China is grappling with a crisis in its property sector. Getty Images China’s yuan dropped to a three-month low on Friday, falling past the key 6.8 level. Investors have flocked to the dollar, while China’s economy is coming under major pressure. The country is dealing with a property crisis and a strict zero-COVID policy. China’s…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
US futures slipped Friday as investors mulled hawkish statements from Fed policymakers – but major indices are still on track for a fifth weekly win in a row. Henny Ray Abrams/AP US futures fell Friday but were still on track for a fifth weekly gain in a row. Three Fed policymakers took a hawkish tone…
Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin answers journalists’ questions in Kuopio, Finland, on August 18, 2022. Matias Honkamaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Leaked videos published Wednesday show Finland’s prime minister dancing with friends. Sanna Marin told reporters Thursday that she was “disappointed” the videos were made public. After criticism from political opponents, Marin said she would…
Mortgage rates trended down overall this week compared to last week, though they’ve started ticking back up over the past few days. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped to 5.13% this week, according to Freddie Mac. Current economic uncertainty has caused mortgage rates to be volatile in recent months. Investors fear that the Federal…
Every time you put your baby to bed, you start to fret a little. You may have baby monitors and cameras set up. But you’re worried that they don’t record everything that you need to see. What if something happens that the monitors and cameras don’t pick up on? Or, perhaps you don’t have a…
Apple’s next smartwatch is expected to appear in the next few weeks, likely alongside the iPhone 14 range, and it’s thought it will be one of three Apple Watch models this year. We’ve covered off the next generation Apple Watch SE in a separate feature, and we have a feature for the rugged Apple Watch…
In what might possibly be the biggest own-goal in FIFA’s history, EA accidentally listed the PC version of FIFA 23 at a 99.98 per cent discount. When EA put FIFA 23‘s pre-order page up on the Epic Games Store, the company made a mistake with the pricing making the game cost just $0.06 USD. The…
Nintendo is reportedly planning to shrink down the packaging of its Switch consoles by around 20 per cent, starting this month. Best upcoming Nintendo Switch games to look forward to That might sound like a fairly obscure move, but it could ease global supply concerns by allowing Nintendo to ship more consoles in each consignment…
A good role-playing game is like no other genre, letting you slip into a new identity like a new set of clothes and offering up a world to explore and embed yourself in. The Nintendo Switch might not be the most powerful console on the market, but it has a huge back catalogue of great…
If you go on any technical forum about phones you’ll likely stumble across the term “jailbreaking”. But what is it and why do enthusiasts and developers talk about it so much? In this guide we’ll explain everything you need to know about jailbreaking, including why it’s really not a good idea unless you have a…