Then-President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, October 27, 2020 and then-US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 5, 2020. Saul Loeb/Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Trump jabbed at Mitch McConnell in a Truth Social post, suggesting he caused a drop in his polling. “See what I…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Lead defense attorney Benjamin Brafman walks with former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli after the jury issued a verdict at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 4, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Martin Shkreli has launched a drug-discovery company called Druglike which is centered on free blockchain-based software. Shkreli was barred…
The author, Olivia Christensen, with her children. Olivia Christensen I bought a house in 2021 when the real estate market was at its most bonkers. I lost out on many houses until I waived my home inspection, but I only did it because I had a loophole. I was able to see the previous owner’s…
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. Chip Somodevilla/Getty The difference between the current rate on the three-month Treasury bill and expectations for it in 18 months is the Fed’s preferred recession indicator. That spread has fallen 95 basis points so far in July, the largest monthly drop since data on it started in 1996. With…
The head of Russia’s space program says the country will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024. It will instead focus on building its own space station as a successor to Mir, Roscosmos administrator Yuri Borisov said, according to the Associated Press. The country made the call at a time of heightened tensions with…
In 2021, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman revealed the country’s plans to build The Line, a smart linear city that will be constructed vertically, have no roads or cars and run purely on renewable energy. Now, the Saudi government has released image renders of what The Line could look like once it’s done. The…
Sony is finally ready to share early details of PlayStation VR2’s software experience, not just the hardware. The company has previewed a few key features for its PS5 VR headset, including livestreaming support. If you have a PS5 HD Camera, you can broadcast both gameplay and a view of yourself. As you might guess, that…
Amazon has already raised the price of Amazon Prime in the US in recent times and will soon do so in the UK and Europe too. And, although there are a number of benefits to being a Prime member, you might find the new pricing a bit too steep. Or, you just aren’t making enough…
If you’ve got yourself a Chromebook then you might have found simple things like copying and pasting aren’t as easy as you’d like. Copying and pasting text from one thing to another should be straightforward, so if you need to know how to do it while using your Chromebook then stick with us as we…
Thanks to the recent release of Stray, the internet is in no shortage of cat content. If this isn’t enough for you though (and let’s be frank, we could all do with more cats at all times), then you’re in luck. Modder KangieDanie has uploaded a splitscreen multipawer – sorry, multiplayer – mod for PC…