A federal grand jury subpoenaed records of any “payments or gifts” that Charles McGonigal, the FBI’s former head of counterintelligence in New York, received from foreign governments. Foreign Policy Association; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider A former high-level FBI agent who was involved in the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia during the 2016 election…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
British Airways planes at Heathrow airport. Jonathan Brady/Getty Images London Heathrow Airport plans to adjust its schedule to ‘ensure silence’ during the Queen’s funeral. The airport said in a statement that changes during the mourning period were out of respect. Some airlines have already stopped selling tickets for Monday 19, the day of the funeral….
Hi. I’m Aaron Weinman. Private credit is so hot, it was the talk of this week’s SALT hedge fund conference. Private credit is a pocket of the lending market that has grown to about $1.25 trillion in assets, according to Preqin data. Private-credit funds lend — typically to leveraged companies — for myriad reasons, from…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speculated on the midterm results, Punchbowl News reported. Schumer said the GOP will win the House, with Democrats 60%…
Ethereum has completed its much-anticipated “Merge” to a far more energy efficient method of minting new tokens, the cryptocurrency’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted. Ether will no longer be minted by “proof-of-work” that uses powerful computers to solve cryptographic tasks. Instead, they’ll be created using “proof-of-stake” methods that require users called validators to stake tokens for…
It was a big day for tech reviews. Alongside the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, there are also new action cams from both GoPro and DJI – and we’ve got detailed reviews on all of them. Engadget But let’s kick things off with the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max. With…
Hideo Kojima is at it again. The creator has recently set up a website, presumably for a new game, which features nothing more than a shadowy visage with the words “Who Am I?” written across the image. Clicking on this image then gives you the option to share said picture across various social media feeds,…
The surprisingly brilliant PowerWash Simulator will soon arrive for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PS5. PowerWash Simulator is a game about cleaning things – cars, helicopters, bungalows – that quickly becomes a compulsion. You complete jobs to upgrade your powerwash machine, then take on progressively bigger challenges. Pretty soon you’re hosing down whole skate parks,…
Despite the flurry of Like a Dragon (or Yakuza) games that have been recently announced, none of them will be released on Switch. Indeed, a Switch port of anything Yakuza is unlikely to happen, according to Ryu Ga Gotoku Sydido head Masayoshi Yokoyama. Yokoyama made the statement in an interview with GameSpot yesterday and explained…
Create content anywhere you go when you have the Kiboko City Commuter camera backpack. With a roll-top design, this backpack has both a rear panel access compartment and a side access camera pocket. Plus, the rear panel compartment has useful dividers, so you can keep your gear right where you want it. Not only that,…