Monthly Archives: September 2022

Forecast eCommerce trends predicted for Amazon will beat expectations in 2021

Pandemic-driven demand for ecommerce accelerated sales growth for every product category. And Amazon generates more than one-quarter of US ecommerce sales for every category other than auto/parts. Do you work in the Ecommerce and Retail industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research. The following is…

US stocks turn negative as markets digest job gains and new uncertainty in Europe’s energy crisis

Fabrice Cabaud/Getty Images US stocks gave up early gains to turn sharply lower amid more uncertainty over Europe’s energy crisis.  Russia’s Gazprom said Friday it would keep the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline shut down due to a leak.   Earlier, payroll data showed a gain of 315,000 last month, which largely matched economists’ forecasts.  US…

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Controversial social media app Parler is back on the Google Play Store

Parler, the app that’s largely associated with Donald Trump supporters, conservatives and far-right extremists, is once again available for download via the Google Play Store. Billing itself as a “free speech network”, Parler was banned and removed from the Android app store in January [2021] after the US Capitol insurrection. A Google spokesperson said at…

Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for ‘several more years’ beyond existing deal

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is committing to keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation for “several more years” beyond the existing marketing deal Sony has with Activision. Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer made the commitment in a written letter to PlayStation head Jim Ryan earlier this year, and it’s…

Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October

Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg discusses Meta’s VR ambitions on The Joe Rogan Experience. (credit: Spotify) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly pinned a launch window for the company’s next major VR headset. In an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Zuckerberg said the device is coming at Meta’s Connect conference in October. Zuckerberg described…

Common asthma medications may change brain matter, but don’t panic

Medications for asthma and COPD are commonly taken as a pill or inhaled with an inhaler. Credit: Fahroni/Shutterstock A study published this week in the journal BMJ Open finds a possible link between inhaled and systemic glucocorticoids, commonly taken for ailments like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, and structural and volume changes in…

Scammers are using a Webb Telescope photo to hide complex malware

This image is safe to enjoy. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Cyberthreat experts at the security analytics and operations management platform, Securonix, have uncovered a new computer security threat that utilizes the James Webb Space Telescope‘s first public image, SMACS 0723, as a component in its impressively complex malware campaign. Dubbed “GO#WEBBFUSCATOR,” the multistep attack…