Monthly Archives: September 2022

Cyberflashing could become a thing of the past on Instagram

Cyberflashing, the practice of sending unsolicited and unwanted nude photos to people via social media apps or through other means, is a serious offence, punishable by prison in some countries, including Scotland, Singapore and soon, England and Wales. Now, it appears that Instagram’s parent company Meta is finally getting serious about it too. Developer Alessandro…

Loved Do Revenge? Here are 5 more twisted teen dramas to sink your teeth into

The internet is going crazy for Do Revenge right now. At the time of writing, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s coming-of-age comedy is the second-biggest movie on Netflix, and an altogether larger topic of conversation in various quarters of social media.  Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, the film follows two students from wildly different…

Russian politicians shouldn’t be drafted to fight in Ukraine because they need to stay and explain the war, lawmaker says

A session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on April 7, 2022. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via Reuters A Russian MP said Wednesday that lawmakers should be exempt from going to Ukraine.  Dmitry Vyatkin said that it is their “duty” to stay behind and explain the importance of the war. His…

Goldman Sachs says if the Fed nails a soft landing, don’t expect interest rate cuts until something goes wrong

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Win McNamee/Getty Images Goldman Sachs said the Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates if it pulls off a soft landing.  The only scenario in which the central bank will slash rates is if something goes wrong.  Analysts at the bank expect the Fed to hike rates by another 75 basis…

Trump is stretching his declassification defense in the Mar-a-Lago case further still, making an argument his lawyers have gone nowhere near in court

Fox News host Sean Hannity (R) interviewed Donald Trump (L) about the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid on September 21. Fox News Donald Trump has claimed he declassified documents retrieved by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.  Yet neither he nor his lawyers have backed the claim with convincing evidence.  Trump in a new line of defense claimed he…

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The economy won’t hold up under the Fed’s plan to keep raising rates above 4% and will likely tip into a recession, JPMorgan Asset Management strategy chief says

MJgraphics / Shutterstock The economy would buckle under the Fed’s plan to hike rates to 4% and beyond, JPMorgan Asset Management’s David Kelly said. Inflation is dropping, and that level of tightening would amount to overkill, he said.  “I just don’t think the economy can take it,” Kelly said, warning of a recession. The economy…