Amazon Glow was designed to help keep kids engaged on video calls. It’s shutting down this year. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon will stop supporting its Glow video calling device for kids on December 31st, 2022. The innovative projector-powered gadget with a screen built-in was designed to make it easier…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge / The GMC Sierra EV will be the brand’s third EV after the Hummer EV truck and SUV. (credit: GMC) In January, Chevrolet showed off its first fully electric pickup truck, the 2024 Silverado EV. And on Thursday it was the turn of General Motors’ stablemate GMC, which opened the order books for its…
Musk has previously gestured at plans for layoffs if he were to buy Twitter, but those cuts could go even deeper than previously imagined. According to a new report from the Washington Post, Musk plans to purge 75% of Twitter’s workforce, or around 5,600 employees. If Musk’s vision for a much leaner platform comes to…
Commercial EV company Arrival is restructuring its business for the second time in six months as it tries to squeeze the most out of its remaining capital. The company said in a regulatory filing posted Thursday that it is shifting its focus towards the to the United States and away from the UK market, where…
The reviews are in, and critics hate Black Adam. The Dwayne Johnson-fronted spinoff of Shazam! offers plenty of worldbuilding, introducing not only its titular anti-hero but also The Justice Society of America’s Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher. However, when it came to an enthralling story or even enticing action, this DC Extended Universe…
Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Elon Musk reportedly told investors he will lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce, according to The Washington Post. The Post reports that massive job cuts were coming to Twitter regardless of Musk’s deal to buy the company. Twitter did not immediately respond to…
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin fires an RUM-139 anti-submarine rocket during an exercise near Guam. US Navy photo by Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Fidel C. Hart Chinese scientists say they’re working on a ultra-fast weapon that is both missile and torpedo. It will fly at supersonic speeds and use supercavitation to reach high underwater…
Boris Johnson with his dog Dilyn Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Boris Johnson may run to lead Britain’s Conservative Party, sources told multiple news outlets. The former prime minister resigned as leader over the summer and was replaced by Liz Truss. Truss’s own resignation this week after just a few weeks in office has him eyeing a…
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Justice Barrett dismissed a bid to block Biden’s student-loan forgiveness program. A taxpayers group in Wisconsin filed the emergency request at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Biden’s plan aims to cancel up to $20,000 for millions of borrowers. Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday…
Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. Shekib Rahmani, File/Associated Press An Afghan couple is suing Marine Major Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie Mast. The couple alleged the Masts engaged in a fraudulent scheme to unlawfully…