For most venture-backed social companies, a period of hypergrowth seems like it would be the dream. It means the app broke through the noise of thousands of others, resonated with a mass market of people, and didn’t need to spend a penny on marketing. Clubhouse, however, offered a retort to that perspective. The app’s fall…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Uber is releasing a suite of new safety features geared towards the driver, including freezing fake rider account names and piloting a front-facing video recording tool to replace a driver’s dashcam. The safety features follow a feedback period from drivers that Uber began this summer. It looks like drivers have been having a hard time…
This is my dog, Stevie. A very good girl. (Pictured: The author’s dog, Stevie, a lab, boxer, pit bull mix.) Credit: Dylan Haas / Mashable She’s a lab, boxer, pit bull mix who likes cuddles, sleeping in, saying “hello” to strangers, and, probably more than anything else, chew toys. To some, picking out a toy…
A large typosquatting campaign has been detected abusing Amazon’s AWS cloud platform to lure people into tech support scams. After being tipped off by an actual computer technician working at a local shop, researchers at Malwarebytes discovered a “big typosquatting campaign” that started roughly a month ago. The campaign is quite dangerous, too, as victims…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Market sentiment and uncertainty over Fed policy is set to improve next year, which could give a boost to stocks, Jim Paulsen said. Uncertainty is higher than 82% of the time since 1987, and market bullishness is nearing a record low. When those indicators improve in tandem, stocks see “amazingly strong” performance,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in the Moscow region on October 27, 2022. Photo by SERGEI GUNEYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Putin delivered a nonsensical speech about Western “cancel culture” on Thursday in Moscow. What began as commentary about Russian foreign policy quickly transitioned to a rant….
Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Everything from groceries to energy costs skyrocketed in 2022, so take a…
Meta logo Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Morgan Stanley downgraded Meta stock to equal-weight from overweight and slashed its price target to $105 from $205. Analysts cited Meta’s forecast for capital spending, which will weigh on its cash flow. “And in the meantime, we see earnings power staying depressed,” the bank’s note said. Morgan Stanley downgraded Meta stock…
A firefighter attempts to put out a wildfire caused by extreme temperatures in Larache, northern Morocco, July 15, 2022. AP Photo Recent reports from the United Nations found the world is failing to meet climate goals, and it could be catastrophic. Some developing countries are calling on the top offenders, like the US and China,…
Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. APY, or annual percentage yield, measures your interest rate over a year….