Aerosols from the January Tongan eruption likely turned the sky pink in Antarctica. This photo shows the Scott station. Stuart Shaw/Fly on the Wall Images Antarctica’s sky turned pink and purple last week, a stunning photo shows. The change is due to particles released by a volcano eruption at the start of the year. The…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Hello again, friends. Jordan Parker Erb here, bringing you the last newsletter before the weekend. Today we’ve got the deets on how Microsoft won Netflix, and why some drivers are ditching their Teslas. Let’s get straight to it. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider’s app here. Brian Smale/Microsoft via Getty…
Josef Hanus/Shutterstock A US tourist traveling to Dublin says an airline lost luggage that contained her parent’s ashes. Donna O’Conner had planned to spread some of the ashes on a family farm in Ireland. O’Conner told Insider the bag was returned to her home in Chicago after more than a week of searching. An American…
The Federal Reserve, led by Jerome Powell, raised interest rates last month. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Investors are attaching a 50% chance the Fed will hike interest rates by a full percent this month. With inflation rising 9.1% through June, expectations that the Fed will get tougher are rising. The last time the central bank lifted…
Gatwick Airport had to close some of its toilets and restaurants on Thursday. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Gatwick had to close some of its toilets and restaurants on Thursday because of a burst water pipe. The airport gave out bottled water to passengers and brought in water tankers. Gatwick’s issue came amid a summer of travel…
A file photo of Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the House committee investigating the Capitol Riot. Reuters The Jan. 6 committee said it plans to reconstruct deleted messages by Secret Service agents. Messages by agents on the day of the riot turned out to have been wiped from devices. The messages could contain important…
Copper is often seen as a key economic bellwether. Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images Copper has dipped below $7,000 a ton for the first time since September 2020. The commodity is seen as a key economic bellwether and is currently in a bear market. Copper’s decline could be a signal that a recession is coming,…
History may not repeat itself, but it does often rhyme. I’m Phil Rosen, and today we’re breaking down what could be the largest Fed rate hike in decades. The last time the US central bank made a 100-basis-point rate hike, Paul Volcker ran the show. He’s the really tall guy who smoked cigars, and he…
The mobile gaming community continues to grow, with hot new titles hitting download stores and an ever-expanding fanbase of dedicated players. Manufacturers have noticed this, too, and are crafting handsets specifically tailored for players. Best smartphones: The top mobile phones available to buy today It’s not a brand new concept, but with a number of…
Watches throughout history have been limited in their aesthetic capabilities. Most traditional watches feature one fixed case, so the watch’s appearance can’t be transformed. Digital watches and smartwatches certainly provide more versatility and watch faces, but they don’t embody the same class and sophistication as a mechanical, analogue watch. Award-winning Ciga Design, which specializes in…