Monthly Archives: July 2022

A major Bluetooth audio upgrade has arrived – just in time for the AirPods Pro 2

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group just announced it has wrapped up the final specifications for Bluetooth LE, a next-gen version of the Bluetooth audio spec promising wide-ranging performance enhancements for future headphones and earbuds like Apple’s forthcoming AirPods Pro 2. What’s different between the new Bluetooth LE spec and the older version? A key upgrade…

Russia plans to launch a national oil trading platform to foil Western energy measures, report says

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in Moscow’s Kremlin June 7, 2006. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov Russian officials and oil producers are in discussion to create a global benchmark for Russian crude. The initiative been sped along by talk of a price…

Ukrainian forces could wipe out all of ‘exhausted’ Russian troops’ territorial gains, retired US general says

Soldiers of Ukraine’s special operations unit sit in the car after combat operation on a forest road on the Russian troops’ potential way in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, late Tuesday, June 14, 2022. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky A retired US general told Insider that Ukraine could push Russian troops back to pre-war borders. Lt. Gen. Ben…

TD Bank vs. Wells Fargo: Which bank is best for you?

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Meet Hunter Biden, the often scandal-plagued middle child of President Joe Biden

Hunter Biden. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s middle child, was at the center of a dubious New York post article based on purported juicy emails and photos found on a laptop sent to the outlet by Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney.  Hunter Biden was previously…

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, has died

Ivana Trump attends the 2018 Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on October 22, 2018 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation Ivana Trump, ex-wife for former President Donald Trump, died Thursday at age 73. Paramedics responded to call about a woman in cardiac arrest at…

US stocks mixed as Fed officials cool jumbo rate hike fears and investors mull big bank earnings

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard. David Orrell/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images US stocks pared losses to end mixed on Thursday after Fed officials cooled some rate hike concerns.  The Fed’s Christopher Waller and Jame Bullard backed a 75-basis-point hike, in line with June’s increase.  Earlier in the day, Fed funds futures were showing…