Billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities, according to Twitter. Reuters Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities, Twitter said in a court filing. On October 6, Twitter requested that Musk’s team hand over any correspondence with federal authorities. The company did not specify the exact focus of the investigation. Billionaire Elon…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The Airbus A321 flew back to Manchester airport the following day. (Note: Picture is not the plane involved in the incident.) SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty A passenger flight from Turkey to the UK was intercepted by fighter jets after a security alert Wednesday. The Jet2 flight was diverted to London Stansted, around 200…
Russian soldiers stand near a Topol-M ICBM while participating in a rehearsal for the nation’s Victory Day parade outside Moscow. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images With the world holding arsenals of nuclear weapons, the risk of nuclear war is always present. Tensions have been rising with Russian threats around the war in Ukraine. Here’s what…
TGIF! It’s Dan DeFrancesco checking in from NYC. I’d like to start by wishing a happy bank earnings day to all those who celebrate. Four of the big six US banks (JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo) all report their Q3 earnings today. Our friends over at Markets Insider will have the immediate reaction…
Kwasi Kwarteng is set to be sacked as the UK’s chief finance minister, according to reports. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired from his current role on Friday, according to the Times. His tax cut proposals have rattled markets for weeks, with yields on gilts soaring. Prime Minister Liz Truss…
Jamie Dimon. Mark Lennihan/AP JPMorgan published third-quarter earnings on Friday that beat Wall Street’s forecasts. The bank’s net revenue grew 10%, but net income slid 17% as it built up its credit reserves. CEO Jamie Dimon touted the US economy’s strength, but flagged a raft of global headwinds. JPMorgan Chase reported third-quarter earnings on Friday…
The startup Dancing Seahorse offers access to perks at music events, including a recent Jack Harlow concert. Scott Legato/Getty Images Dancing Seahorse sells NFTs that offer exclusive perks to music fans. I attended Jack Harlow’s recent concert in Brooklyn in a VIP suite hosted by the startup. CEO Alex Nahai said he’s targeting music fans,…
When Meta announced that its Horizon Worlds avatars were getting legs in the near future, we got to see VR Mark Zuckerberg jump up and down to show them off. Apparently, though, what we saw wasn’t a real demonstration of how Meta was able generate their full-body virtual reality avatars. According to UploadVR editor, Ian…
Netflix’s ad-supported tier finally has a release date. The new Basic with Ads plan will be available November 3rd from 12 PM ET for $7 per month. It launches in 12 countries: the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Spain. The ads will run for an average of…
Garmin could have a new watch just around the corner, and it’s called the Instinct Crossover if its own Taiwanese website leak is to be believed. Set to be a tweaked version of the existing Instinct line, the Crossover is a chunky watch befitting its name. And we know that because Garmin managed to leak…