Monthly Archives: July 2022

You could play Baldur’s Gate 3’s next major update before anyone else

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,…

A Wisconsin state senator killed a mother and daughter in a car crash, police say. She was driving the day after getting eye surgery.

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…

Walmart plunges by as much as 9% in premarket trading after slashing its profit forecast over surging food and fuel prices

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…

Video gives rare 3rd-person view of makeshift Ukraine war drone blowing up a Russian target

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…

US home prices are about to tumble as demand for new houses ‘craters’, an economist warns

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….

Zelenskyy says Russia is waging a ‘gas war’ against Europe as Gazprom further restricts energy flows, sending prices soaring

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…

Stocks have already bottomed, according to a veteran strategist who nailed bear market forecasts in 1982 and 2009

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…