Image: John Chaney / Comedy Wildlife 2022 I learned today that there is a contest called the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, which selects the funniest animal photos submitted by professional and amateur photographers each year. The gallery of finalists includes some true gems, like a bear getting hit in the face by a fish, a…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge / Leon brings a knife to a zombie fight. Game design has come a long way since Resident Evil 4 first hit the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2005. That’s why the upcoming remake of the game, highlighted during Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase Thursday night, will be “modernizing the playfeel,” according to producer Yoshiaki…
Enlarge (credit: Tunvarat Pruksachat) The past several years have seen a lot of unexpected turbulence in the global energy market. Lockdowns during the early pandemic response caused energy use to plunge in 2020, but carbon emissions soared as the economy rebounded in 2021. Early 2022, however, saw Russia invade Ukraine and attempt to use its…
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After staging our first TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in three years, Slack is much quieter than usual this morning. My colleagues are flying home to cities as far flung as Taipei, Paris and London; I just took a streetcar home, which should keep my expense report simple. Moscone Center did not look like we’re…
Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Share on Twitter Champ Suthipongchai is founder and GP at Creative Ventures, a deep tech firm that invests in early-stage companies. If you’re hiring for your startup, you need to understand one thing: This is arguably one of the worst times to be looking for talent. While inflation continues to skyrocket and…
Google is being sued in Texas over how it collects and uses personally identifiable data. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has submitted a lawsuit in which he claims the company did not adequately ask users in the state for consent for the collection and use of both voice and facial information. He alleges that through…
A new report from Canalys has claimed that the global smartphone market has declined for the third consecutive time this year. The analyst firm found sales in Q3 2022 were down 9% from the same period last year as consumers around the world tighten their belts to afford essentials. The bad news may also be…
Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, the late Republican Rep. Don Young, and former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call and Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Some of Alaska Rep. Don Young’s former staffers are backing Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat. They say she’ll carry on the long-serving Republican’s legacy better than Sarah Palin…
The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS 580. Tim Levin/Insider The new EQS is Mercedes-Benz’s first shot at taking on Tesla in the US. The electric luxury sedan boasts up to 350 miles of range, a striking collection of screens, and an interior full of high-end materials. The well-optioned EQS 580 model that Mercedes lent me cost around…