When it comes to AirPods, Apple is clearly in no rush to disturb the status quo. It took three years for Apple to evolve its AirPods line and release the AirPods Pro in 2019, a more premium pair of wireless earbuds with improved sound and features like active noise cancelation, but also a higher price…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
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…
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…
Data center outages can cause havoc for businesses, but they may at least be becoming less common according to a report by the Uptime Institute. In 2022, 60% of data center operators they surveyed said they had an outage in the past three years – down from 69% in 2021 and 78% in 2020 In…
After a year of rumors about a rowing machine from Peloton, the company has finally released details about how to preorder the new interactive exercise apparatus. The rower, which is only available for preorder in the US, starts at $3,195 and will be delivered to its first customers in December. Like the best exercise bikes,…
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…
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…
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…
Each day, the Insider Intelligence team puts together a chart packed with data and key statistics on the biggest trends in today’s most disruptive industries. The subscription also includes eMarketer FYI—partner webinar announcements, whitepaper offers, best practices guides and research briefs. Simply enter your email address to receive our new Chart of the Day newsletter…
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…