A Ukrainian soldier stands on a tank on the road in the freed territory of the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov Ukrainian troops are launching shells filled with flyers to convince Russian troops to surrender. The move comes as Russia struggles to maintain its hold in Ukraine amid a Ukrainian…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images, Belinda Jiao/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images McDonald’s is shutting its UK restaurants for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. It has just under 1,400 restaurants across the UK, which it says will reopen at 5 p.m. on Monday. Other British businesses also announced plans to close during the funeral. McDonald’s is closing its…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Ethereum’s long-awaited merge event is set to happen around Wednesday or Thursday, the Ethereum Foundation said. It will entail switching the blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, and is meant to dramatically reduce energy use. The prices of both bitcoin and ether inched higher Wednesday after selling off sharply…
Ukrainian soldiers stand on the road in the freed territory of the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov A Russian soldier told his father in an intercepted phone call that “everything’s bad” in the war. Ukraine’s intelligence service said it intercepted the call and published it to social media. An ongoing…
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A group of women celebrating a Bachelorette party. Getty Images Terryce Blanchard wanted a unique bachelorette party destination — anywhere but Nashville. Scottsdale, Arizona, boasts warm weather and lots of space for big parties and activities. Its popularity boost during the pandemic has driven tourism and small businesses. Terryce Blanchard did not want to just…
Guest Relations Manager Jessica Waddy (left) and the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown (right) Hannah Towey/Insider (left) and Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (right) I shadowed a concierge in charge of high-paying guests at the Four Seasons in downtown New York. I saw the different ways hotel employees cater to VIPs paying up to $25,000 a…
I’m a big fan of beef jerky. Not so much eye-watering retail price, mind you, or the untraceable nature of the commercial product’s precursors — like when you get that one bag that’s nothing but scraps, unidentifiable knuckles and strands of desiccated flesh, ew. So I decided, in keeping with my recent self-sufficiency kick, to…
Shift Up’s long-touted Project Eve is finally nearing release. The Korean developer has announced that the action RPG will arrive in 2023 as Stellar Blade. It will be a PS5 exclusive on consoles. Accordingly, the studio used Sony’s State of Play event to share a trailer outlining the game’s apocalyptic premise. You play Eve, a…
Did you know that it’s possible to share games and apps on your Quest 2? Meta has made it so you can share games across two Meta Quest 2 headsets, making it possible for family members to play the same games without having to buy the games twice. This isn’t the case with everything as…