Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Photo, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images After a spate of mass shootings in the US, right-wing figures have suggested a link to antidepressants. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson have claimed several mass shooters took SSRIs, suggesting they are to blame. Experts say the claims…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty A “perfect storm” has arrived for the digital advertising market, and it will lead to limited upside for Meta Platforms and Snap, according to Barclays.A decline in digital advertising and competition from TikTok and Apple will hurt other platforms.“We think this cocktail of events is…
AP/Jessica Hill Several signs suggest inflation has peaked, and will continue gradually cooling from the pace seen earlier in 2022. The trend, known as disinflation, means prices will still broadly rise, just at a slower pace. While some costs are set to drop, a prolonged decline would hint at an entirely new problem. The US…
Europe’s dependence on Russian energy has been highlighted by the war in Ukraine. Getty Images Ukraine’s German Galushchenko urged Canada to keep hold of a key part of Russia’s gas pipeline. German economy minister Robert Habeck made a plea to Canada as Europe still needs Russian gas. He fears the Nord Stream pipeline may not…
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Since President Joe Biden tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, US crude supplies have jumped. But refining capacity constraints have limited how much extra oil the US can process. US oil exports from the Gulf Coast are set to climb further from record highs, according to Rystad Energy. Since President Joe Biden announced…
Artist’s concept of the Voyager 1 spacecraft. NASA NASA reported its Voyager 1 spacecraft was sending strange data back to Earth in May. The glitch is ongoing and might be due to the spacecraft’s age or location in interstellar space. Engineers are looking through decades-old manuals to debug it. In May, NASA scientists said the…
Inside an abandoned Burger King in Concord Mall, Wilmington, Delaware Courtesy of Tom Dahlke A Burger King restaurant in a mall in Delaware with retro decor has gone viral on social media. The restaurant closed in 2009, but its decor appears to be largely unchanged from the 1990s. This includes patterned wallpaper, a pastel blue…
Bungie has marked Bungie Day with the release of a limited edition NERF gun styled after Destiny’s iconic rocket launcher, the Gjallarhorn. At one meter/four feet long, it’s a “faithful” 1:1 replication that includes an illuminated scope and comes in “premium showpiece packaging, covered with intricate details inspired from Destiny lore”. “In addition to capturing…
It’s been almost a year since Amazon partnered with Affirm. That announcement came at the end of August 2021 — which means that Prime Day 2022 is the first Prime Day where members can “buy now, pay later.” We’ve already seen how shoppers flock to such apps during big sales events, including PayPal’s BNPL (Buy…
Before Prime Day officially starts, check out the best deals for parents as of July 9: BEST BABY SUPPLIES DEAL: The HelloBaby baby monitor lets you keep an eye on your little one while they rest — $87.99 $149.99 (save $62) BEST KIDS’ TECH DEAL: Kindle Kids is great for the little bookworm in your…