Marvel Phase 5 has arrived. Or, rather, Marvel Studios’ line-up of movies and TV shows for its next phase has arrived. MCU Phase 4 isn’t over yet but, with The Guardians of the Galaxy’s Holiday Special – on Disney Plus, no less – set to bring the curtain down on the current phase, it’s high…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Hooking up a USB accessory such as a headset or microphone for a Google Meet call is set to get a lot easier at last thanks to a new update to the service. The video conferencing platform has revealed changes that will allow users to have much greater functionality whilst using such devices. Going forward,…
An aerial view of a damaged area after Russian attacks in Moshchun Village, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine on April 29. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Tourism site, Visit Ukraine, is providing tours of war-torn cities in Ukraine. The site says visitors can see shelled buildings, bomb debris, and destroyed military gear. Ukraine is currently under…
From left: UGC creators Salha Aziz, Ahmna Dailey, and Brianna Thompson. Salha Aziz, Ahmna Dailey, and Brianna Thompson. TikTok has led to a surge in UGC, or user-generated content, ads. Advertisers are are turning to it as a cheap, authentic form of promotion. And creators are cashing in, regardless of audience size. TikTok is fueling…
Jim Simons. The Abel Prize/YouTube Renaissance Technologies halved its Tesla stake and exited its GameStop and AMC wagers last quarter. Jim Simons’ quant fund supercharged its bet on Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to $605 million. RenTech doubled its Tesla holdings and grew its GameStop wager by 118-fold in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies halved its…
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Andreas Gora/Getty Images A German oil refinery in Schwedt has begun blending US crude with Russian Urals, Bloomberg reported Monday. The refinery, which is partly owned by Rosneft, is typically reliant on Russian crude but has started to turn to alternative supplies. Germany’s Economy Minister has previously noted that Schwedt…
Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most powerful and wealthiest figures in the world. He has a net worth of $64.7 billion, according to Forbes, and spends much of it on charity. But he also pours money into real estate, especially in Hawaii, and cars. Mark Zuckerberg is one of…
JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon warned the firm’s wealthier clients that China has ‘serious issues’ and could be ‘overreacting’ to tensions over Taiwan. Brian Snyder/Reuters JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said China faces “serious issues” due to its food and energy usage. Dimon urged the US to take a stand against Beijing by upping its soft-power…
Apple’s MacBook Air M2 may not have completely reshaped the PC landscape like the M1 laptop did, but it’s arguably the best version of the notebook to date. It earned a score of 96 from us and it would make a solid daily driver for anyone, from college students to working professionals. One of the…
Plant closures and other challenges didn’t keep Tesla’s Chinese factory from crossing a key milestone. As Electreknotes, company chief Elon Musk has revealed that Gigafactory Shanghai recently produced its 1 millionth car. As mentioned earlier in August, Musk noted that Tesla has made a total of 3 million electric vehicles to date. The facility has…