […]
We’ve had two very big developments since last week — two hotter-than-expected inflation reports…and the S&P 500’s (SPY) reaction to them says a lot about where we are right now in terms of the ongoing bull/bear tug-o-war game. Keep reading to find out what it’s saying…. (Please enjoy this updated version of my weekly commentary […]
The S&P 500 (SPY) has been sloshing around in the trading range between 4,000 and 4,200 for the past month. However, bulls have gotten 3 straight strikes against them that may point to a looming breakout to the downside. Let’s review the growing evidence that bears are likely to come up to bat in the […]
The actress and founder of Pattern Beauty says the haircare industry still treats textured hair like a problem needing to be solved. For Tracee Ellis Ross, haircare is self-care. “It’s one of the ways that we actively love and honor ourselves,” the actress and CEO of Pattern Beauty tells Fast Company. Read Full Story Source […]
While owning a business can feel liberating in some ways, it can also introduce new kinds of stress. Entrepreneurship can come with a sense of freedom. When you are your own boss, there are no mandatory 9-to-5 work days, no one can tell you what to wear to the office, and no one can fire […]
Earlier this week, the Toyota Research Institute opened the doors of its Bay Area offices to members of the media for the first time. It was a day full of demos, ranging from driving simulators and drifting instructors to conversations around machine learning and sustainability. Robotics, a longtime focus of Toyota’s research division, were on […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Wordle was a delightful hit word game that took the puzzle gaming world by storm in October 2021. Made by a lone developer named James Wardle, Wordle was a rare sensation of gaming as millions of people played […]
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is leading the charge to resurrect spring football with the latest iteration of the XFL, which kicks off this weekend. Since the original United States Football League dissolved in the mid-’80s, the NFL has had a monopoly on professional football. In recent decades, multiple spring football leagues have sprung up to […]
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Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Cats are having their game renaissance. While felines have been part of the meduim for years, last year’s Stray proved they can carry games as heroes. Now a developer called Rude Robots wants to bring cat power to […]
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Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Super Nintendo World has officially opened at Universal Studios Hollywood. The highly anticipated theme park pioneers a unique concept — rather than focusing on rides, the park is an interactive experience. Full disclosure, I was lucky to visit […]
Earlier this month, a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifted over much of the continental United States before an F-22 military fighter jet shot it down off the east coast. The event has put a massive strain on the already fragile U.S.-China relations, with China maintaining that the errant balloon was simply collecting weather data. Shooting […]
With the hotter-than-expected inflation, robust jobs data, and raised prospects of higher interest rates, the risk of a recession does not seem to be going away anytime soon. Hence, it could be wise to invest in fundamentally strong stocks, Walmart (WMT), HCA Healthcare (HCA), and Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), that could weather the effects of a […]
Japan’s gaming giant wants to be a full-blown entertainment company. But with forays such as its first U.S. theme-park land, fidelity to its familiar franchises comes first. Earlier this week, I got the chance to ride the latest game in Nintendo’s 30-year-old Mario Kart franchise. Read Full Story Source link Please enable JavaScript to view […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Million on Mars has raised $3.5 million to bolster its blockchain-based space simulation about how the human race could one day colonize the Red Planet. Erik Bethke, the CEO of Million on Mars, is unsurprisingly a Mars geek. […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the collapsed blockchain firm and stablecoin operator Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon with defrauding U.S. investors who purchased the digital assets Terra USD and Luna. The US financial regulator accused Kwon and the Singpoare-based crypto firm of offering and selling an inter-connected suite of crypto […]
It can be hard to admit when you’re not sure of something. But it can also be empowering. Ignorance may be bliss, but saying “I don’t know” out loud is often hard to do. It can be especially difficult if you’re in a position of leadership and your team comes to you for answers. However, […]
Apple TV+ released the first trailer for its–shall we say, block-busting–movie “Tetris,” based on the origin story of the popular puzzle video game. The movie will first premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in March. Apple will then release it worldwide on the streaming service on March 31. Starring “Black Bird” actor Taron Egerton, […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Telltale has raised a new round of funding for its narrative-based video games like The Wolf Among Us 2 and The Expanse. The Series A money came from Hiro Capital and Skybound Entertainment. This funding will help Telltale […]
The delivery platform posted revenue of $1.8 billion, which is up 40% year-over-year and roughly in line with analyst expectations. DoorDash saw an all-time high of monthly active users, total order numbers, and marketplace gross order value in its fourth quarter of 2022, according to Thursday’s quarterly earnings report, as consumers showed no signs of […]
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Ransomware attackers are finding new ways to exploit organizations’ security weaknesses by weaponizing old vulnerabilities. Combining long-standing ransomware attack tools with the latest AI and machine learning technologies, organized crime syndicates and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups continue to out-innovate enterprises. A new […]
South Korea hopes to be a key player in fulfilling the new global demand for next-generation AI chips, and today the government put some money where its mouth is: the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT said it would earmark $642.5 million (826.2 billion won) through 2030 to invest in companies working on advanced AI […]
Once a darling of the startup world, Glossier fell from grace during the pandemic. With a new CEO and plans to launch in Sephora, it has a turnaround plan. If you step into a Sephora store a week from today, you’ll be greeted by a display plastered in a familiar shade of millennial pink. Read […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Japanese technology conglomerate Softbank has partnered with Oasys, a gaming-optimized blockchain built for gamers. Softbank will join as an official validator of Oasys, which means it will and together they will explore the development of blockchain-based services for […]
Microsoft’s new and improved Bing, powered by a custom version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has experienced a dizzyingly quick reversal: from “next big thing” to “brand-sinking albatross” in under a week. And, well, it’s all Microsoft’s fault. ChatGPT is a really interesting demonstration of a new and unfamiliar technology that’s also fun to use. So it’s […]
Want to be more productive? You may want to stop doing what you think is productive. “We think about productivity in a really one-dimensional way,” says Katherine Morgan Schafler, a psychotherapist and author of the new book The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control. Typically, she says, we associate “productivity” with time management: It’s trying to […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently went on an anti-manager rant, but good managers are actually in high demand. Here’s why. The top job skill for 2023? Read Full Story Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Amazon led a $20 million investment in entertainment firm Superplastic, which makes synthetic celebrities such as Janky and Guggimon. On top of that, the companies announced a multifaceted collaboration where Amazon Studios gets a first look at licensing […]
In 2024, a number of new EU regulations are expected to come into force, which will tighten the obligation of electric vehicle manufacturers and resellers to recycle batteries at the end of their natural lifespan. German battery recycling startup Cylib leapt at the opportunity, raising a total of €11.6 million ($12.6 million) to build a […]
And four common objections to wind-propelled shipping that can easily be debunked. Sailing cargo ships are making a genuine comeback. Read Full Story Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Electronic Arts’ major gaming franchises are familiar ones: The Sims, Madden NFL, Bioware’s titles and the series formerly known as FIFA. But besides the moneymakers, it also publishes a series of smaller titles from independent developers under its […]
The European Parliament formally approved a law to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035 in a move designed to speed up the transition to electric vehicles. The new legislation, which is part of a broader effort by the EU to combat climate change, says the carmakers […]
‘You are only making yourself look foolish and stubborn,’ Microsoft’s Bing chatbot recently told a ‘Fast Company’ editor. Microsoft made some bold claims a week ago when it announced plans to use ChatGPT to boost its search engine Bing. But the reality isn’t proving to be quite the “new day in search” that Microsoft CEO […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Discord, the community building and instant messaging platform, is adding new functionality to its Stage channels. Launched in 2021, Stage channels were designed for intimate, audio-based community events. Now, Discord is adding video, screen sharing and text chat […]
As many as 2.8% of Africans are insured, which is less than half the global average of 6.3%, making it the least insured continent in the world. Despite the abysmal number, there’s some good news. According to a McKinsey report, most African countries have experienced double-digit insurance growth in CAGR in local currency over the […]
Don’t scrap your plans altogether. Five-year plans are a lie. They’re great in theory but, in practice, they can set you up for a world of disappointment. On paper, they help you get clear on what you want and provide direction in your career and life. But here’s my gripe with five-year plans: Most of […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Limit Break gave away 10,000 “free-to-own” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in its DigiDaigaku Dragon series during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Gabe Leydon, CEO of Limit Break and former CEO of Machine Zone, said in an interview with GamesBeat […]
What’s it take to bring a tech conference to life? A village, people. Not to be confused with The Village People, but I digress. We’re searching for outstanding volunteers to support our events team and help make TechCrunch Early Stage, our one-day founder summit taking place on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, an awesome experience […]
One would hope that the tech giants’ attention would be on getting the product right—not on PR opportunities. In the world of generative AI, last week began with a fire drill. A rather harried-sounding member of Google’s communications staff was on the phone Monday morning explaining that her company would be announcing a new ChatGPT-like […]
“I wanted to tell a story about African history before slavery,” Manuel Godoy, co-founder of Black Sands Entertainment with his wife Geiszel, says. “[So I wrote] a story about Ancient Egypt and the surrounding areas. And it was amazing — people gravitated toward it because they finally felt included in historical contexts.” The Godoys began […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. XP Foundry, a Web3 game studio, said it is migrating on-chain assets of its mobile game Rooniverse to ImmutableX from Solana. That’s a small but solid victory in the blockchain wars for ImmutableX, which is an Ethereum-based platform […]
Xiaomi — the company that originally made its name as “the Apple of China” — broke out of its home market and became a household name in India shortly after its debut in 2014. Its initial, rapid success was with phones, but that gave Chinese company the velocity to take on other product categories, where […]
Climate change is coming for coffee, so some startups are finding a new way to make it. Climate change’s impacts, though well documented, can sometimes seem abstract. How do you grasp the number of greenhouse gas emissions, or relate to changes happening on the other side of the world? Read Full Story Source link Please […]
Manic melt-up in most shorted stocks like CVNA,W, and MSTR has finally found some semblance of sanity with a sell-off. It has definitely been a rip-roaring start to 2023 for stocks. As of the close on February 2, the NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) was up an astounding 17.06%. The S&P 500 (SPY) tacked on nearly 9%. […]
Unfortunately, we’re back to our ol’ 2022 pattern of “wait and see,” where the S&P 500 (SPY) kind of churns sideways until the next big CPI report or Fed meeting. But there are three things I’m watching for over the next few weeks. Read on to find out what they are. (Please enjoy this updated […]
Good news for cord-cutters: Fox will lift the paywall for Sunday’s big game, meaning you can stream it online for free. With cord-cutting now the norm and live television feeling increasingly like a vestige of the previous century, more viewers than ever will be looking to livestream the Super Bowl this year. Read Full Story […]
Nearly a decade ago, a wave of lawsuits by NFL cheerleaders sparked a movement to improve pay, but how much has actually changed? It’s been almost a decade since an NFL cheerleader identified as “Lacy T.” filed a landmark wage lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders, claiming that the team violated labor laws by paying her […]
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. “San Francisco is back!” “It never left.” “It’s been long dead.” They’re all takes, none particularly good, yet all insinuating a degree of self-importance that […]
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Just because you’re a startup doesn’t mean you can be careless with the data you’re handling, but enterprise-grade compliance and privacy used to […]
No matter how impressive the recent rally appears, please do not assume this bear market is over. History provides many lessons on how bear markets work and thus why the S&P 500 (SPY) could easily fall another 20% or more from current levels. 40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister shares his market outlook, trading plan […]
A recent cringey SNL sketch is a reminder it’s time for a refresher course in Gen Z vernacular. “Is ‘the way I ate this up’ a compliment because it was nom-nom delish and had you gagged?” Read Full Story Source link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Apple treats fans of podcasts, books, and music so well. What will it take for movie lovers to get the same attention? Like many out there, I love movies. As a child of the ’80s, I got sucked in with big screen spectacles like Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, and as I’ve […]
Emerging Indian social media app Slick left an internal database containing users’ personal information, including data of school-going children, publicly exposed to the internet for months. Since at least December 11, a database containing full names, mobile numbers, dates of birth, and profile pictures of Slick users was left online without a password. Bengaluru-based Slick […]
The all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQS is among the most sublime cars on the road right now, an understated exterior wrapped around a sumptuous interior, featuring all the niceties you’d expect from an S-badged Merc with the effortless acceleration of an EV and stellar ride quality to boot. The flagship EV is, quite simply, very good. It’s […]
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. I put my head on The Mandalorian, and it wasn’t such a hard thing to do. While at the recent CES 2023 tech trade show in Las Vegas, I stopped by the booth of 3D printer company Formlabs. […]
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Cyberattackers are stepping up the pace of attacks by out-innovating enterprises, making large-scale breaches inevitable in 2023. In the last two months, T-Mobile, LastPass and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System have all been hit with significant breaches. Thirty-seven million T-Mobile customer records […]
A new report from Hue and The Harris Poll paints a dire portrait of the BIPOC workforce in post-pandemic America. Over 200,000 Black and Latina women have disappeared from the workforce since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new survey on workplace inequity from Hue and The Harris Poll. Read Full Story Source […]