Fatih Birol warned summer could be difficult for energy markets. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Gas supplies will tighten into next year as constraints continue to mount, IEA chief Fatih Birol said. Birol’s supply warning came shortly after the Nord Stream explosions, which caused gas prices to surge 11%. “It is very obvious … who was behind…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX. Tom Williams/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried’s advisor told Elon Musk the crypto billionaire was possibly interested in buying Twitter. The advisor, Will MacAskill, attempted to set up a meeting between the two billionaires in March. The text messages were revealed as a part of the discovery process in Musk’s…
Russian flag Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images In a new federal indictment, prosecutors allege a Maryland couple tried to spy for Russia. The indictment says one of the accused told her partner to read the book, “Inside the Aquarium.” The book is by a former Soviet spy, Viktor Suvorov, who defected in the late…
Truist is piloting 5G-only internet at bank branches. Rafael Henrique/ SOPA Images/ LightRocket/ Getty Images Truist is piloting 5G tech across the bank, including implementing it at its innovation hub. Ken Meyer, a Truist tech exec, spoke with Insider about the superregional bank’s plans. This article is part of “How 5G Is Changing Everything,”…
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue/Joe Raedle/Getty Images Text messages between Elon Musk and various notables in tech and business have been released. In several private exchanges, Musk and Jack Dorsey discussed the platform and Musk’s involvement. “I trust you,” Dorsey said in one text to Musk. Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey texted privately…
MacKenzie Scott is an award-winning novelist. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her second husband, Dan Jewett, filed for divorce. She is an award-winning novelist, who‘s had literary ambitions since she was 6 years old. Scott was also previously married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. When Jeff Bezos told his then-wife MacKenzie Scott about…
Marriage Pact Marriage Pact is a matchmaking service that started at Stanford in 2017. It pairs college students with their most compatible match on campus based on a 50-question survey. The startup just raised $5 million in seed funding from Bain Capital Ventures and Nobel prize-winning angel investors. Finding “love” these days often starts with…
Sackboy: A Big Adventure has joined the rapidly expanding list of PlayStation games that Sony is bringing to PC. The PS5 launch title (which is also available on PS4) will pop up on Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 27th. Sony says the PC version will support 4K resolution, have a targeted framerate…
They Shall Not Grow Old, a 2018 documentary about the lives and aspirations of British and New Zealand soldiers living through World War I from acclaimed Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, had its hundred-plus-year-old silent footage modernized through both colorization and the recording of new audio for previously non-existent dialog. To get an…
Google is shutting down Stadia, with the beleaguered cloud gaming service set to remain live for players until 18th January 2023. Stadia’s misfortunes are, of course, well-documented; despite initial praise for the service’s streaming capabilities at launch in 2019, a slow, problematic roll-out meant Google failed to capitalise on initial consumer interest. The extent of…