Hello, tech friends. Reporting to you from New York City, I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb. Today is a big day for Apple fans, as the company is hosting its much-anticipated “Far Out” event. It’s been widely reported that Apple will reveal the Apple Watch Series 8 and iPhone 14 — though Mark Gurman, Bloomberg’s resident…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Office buildings, including the corporate headquarters of Deutsche Bank, stand in the financial district in the city center of Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Big banks in Europe are preparing for an energy crisis as Russia tightens the gas taps, per Reuters. JPMorgan may use diesel generators, while Deutsche Bank turns off fountains and hot…
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The chances for an ideal economic “soft landing” have faded, and the Fed is now pushing for a “growth recession.” The phrase describes a period of below-average growth, rising unemployment, and slowing inflation. The slowdown will “bring some pain,” but letting inflation stay high would be worse, Chair Powell said. In an ideal…
IBT Many companies use the term artificial intelligence, or AI, as a way to generate excitement for their products and to present themselves as on the cutting edge of tech development. But what exactly is artificial intelligence? What does it involve? And how will it help the development of future generations? Find out the answers…
A VMware booth at a tech conference. Getty Broadcom bet $61 billion on VMware to expand its business in the cloud. But customers and employees alike say the deal is squandering VMware’s success. Insider took a deep dive into the frustrations bubbling up in the VMware ecosystem amid the buyout. In May, the chip giant…
Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman in Moscow, Russia, in September 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS Western countries sanctioned Russian oligarchs over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Some tried to get out of the sanctions by offering money to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported. Ukraine appears to be against the idea, saying the point of sanctions is to…
A screenshot from a Fox News alert showing Laura Ingraham and a clipping from The Washington Post, aired September 6 2022 Fox News/Internet TV Archive Laura Ingraham and her Fox News guests were angered by a Washington Post report on Tuesday. They rubbished a story claiming Trump had a document about a foreign power’s nuclear…
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) Vladimir Putin called the suggestion Europe should impose gas price caps “stupid.” He said the plan would only lead to higher prices, in a speech to the Eastern Economic Forum. Putin also mocked Western sanctions, saying Russia has no problems selling its energy globally. Russian President Vladimir…
Helsinki, Finland. Lingxiao Xie/Getty Images Buying a flat, or apartment, can be a less expensive purchase in some countries compared to others. An analysis by Finder looked at the cost of purchasing a two-bedroom flat in city centers. In Ireland, for instance, the cost would be £203,000 or almost $238,000. It is cheaper to buy…
Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Amazon The blockbusterization of TV has reached a peak with “The Rings of Power” and “House of the Dragon.” The shows cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make — and have attracted millions of viewers. Meanwhile, movie theaters are experiencing…