Westend61/Getty Images A new Gallup poll finds Americans aren’t optimistic about the economy, with optimism at a record low. Americans were asked if they think life will be better for the next generation, and most don’t think so. Republicans especially had a decline in optimism, as did higher-earners. If you feel like the vibes are…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
WhatsApp was down on Tuesday morning. SOPA Images/Getty Images WhatsApp went down for thousands of users on Tuesday morning. Users could access the app and their chats, but they weren’t able to send or receive messages. The app was still not working an hour after WhatsApp went down. Thousands of WhatsApp users have been unable…
Patrick Pleul/Getty Images; Vicky Leta/Insider Elon Musk has until Friday at 5 p.m. ET to close his deal with Twitter or a trial date will be set. Experts say the deal is expected to close. If not, Musk could face an uphill battle in court. If Musk becomes Twitter’s new owner, Twitter will undergo a…
Last June, NASA announced that it would convene a panel to study “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAP), aka UFOs — while saying it doesn’t believe they’re “extraterrestrial in origin.” Now, the space agency has unveiled the 16-member panel that will focus on “unclassified sightings and other data collected from civilian government and commercial sectors.” Chairing the…
Popular messaging service WhatsApp now seems to be working again. It went down for more than an hour today, with messaging not accessible for many thousands of uses. It just displayed a “connecting” message at the top of the mobile application for a decent amount of time. According to outage detection site Downdetector, reports of…
Succession is returning. Season 4 is in production and we’ll finally find out what’s next for the Roy children. Last we saw, they were hoodwinked out of their Waystar RoyCo stock after attempting a coup. But when will it air, is there a trailer, and what else can we expect from the latest season of…
Xiaomi has revealed that the forthcoming Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus will feature a 200MP camera, making it potentially the first affordable phone to pack such an advanced image sensor. We’ve seen a couple of phones with 200-megapixel cameras this year, but so far they’ve fallen under the flagship(ish) description. The Xiaomi 12T Pro costs…
WhatsApp is down for many users across the world Thousands of WhatsApp users are reporting receiving “connecting” messages when attempting to use the Meta-owned messaging app, and of being unable to send or receive messages. At around 9am this morning, Down Detector was reporting a peak of more than 60,000 down status reports. Anecdotally, WhatsApp…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp is down in a major outage affecting the communications app. The service started experiencing issues at around 3AM ET, with users greeted with a “connecting” message. If you’re attempting to use WhatsApp web, you’ll see a “Make sure your computer has an active internet connection” error. Downdetector…
Station F, the iconic startup campus in Paris, is revamping its Founders Program completely to turn it into an acceleration program. Founders who decide to join the accelerator will get many different benefits. They’ll also have to hand out a 1% equity stake to Station F. “We are changing the flagship program of Station F….