Right to left: Water from a fountain on the USS Abraham Lincoln; the USS Abraham Lincoln. Courtesy of USS Abraham Lincoln sailor; Bettmann/Getty Images The US Navy found drinking water on an aircraft carrier was polluted with bacteria and bilge water. Videos shared with Insider by a USS Abraham Lincoln sailor show murky water bubbling…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo by Sven Hoppe/Picture Alliance via Getty Images Meta is cutting hiring and laying off staff to trim costs, CFO David Wehner said Wednesday. Meta’s headcount will remain roughly flat between now and the end of 2023, he said. But Meta will continue pumping billions into its metaverse business, execs said Wednesday….
Elon Musk has tweeted a video clip of him entering the Twitter San Francisco headquarters carrying a kitchen sink. “Let that sink in,” he captioned. Turns out he may have also talked to staff members and denied reports that he’s going let most of them go after he officially takes over as company owner, possibly…
Ultimate Ears has announced its custom-fit true wireless headphones, the UE Fits, are now available outside of the US for the first time – namely the UK, France, Germany and Canada. While custom-fit buds have been available for a while, the UE Fits are the first headphones of their kind that will do it without…
Warner Bros. Montréal has released a PC patch for Gotham Knights addressing some of the game’s current issues, with the next console update coming towards the end of the week. Since its launch, Gotham Knights has faced a series of issues, with frame-rate drops, stutters, and frame-rate time fluctuations being reported across the board. “We…
The Boox Tab Ultra is a new $599.99 E Ink tablet from Onyx that pairs a 16-megapixel rear camera with a 10.3-inch paper-link display. It’s an odd combination. Tablets already have a bit of a rough reputation when it comes to photography, and E Ink displays aren’t exactly known for their color accuracy or high…
Microsoft started testing a new Xbox Home UI last month that will arrive in 2023. I’ve managed to try an early version of the Home UI this week, and while there are some much-needed improvements, the home section of the Xbox dashboard is starting to feel like one giant Xbox Game Pass ad. The main…
Why stop at wireless services when you can add a side of finance? | Image: Boost Mobile Dish Network-owned Boost Mobile is getting into financial services with the launch of OmniMoney, a basic banking service aimed at people who can’t access traditional bank accounts. It’s a service that Boost CEO Stephen Stokols hopes will make…
Without unlimited funds, a constant issue for developing and maintaining a patent portfolio is how to balance between obtaining the highest quality patents and obtaining patents at a lower cost to grow a portfolio. When biasing towards a reduced cost, some aspects of a well-written patent application may also be sacrificed. Some of these items…
Cinchy, a startup that provides a data management service for enterprise customers, today announced that it raised $14.5 million in Series B funding led by Forgepoint Capital with participation from IVP, SUV, Techstars and Mars. Bringing the company’s total raised to $24 million, the capital will be put toward scaling Cinchy’s outreach and continuing to…