Monthly Archives: August 2022

US trade mixed after volatile session amid strong retail earnings and conflicting economic data

The housing market boomed in 2020 and 2021 but is now cooling rapidly. AFP/Getty Images US stocks ended mixed on Tuesday after strong earnings from Walmart and Home Depot. US housing starts slipped, while industrial production rose, and the New York Fed’s manufacturing gauge eased. Oil slipped as positive signals from Iran nuclear talks raised…

Meta’s anti-misinformation strategy for the 2022 midterms is mostly a repeat of 2020

Meta has outlined its strategy for combatting misinformation during the 2022 US midterm elections, and they’ll mostly sound familiar if you remember the company’s 2020 approach. The Facebook and Instagram owner said it will maintain policies and protections “consistent” with the presidential election, including policies barring vote misinformation and linking people to trustworthy information. It…

President Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act to limit climate change

President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The sweeping $750 billion legislation includes $369 billion in investments toward climate and clean energy programs. Following months of infighting, House and Senate Democrats passed the bill along party lines last week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin of West…

Shadow Warrior dev’s vampiric cowboy shooter Evil West delayed to November

Evil West, the vampire-tinged cowboy shooter from Shadow Warrior reboot developer Flying Wild Hogs, has been delayed again, and is now scheduled to launch on 22nd November. Announced back in 2020, Evil West follows the gunslinging adventures of Jesse Rentier as he prowls the American frontier in search of vampiric monstrosities to destroy. It all…