Monthly Archives: September 2022

US gas prices climb for the first time in nearly 100 days – and remain 15% higher than last year

Gasoline prices are advertised at a gas station near Lindbergh Field as a plane approaches to land in San Diego, California June 1, 2008. Mike Blake/Reuters US gas prices rose to $3.681 per gallon on Wednesday from $3.674 on Tuesday, marking the first increase in 99 days, said AAA. It signals that the impact of…

Putin effectively told the world his army is ‘losing’ in Ukraine by calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists and threatening to use nuclear force

View of a destroyed Russian tank in the village of Lukashivka in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine on September 7, 2022. Sergei Chuzavkov/Getty Images Putin has announced a partial military mobilization as Russia struggles with manpower issues in Ukraine. Ex-diplomats and Russia experts said it showed that Russia is losing the war in Ukraine. Mobilization…

NTSB calls for all new vehicles to include alcohol monitoring tech

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on its sister agency to implement regulation requiring all vehicles sold in the US to include blood alcohol monitoring systems. The NTSB sent the recommendation to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday after completing an investigation into a horrific collision last year that involved drunk driving and…

Destiny cheater seller countersues Bungie, claims Destiny maker hacked it

A cheat seller being sued by Bungie has launched a remarkable countersuit which claims Bungie hacked it. The claim follows months of legal back and forth between cheat seller AimJunkies and Destiny developer Bungie, which has seen the former accused of both trademark and copyright infringement. AimJunkies has previously attempted to shrug off these claims,…