Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is inviting playtesters to preview the second and third acts of the much-anticipated RPG. Ahead of the game’s full release sometime next year, eligible fans can get an early look at the final, as-yet-unseen portion of the game. According to the Larian webpage advertising the fresh wave of testing,…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
A Google Street View of Maslowski Beach parking lot in Ashland, Wisconsin. Google Street View A Wisconsin state senator was involved in a fatal car crash on Friday, police said. Janet Bewley collided with another car, killing a 27-year-old woman and her daughter, police said. Bewley told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she underwent cataract…
Well, well, well. If it isn’t Russian energy moving markets again. I’m Phil Rosen, coming to you from Los Angeles. Moscow is tapering gas flows to Europe for the Nth time since the war began. Today we’re going over what’s happening, and why there’s sure to be more developments to come. Let’s break it down. …
Walmart kicked off the earnings season on a weak note as inflation burns the US economy. Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images Shares in top retailer Walmart dropped by as much as 9% in Tuesday’s premarket. Walmart cut its profit forecast for 2023 the previous day and cited inflation as a main driver. Rising food and…
The Aerorozvidka sets out across the countryside, drops as it nears its target, and finally causes an explosion. Aerorozvidka/Telegram Video from Ukraine shows a small drone attack, filmed by another drone nearby. It comes from the Aerorozvidka volunteer group of operators who work with Ukraine’s military. The footage tracks the drone across fields towards its…
While the peak summer travel season has been in full season for a while now, there’s still time to get in a trip or two before the fall — and the cost to insure your trip is starting to drop. According to travel insurance company Squaremouth, the average premium is currently $280, down from $315…
The housing market boomed in 2020 and 2021 but is now cooling rapidly. AFP/Getty Images US home prices are already falling and are set to tumble in the coming months, an economist said Tuesday. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macro, told clients “the next few months will be very tough” for the housing market….
A composite image of part of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Daniel Reinhardt/Picture Alliance via Getty Images, Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russia threatened to further restrict natural-gas flows to Europe. Ukraine’s president said Russia is waging a “gas war” against Europe and doesn’t care how people “suffer.” Russia blames sanctions and…
Ed Yardeni said in a recent interview that the 2022 bear market could be coming to an end. Brendan McDermid/Reuters The slump in stocks could be coming to an end, Ed Yardeni told Bloomberg TV in a recent interview. The market strategist believes the S&P 500 bottomed when it plunged to 3,667 last month. Yardeni…
Meta is putting its considerable weight behind the tech industry’s push to do away with the leap second. In a post on the company’s engineering blog, Meta production engineer Oleg Obleukhov and research scientist Ahmad Byagowi talked about how a leap second can wreak havoc on a network, along with the solution Meta implements to…