Monthly Archives: October 2022

New videos from a sailor show ‘horrible’ polluted drinking water on a US Navy aircraft carrier

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…

Meta says it’s laying off staff and easing off hiring to reduce costs – but will keep pumping billions into Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

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….

Gotham Knights’ next patch takes aim at those “performance challenges”

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…

Boost Mobile’s new no-fee banking comes with a surprising number of fees

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…

Striking a Balance between Quality and Value in a Patent Portfolio

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…

Integration platform Cinchy lands fresh cash to connect data sources

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…