A Chinese diesel-electric submarine. Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty Images Chinese researchers say lithium ion batteries could boost submarines’ survival and combat abilities. Solutions for problems with the batteries have been found through work in the booming electric car market, their study says. China’s large fleet of conventional submarines could soon be powered by lithium-ion batteries as a…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images) The US economy is “dead in the water” despite GDP growing in the third quarter, Steve Forbes said. He noted that “hard times are coming” given inflation is still high and a global energy crisis. “In terms of the 2.6% […] the economy…
GMO cofounder Jeremy Grantham. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts Jeremy Grantham rang the alarm on the current market backdrop and said stocks are still overvalued. He said holding cash was a good idea, and confirmed he’s betting against the Nasdaq and junk bonds. Grantham was among 6 financial experts sharing their market outlooks with the Wall Street Journal….
Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk plans to lay off around a quarter of Twitter’s staff, The Washington Post reported. His team, led by Alex Spiro, and remaining Twitter senior execs spent the weekend crafting plans, per The Post. A source said the layoffs would focus on sales, product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety. Elon Musk’s…
Donald Trump Jr. Lev Radin/Shutterstock Donald Trump Jr. shared a joke image mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi. It showed a “Halloween costume” consisting of a hammer and a pair of underpants. The tweet echoes an unfounded conspiracy theory about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Donald Trump Jr mocked an attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…
Pimax is holding an event to show off its Pimax Crystal headset and make it available to a wider audience. The Pimax Crystal was originally revealed back in June 2022 but is now being shown off in more depth and becoming more widely available. So if you’re keen on seeing the future of VR from…
As gamers, we’re always after an excuse to grab a good gaming bargain. Each year around the Black Friday period there are all sorts of fantastic discounts on games old and new. All the classics nicely reduced ready for Christmas. So if you’re looking for gifts or just to treat yourself, then this is a…
If you’ve been eyeing up the Philips Hue lighting ecosystem for a while, but have been put off by the price then now might be the right time of year to keep an eye out for a bargain. Black Friday is a great time to find hefty discounts on Philips Hue lighting. Whether you’re looking…
Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has confirmed that Sonic Frontiers “isn’t similar at all” to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Since the game’s reveal, fans have made the comparison with Nintendo’s adventure due to Sonic Frontiers’ lush green open setting and that hero shot of the hedgehog looking out over a wide…
There was a run of things that happened to me in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord that perfectly summed up my early-game experience with it. It began with me finding a way to cheese the game. I’d discovered I could take down groups of enemies on my own, up to a dozen of them, simply…