House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Democrats plan to unveil a ban on stock trading soon, Punchbowl News reported. The outlet said that a plan could come in August with votes in Congress in September. It comes after Insider found widespread violations of a law designed to prevent insider trading. House…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Spirit Airlines aircraft. Carlos Yudica/Shutterstock JetBlue has reached a deal to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion. The acquisition would create the fifth-largest carrier in the United States if completed. The agreement comes soon after Spirit cancelled its merger deal with Frontier. JetBlue on Thursday agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion, an acquisition…
Unclaimed luggage piles up at London Heathrow Airport on July 8, 2022. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images Lost luggage has been put in the trash at an Irish airport, UTV reported. Some of the suitcases have been opened, photos shared with UTV appear to show. A baggage handler said some bags were removed as they contained…
3DCP Group In May, Danish startup 3DCP Group unveiled its first build in Denmark: a 3D-printed tiny home. The concrete home was built in five weeks but COBOD’s BOD2 system was only actively printing for 22 hours. See COBOD’s printer in action as it builds a tiny home that has since attracted global visitors. Several…
Ghosting can hurt, for sure. When someone suddenly cuts off contact, doesn’t show up at a date or just unmatches on one of those many dating apps, it sucks. One Filipino lawmaker is trying to make it stop, which could be a tall order. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a member of the Philippine House of Representatives,…
I’ve been a bit too busy to do my usual VR Corner posts these past couple of weeks so I thought I’d take this moment of mid-week quiet to let you know about two recent flatscreen to VR updates that have been rocking my world. First up there’s a brand new mod for The Stanley…
The death of a sim can be an emotional time. The Grim Reaper shows up with his scythe in hand, the family gathers around to send their loved one off, and a period of mourning descends upon the house. But, if a Sim has lived a good, long life, this can also be a chance…
My wife plays GTA Online a couple of times a week. It’s not hard to see why she’s stuck with it. Rockstar’s endlessly unspooling criminal playground is weird and sometimes creaky, but it’s still beautiful – no other company has captured the rosy opioid bloom of LA light like this – and it’s still fun….
After three years, the Pokémon Centre pop-up store will be returning to London in August. The last time a pop-up was held in the UK was from 19th October to 15th November back in 2019 at Westfield Shepherd’s Bush location. This year, the pop-up will be held alongside the Pokémon World Championships at ExCeL London…
Steam now supports Nintendo’s classic controllers released for the Switch. The patch notes from Valve state: “Added support for Nintendo Online classic controllers”. That means you can use your NES, SNES, Mega Drive, or N64 wireless controllers with PC games. If you’re looking to grab a controller, though, they’re available exclusively on Nintendo’s store for…