Monthly Archives: August 2022

Sony’s new Dolby Atmos soundbar is like a cheaper Sonos Arc, and it’s tempting

Sony has just announced its latest soundbar, the Sony HT-A3000, which is an all-in-one bar that’s designed to deliver positional Dolby Atmos sound and great bass from a single box. The Sony HT-A3000 will be available in October, and will cost £599 / $699, with an Australian launch yet to be confirmed. Its speaker configuration…

A crypto-funded super PAC poured more than $24 million into this year’s Democratic primaries and became a top outside spender. Now, it’s going dark.

FTX Cryptocurrency exchange CEO Gabe Bankman-Fried at a hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Protect Our Future, backed by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, spent more than $24 million this year. The super PAC is part of a broader effort to support pandemic prevention advocates in Congress. Now,…

Ukrainian soldier patrolling Chernobyl says deaths in Russia’s war are ‘catastrophic’ and worse than anything he’s seen in years of fighting

The mother of Ukrainian serviceman Roman Barvinok mourns near his coffin during a funeral service at the cemetery in Kyiv. Oleksii Chumachenko/Getty Images A Ukrainian soldier serving near Chernobyl but who has also served in the Donbas wrote a reflection on death for the NYT. Artem Chekh said that the scale of death in Russia’s…

Clean Energy Credit Union review: Eco-friendly online institution with a high-yield checking account

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Stock investors should brace for volatility as stronger economic data may support the Fed’s higher-for-longer view on interest rates, Goldman Sachs’ chief equities strategist says

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. AP Photo/Richard Drew Stock investors will be navigating through a choppy and challenging period after the Fed’s Jackson Hole event, a top Goldman Sachs strategist told CNBC on Tuesday.  Markets had rebounded as investors saw weaker data as evidence that interest rates and inflation had…

AG Merrick Garland put new restrictions on political activities as 2022 midterms near and Trump claims partisan bias

Attorney General Merrick Garland tightened Justice Department policies to prevent political appointees from attending partisan events. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new memo prevents all Justice Department employees from attending partisan political events. The policy coincides with Donald Trump alleging that partisan bias motivated the Mar-a-Lago raid. Merrick Garland said the new policy would help prevent…

Russian oil exports to Asia have fallen by more than 500,000 barrels a day to a 5-month low

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Getty Images Seaborne shipments of Russian oil hit their lowest level since March last week, according to Bloomberg.  Flows to Asia are down by about 500,000 barrels per day for the week ending August 26.  Half of Russia’s crude exports have been going to customers in Asia since the war in…