Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Yevmenov (R) attend Navy parade marking Russian Navy Day in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 31, 2022. Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Putin last week signed a decree demanding an increase in the size of Russia’s military by 137,000 troops. US officials, however,…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Embedded finance is an emerging software distribution model that is promising—or threatening—to reshape the financial services industry. The global embedded finance market is still nascent, but its growth potential is enormous. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research. Embedded…
A Tesla showroom and service center, in Burbank on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 in Burbank, CA. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Tesla owners have filed thousands of complaints about the car company’s service centers, Vox reports. Drivers cite delays, parts issues, and instances when their car was in worse condition after…
Screenshot of a video showing support ship Shahid Baziar, left, from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unlawfully towing a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in international waters of the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 30. 2022. U.S. Navy photo Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps tried to capture a US unmanned vessel in the Persian Gulf, according to…
The custom mechanical keyboard market has exploded in recent years. Where you previously had to go through arduous group buys to obtain many of the best models, there are now mainstream options you can purchase at any time. Drop (née Massdrop) has been a go-to for many just starting their descent into the hobby. Today,…
Does everyone remember the story of the lady who tweeted something, got on an airplane, and then by the time she landed at her destination she was fired from her job for the tweet? Yeah, that likely wouldn’t have happened if she had used Twitter Circle, a feature that has been in testing for a…
Microsoft has announced September’s Xbox Games with Gold lineup. Excellent dungeon crawler Gods Will Fall is available to download on Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S from 1st to 30th September. “Numinous landscapes and skull-rattling combat combine in this leftfield classic,” Donlan wrote in Eurogamer’s Gods Will Fall review from 2021. Also on…
These days, most of us cook from a device. And if your preferred cooking tablet is an iPad, you’re probably looking for gadgets that help you use it better and keep it safe while you simmer consumés and the like. Well, we’ve got some great suggestions in today’s roundup of gadgets and accessories to use…
MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16-inch open on table Getting one of the best business laptops is going to be vital if you want to maximise productivity. Here are the top choices whether you’re still working from home or back in the office. Knowing what to go for is likely to be fiddly, given the number…
OPINION: Last week I delivered my verdict on Samsung’s latest wearable, the Galaxy Watch 5, and while it’s a respectable piece of kit, it’s an absolute shambles as an upgrade to the Galaxy Watch 4, and in turn it shows everything that’s wrong with the yearly quest for relevance. At this point, almost every major…