Russia has slashed supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Stefan Sauer/Picture Alliance/Getty Images European natural gas prices were on track for their fourth straight weekly rise on Friday. Russia has squeezed supplies to the continent and countries are rushing to fill storage before winter. Dutch TTF natural gas futures are up over 600% from…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The US Space Force approved Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch spy satellites on its reusable Falcon Heavy rocket. Joe Raedle/JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images The US Space Force approved SpaceX to launch spy satellites on the Falcon Heavy rocket, per Bloomberg. Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket and has three reusable boosters. The…
Michael Burry. Jim Spellman/Getty Images Michael Burry warned Americans are loading up on credit-card debt in response to inflation. Burry expects consumers to run out of cash within months, hitting company profits and the economy. The “Big Short” investor cautioned the recent rebound in tech stocks was unlikely to last. Michael Burry rang the alarm…
HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake. LinkedIn A boss went viral for sharing a crying selfie on LinkedIn after laying off two employees. Braden Wallake told PR Week he wasn’t sorry for his post because “a lot of good” has come from it. He called himself the “crying CEO” after being criticised by some. The CEO of…
Xiaomi had a busy Thursday. It revealed a new slimmer foldable smartphone to go up against Samsung’s just-announced Galaxy Z Fold 4, then made that appear dull when its own humanoid robot prototype walked on stage. The Xiaomi CyberOne is 177cm (5.8 feet) tall, weighs 52kg (115 pounds) and is, apparently, a Leo. It comes…
Google Nest video doorbells have several handy features on board, from recognising familiar faces to offering the ability to set up activity zones, meaning you won’t get alerted everytime someone walks past your home if you don’t want to be. For those that have a Google Home or Nest speaker though, there is also a…
A new Avatar game has been announced. No, not that one. This is Avatar: Generations, based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. (Your release date got pushed back? That’s rough, buddy.) The game is being developed by Square Enix London Mobile in partnership with Navigator Games, and is described as a…
Infinity Ward, the team behind Modern Warfare 2, has given us all a little peek at a new map that is coming to the game. The map, which is called Farm 18, was inspired by Modern Warefare’s Shoothouse map. “We tried to think of hidden training facilities, but it is also in an industrial cement…
Recently I have been in one of those periods where no video game will do, where I have chased a game – a something – across download libraries and subscription catalogues and a couple of cupboard drawers in vain, a quest across gaming’s ribcage and shoulder blades for some roaming, ineffable itch that I cannot…
Don more than a pair of functional boxer briefs when you wear the Wair Mk1 Ultra boxer briefs for all men. Made by ex-Tesla employees, they not only feature a SpaceX theme but also include design concepts inspired by space tech. Available in just 2 sizes, they adapt to changing body shapes for comfort. Moreover,…