Monthly Archives: September 2022

Gartner: Forget the metaverse, it’s all about the intraverse

Although many of us may only have just got around to fully understanding what the metaverse is, apparently the solution to today’s hybrid working woes is actually the “intraverse”. The Register has reported from Gartner’s Symposium event in Australia, where the intraverse was described as, “an interactive space that melds an intranet and a metaverse”….

Serious vulnerabilities in HP devices left unpatched for months on end

Multiple high-severity vulnerabilities affecting a number of HP business notebooks, business desktop PCs, point of sale systems, and workstations, have been sitting unpatched for months on end, researchers have warned.  This could mean countless HP users are at risk of having their endpoints broken, their files stolen, or their digital accounts compromised, as all of…

Legendary Russian chess champion and Kremlin critic says Putin’s ‘war is lost’ in Ukraine but that won’t stop him

Russian President Vladimir Putin Contributor/Getty Images A legendary Russian chess champion and Kremlin critic said Putin has “lost” the war in Ukraine. But Garry Kasparov told the Kyiv Post that this won’t stop the Russian leader from causing more death. Putin is willing to put thousands of civilians “into graves” to try to cling to…

Disney’s CEO says the company is a ‘lightning rod for clicks’ amid its ongoing fight with Ron DeSantis over Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Disney Chairman of Parks, Experiences and Products, Bob Chapek. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Disney CEO, Bob Chapek, said Disney was a “lightning rod for clicks” amid its long-running dispute with Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney has been involved in a dispute with DeSantis over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” education bill. Chapek…

Europe’s top supplier of natural gas says capping prices won’t fix the continent’s energy crisis

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere. Getty Images Norway’s prime minister says capping gas prices in Europe won’t solve the energy crisis.  Jonas Gahr Stoere met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday to discuss the gas shortage.  “A maximum price would not solve the fundamental problem, which is that there is too…

The states where abortion access will be on the ballot in 2022

Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in Frankfort, Ky., Kentucky is one of at least four states where voters will weigh on on abortion-related ballot measures in 2022. AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File Abortion policy is on the ballot in six states in 2022.  The Supreme Court overturning…

My dad used a quirky supermarket game to teach me to shop wisely, and to this day his lessons save me over $1,000 a year on food

The author, left, with her father and brother in Mexico in the ’90s. Sarah Enelow-Snyder While my mom was in the hospital, my dad took over the grocery shopping.  He taught my brother and me to shop carefully by playing a game where we raced through the aisles. We’d grab anything we wanted, then sort…

The true cost of the green crab invasion — and how whiskey can help

Green crabs are wrecking marine ecosystems everywhere from New England to the Pacific Northwest. Environmentalists and chefs are trying to create a market for harvesting and cooking them. One distiller in New Hampshire even makes whiskey with them. He uses roughly 1,000 crabs per batch. Invasive green crabs are wrecking marine ecosystems everywhere from New…

Trump queried the valet who brought him his Diet Cokes on how he could stay in office after the 2020 election, book says

President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk on Jan. 23, 2018. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Trump signaled his refusal to leave office after the 2020 election, per a forthcoming book.  Trump even asked the valet who brought his Diet Cokes to the Oval Office what he should do.  CNN reported on details from Maggie Haberman’s…