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Monthly Archives: August 2022
We killed Instagram. And we’ll kill the next social media beast, too. In 2010, we were given a platform that did relatively few things: You could edit photos and post them on a grid, and your friends could comment on them. Even then we wanted it to change. We wanted DMs and Instagram Stories and…
Queer horror is having a moment. Well, technically, queer horror has been having its moment for 150 years. The lesbian vampire urtext Carmilla pre-dates Dracula by a quarter of a century, after all. But that wink-wink nudge-nudge version of queerness that we’ve become so used to — think of those lingering glances between Brad Pitt…
Job creation is a key measure of the health of the economy. Spencer Platt/Getty Images US futures edged up as investors wait on key labor market data due on Friday. Economists forecast employers to have added 250,000 jobs last month, a softer number compared to June. Oil prices rose after hitting a six-month low this…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford/Getty Images Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this week despite China repeatedly warning her not to. China announced sanctions on Pelosi and her family on Friday, citing the trip. It did not immediately specify what the sanctions were, but called her visit an “egregious provocation.” China imposed sanctions…
Jenny Lee, formerly a MD with JPMorgan, left the bank for Brigade Capital Management LinkedIn Insider’s Banker of the Week series appears in our weekday newsletter, 10 Things on Wall Street. This week we’re highlighting Jenny Lee, who just left her position as a managing director on JPMorgan’s leveraged-finance desk to build a private-credit business…
‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warned that ‘silliness is back’ in a recent tweet. Jim Spellman/Getty Images Michael Burry warned that market ‘silliness is back’ in a recent tweet. The ‘Big Short’ investor compared the current situation to the stock market crashes of 1929 and 2008. “Familiar COVID-era silliness is not dead yet,” Burry said….
Virgin Galactic has announced that its commercial space tourism service has been delayed yet again, from the end of this year until Q2 2023. During its earnings report, the company said that the delay is “due to the extended completion dates [i.e., delays] within the mothership enhancement program.” The mothership VMS Eve is a crucial…
Looking for a new keyboard? You’ve come to the right place. Here’s our roundup of the best keyboards we’ve tested out As you’d expect, there are options for all requirements, from people who type all day to those who use them primarily for shortcuts. There are also options to suit a range of different budgets,…
Wu-Tang might be for the children, but the story of the group’s rise to fame is very much a grown-up affair. In 2019 the first series of Wu-Tang: An American Saga saw the origin story of the world-famous rap group immortalised on TV. Since then the show has gone on to grab the hearts and…