President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 15, 2022. Royal Court of Saudi Arabia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The US and Saudi Arabia are in a dispute over reports of an abandoned secret oil deal. The Saudis claimed to be…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Zuckerberg shared an updated metaverse avatar image after being widely mocked for a previous version. Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg seems to have taken the memes that mocked his metaverse avatar to heart. The Meta CEO referenced the memes on a call with investors on Wednesday. He said the company was doing “leading work” in reference…
Kanye West in Los Angeles, California, last week. MEGA/GC Images Kanye West’s controversial Christian school has abruptly shut its doors, reports say. West, under fire over antisemitic comments, appeared to confirm the closure in a since-deleted Instagram post. Students at the $15,000-a-year school, Donda Academy, wear uniforms designed by Balenciaga. Donda Academy, the controversial private…
Duolingo Math is now available on iOS, over a year since it was first teased. Naturally, the new math app feels a lot like the company’s language app, including colorful animations and interactive exercises all built into gamified lessons. There are two main components to the app: an elementary-level math curriculum that goes over classroom…
The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether Tesla has misled customers and investors by claiming that its Autopilot technology enables full-fledged self-driving capabilities. According to Reuters, the DOJ launched the probe last year following over a dozen crashes, including fatal ones, in which Autopilot was activated. Prosecutors in Washington and San Francisco are examining…
Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer has hinted at impending price hikes for services and consoles, including the popular Game Pass subscription. The news came as the Xbox exec was being interviewed during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live event. He refused to rule out the prospect of a price increase on games, consoles, and…
Google Chrome has an excellent built-in password manager that makes it easy to access your passwords and keep them secure. Chrome isn’t just a great web browser, it’s also a good alternative to password managers and a powerful tool for syncing your login data across multiple devices. If you’re wondering about how to use it…
Sony’s hugely popular WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds are getting an upgrade to add support for Multipoint Bluetooth connections. And they aren’t alone. Alongside the WF-1000XM4, Sony has also confirmed that it is bringing the same feature to its LinkBuds and LinkBuds S earbuds as well. They’ll both get Multipoint Bluetooth connectivity via a software update “by…
Author George R. R. Martin has admitted he hasn’t played Elden Ring, despite providing backstory to FromSoftware’s game. That’s not only because he’s too busy writing his next book, but because he gets easily addicted to games. “I have not played it, because people seem to want this Winds of Winter book,” said Martin on…
It doesn’t seem like Faith: The Unholy Trinity should be able to do this, to scare us, because it looks like something I played decades ago on a BBC Micro. It’s got squiggly MS Paint lines for graphics, there are maybe two frames of animation, the sound garbles anything it plays, and you can even…