Overwatch 2 players will need to cough up their phone numbers to play the hero shooter, as Blizzard rolls out a new SMS security system. When the shooter launches next month, Overwatch 2 will require all players on all platforms to link an active phone number to their Battle.net account. In a blog post, Blizzard…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Netflix executives have canceled Grendel, a new big-budget adaptation of the hit Dark Horse comicbook series, before the show has even finished production. Despite the fact that the show, which was given an eight-episode order in September of 2021, had completed the bulk of its filming, Netflix‘s executives have pulled the plug on the show. …
In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The DOJ pushed back against Donald Trump’s claim the FBI planted evidence. it released an updated inventory of items it seized from Mar-a-Lago. Neither Trump nor his attorneys have backed his…
Ray Dalio. Brian Snyder/Reuters Ray Dalio slammed UK leaders for tanking the British pound and government bonds this week. Investors panicked about an excessive amount of UK government debt being sold, he said. The elite investor said officials’ failure to foresee the market reaction suggested “incompetence.” Ray Dalio has lambasted UK leaders for inadvertently sending…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by a Nord Stream 1 turbine on August 3, 2022. SASCHA SCHUERMANN / Getty Images Two senior German lawmakers have pointed the finger at Russia over suspected sabotage of Nord Stream. The leaking Russia-to-Europe pipelines are spewing natural-gas into the Baltic Sea. The Kremlin said claims about Russia’s involvement were “predictably…
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…
Lakshmi Varanasi/ Insider Walmart entered the metaverse on Monday with two new virtual worlds aimed at Gen Z and young users. The retailer debuted two games on the Roblox platform — Walmart Land and Universe of Play. I explored both of them and left mentally drained and relieved to return back to real life. Walmart…
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Brent Stirton/Getty Images A Capitol rioter was given one of the longest sentences so far, 86 months in prison. Kyle Young, 38, is accused of bringing the taser that was used on…
Tony Anderson/Getty Images The shift to remote work fueled 60% of the pandemic-era home price rally, a new Fed study found. Home prices surged higher through the first years of the pandemic as Americans were forced to telecommute en masse. For every percentage point that remote work increased, home values rose 0.9 points, the researchers…
One of Shark’s higher-end robot vacuums is on sale at Amazon, and you may want to check it out if you’re looking for a model with a clean base. The Shark IQ RV1001AE robot vacuum is currently listed for $300, and the deal is only available today. That’s half off the model’s original retail price…