Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Anatoly Chubais in Moscow, Russia, in 2016. Alexei Druzhinin/AFP via Getty Images Anatoly Chubais resigned as a top Putin advisor and left Russia shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. On Sunday he was hospitalized in Europe after developing a rare neurological disorder, the NYT reported. Chubais suddenly lost feeling in…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Mortgage rates are lower this week compared to last Monday. Rates have been somewhat volatile in recent weeks due to the countervailing forces of inflation and recession fears. But even as rates trend down, they’re still significantly higher than they were at the start of 2022, which has created affordability problems for many buyers. “It’s…
Errol Musk, the father of tech billionaire Elon Musk. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Elon Musk’s father, Errol, said on an Australian radio show he wasn’t proud of his billionaire son. He said the family has done “a lot of things,” though he…
Welcome to the start of another month. Today, Insider has a gripping investigation into the psychological distress facing TikTok content moderators in Morocco. I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb. Let’s get straight to it. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider’s app here. SOPA Images/Getty Images 1. TikTok’s Moroccan content moderators…
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at a GOP primary debate in the 2016 presidential election campaign in Detroit, Michigan. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump apologized to Ted Cruz in 2016 for deeply personal insults, a book says. Trump and Cruz fought an ill-tempered battle for the 2016 GOP nomination, which Trump won. Trump has rarely…
The US dollar is at its lowest since July 5. (Photo by Xu Jinbai/VCG via Getty Images) The dollar sank to a one-month low on Monday after data last week showed the US is technically in recession. It reflects a “sell-the-fact” reaction in markets as investors expect milder Fed rate hikes. A weak Chinese economy…
City of Gold Coast When you think of the Gold Coast, you typically think of sun, surf, and theme parks. But something interesting is happening in the place surfers deem paradise. Last year saw the Gold Coast become the most popular destination for “metro-movers” fleeing capital cities. In a post-pandemic landscape, where big business and…
An e-bike- and scooter-sharing startup co-founded by Olympian Usain Bolt appears to have shut down operations, highlighting recent problems in the micromobility sector, TechCrunch has reported. Bolt Mobility was present in around five cities including Portland, Burlington, Vermont and Richmond in California, along with others via an acquisition, and some of those are facing abandoned…
Call of Duty: Warzone doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, with more than 100 million players around the world having dropped into the game to duke it out COD-style. And what better way to while away the days than with a free-to-play battle royale game, tied to an already dominant franchise? Best Battle Royale…
Microsoft Paint is one of the wonders of the Microsoft operating system and a piece of bundled software that’s been around since the very first version of Windows in 1985. A while back, news appeared to spread that Microsoft was killing off MS Paint in an update to Windows 10. Then, after a mild internet…