The power of BookTok was unforeseeable — but now undeniable. #BookTok has become something of an institution within the TikTok ecosystem, with a hashtag boasting over 66 billion hits. Here, people share their latest reads, the genres driving them to bookstores, and even annotating and analysing techniques to transform any literary experience. TikTok itself has…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
James Bond studio MGM has lost the film rights to the Tomb Raider franchise, leaving Lara Croft in search of a new big screen home. As first reported by The Wrap, MGM had until May 2022 to sign off on a sequel to its 2018 Tomb Raider movie starring Alicia Vikander, but failed to meet…
Warhammer 40k: Darktide, an upcoming four-player co-op shooter and the next game set in Games Workshop’s grimdark sci-fi universe, has been delayed. After briefly appearing in a fresh trailer at the recent Summer Game Fest 2022, the shooter has been pushed back by 10 weeks. In a post on Twitter, Fatshark CEO, Martin Wahlund, said…
We’re now less than two weeks from the August 10 announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, but as so often happens with high-profile phone launches, the phone has already been leaked more or less in full. In fact, two big leaks have now landed more or less simultaneously – one revealing the likely…
If you’ve been hoping for Samsung to launch a cheaper OLED TV option than the high-end Samsung S95B QD-OLED TV this year, then you should probably bury those hopes once and for all after comments from LG Display’s Chief Financial Officer, Kim Sung-hyun. LG Display is the only company that makes the W-OLED screen tech…
Amazon stock rose sharply in pre-market trading. Amazon US futures rallied Friday as investors cheered Amazon and Apple’s second-quarter earnings. The dollar slipped after a sustained drop in US bond yields, driven by concerns about growth. Stocks have risen this week despite the Fed hiking rates hard and the release of weak growth data. US…
People wait in long queues for security at Heathrow Airport on June 1. Carl Court/Getty Images. A baggage handler told the BBC they were afraid to travel in case the airline lost their bags. He criticized the travel chaos and said it’s “like a really bad snow day, but three months of it.” There have…
Average mortgage rates went down this week following two straight weeks of increases. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 5.3% from last week’s 5.54%, according to Freddie Mac. Rates have been volatile this month as investors balance record levels of inflation with the growing risk of a recession. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve…
Is anyone else’s neck sore? Mine’s absolutely aching from a week of watching Instagram going back and forth over whether or not it’s releasing the features that sparked widespread backlash. I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb, and I’d love to know: How did you feel about the changes to the app? Email me your thoughts….
Delta Airlines passenger aircrafts are seen on the tarmac of John F. Kennedy International Airpot on December 24, 2021. UKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images A Delta Air Lines plane had to U-turn over the Atlantic Ocean due to a fuel imbalance, per Newsweek. The flight to Ghana returned to New York after the fuel issue…