Monthly Archives: July 2022

The dollar’s blistering rally cools as the currency falls from 2-decade highs on softer rate hike expectations

US dollar Sopa images/ Getty images The US Dollar Index edged lower on Monday, cooling after a huge rally for the greenback.  The dip comes as markets soften rate hike expectations, seeing a 100 basis point jump this month as less likely.  The ECB’s next rate hike could lead to further softening of the greenback,…

An Amazon worker making $15.75 an hour took a second job and is still having trouble paying for gas, as a record number of Americans are working 70-hour weeks to deal with inflation

Albert Elliott, an Amazon warehouse worker in Raleigh, North Carolina, recently started a second job as a janitor at a community college. Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP A record number of Americans hold two full-time jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  One Amazon worker took on a second job so he could afford the rising…

Fall Guys gives players phallic freebie following recent cock-up

Fall Guys players have a phallic treat awaiting them in their inventories right now, with developer Mediatonic handing out troublingly elongated Tall Guys to one and all following its recent, widely publicised cock-up. Fall Guys’ Tall Guys disemination doesn’t, admittedly, appear to be directly related to the recent snafu – which saw players recieving snotty…

Linux distro for Apple silicon Macs is already up and running on the brand-new M2

Enlarge / Asahi Linux is now up and running on the Mac Studio and the first M2 Macs. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Unlike Intel Macs, Apple silicon Macs were designed to run only Apple’s software. But the developers on the Asahi Linux team have been working to change that, painstakingly reverse-engineering support for Apple’s processors and…

Game review: Stray redefines the adventure genre with a cat’s-eye view

Enlarge / The unnamed star of Stray poses in its strange, new world of mysteries and puzzles. (credit: Annapurna Interactive / BlueTwelve Studio) The indie gaming genre of “silly animal exploration” has produced a bunch of fun and unique experiences. We’ve loved pantomiming as the following: hellraising goats, car-driving bears, and (if you’ll allow it…

Putting Community Engagement at the Center of Online Learning

What would a learning management system centered on culture and community look like? The United Negro College Fund hopes to answer that question with HBCUv, a new learning platform that aims to reshape the future of online education for historically Black colleges and universities. We spoke with Ed Smith-Lewis, VP of strategic partnerships and institutional…