Ray Dalio. Eoin Noonan/Web Summit via Getty Images Billionaire Ray Dalio relinquished his Bridgewater voting rights on September 30 and stepped down as one of three co-CIOs. He will retain a minority stake, keep a seat on the board, and take on the title of founder and CIO mentor. Dalio founded Bridgewater — now the…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
A cross is seen at the Monument of the Mother of God outside the city center on October 3, 2022 in Izium, Ukraine. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Russian occupation forces apparently executed three men in Kharkiv, Ukraine, per Human Rights Watch. One of the dead was a 76-year-old man who disappeared while out collecting pinecones for…
American Airlines at JFK Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are in court over an antitrust lawsuit against their Northeast Alliance. On Friday, American CCO Vasu Raja said at the trial the carrier can’t get enough airport slots in New York. He explained the carrier accidentally gave up seven slots at New York’s JFK…
After multiple delays, the Matter smart home standard has become a reality. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has released the Matter 1.0 specification and launched a product certification program. Device makers are now clear to adopt the technology, which aims to eliminate the compatibility and connection headaches that sometimes plague existing hardware. You can hopefully…
After investigating an unfair labor practice charge against Activision Blizzard, the National Labor Relations Board found that the company withheld raises from quality assurance workers at Call of Duty support studio Raven Software. The agency attributed this withholding to the workers’ union activity. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed a complaint on behalf of…
Elon Musk wants to own Twitter after all. The Tesla CEO has decided he wants to go ahead with the deal he originally struck to buy the social media company for $54.20 a share, Bloomberg reports. News of the proposal comes less than weeks before the two sides were set to go to trial in…
Premium hi-fi manufacturer Focal has announced the Focal Bathys, its first pair of wireless noise-cancelling headphones. With a premium design inherited from the brands open- and closed-back headphones, the Focal Bathys offer up a real leather finish on the headband with aluminium and magnesium on the earcups. The flame logo at the centre of the…
With the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro, the manufacturer is refreshing it’s flagship phone range for the end of the year. What that means, in broad strokes, is that we get a bit of a spec bump in the internals and a better primary camera on the back. In reality it’s hardly likely anyone with…
Air fryers offer an alternative and healthy way to crisp up your food without the need for half a bottle of oil. They are basically small ovens that use powerful – and normally pretty noisy – fans, along with a concentrated heat source to deliver a fried finish to your food, whether that be chips,…
A new Nest Doorbell has been announced this morning, this time only with a wired-power option. After the battery version from last year was discovered to have suffered from battery-related limitations, this has been an item we hoped Google would give us. This new Nest Doorbell (wired) comes in a slightly smaller package than the…