Sixty-six bumblebee species are in decline in North America and Europe. Deposit Photos Populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish decreased by 69 percent on average since 1970, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The WWF’s biennial Living Planet Report 2022 used…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Hey, party people! As if you won’t find plenty to keep you occupied at TechCrunch Disrupt — which kicks off in less than a week on October 18–20 — take a look at this list of receptions and happenings that complement and coincide with your Disrupt experience. Note that while some events are open to…
With Halloween Ends, David Gordon Green and his merry band of Southern stoners puts a definitive period on the end of this slasher franchise’s sentence. Those looking for the traditional Halloween experience of following the Shape as he makes mincemeat of folks he encounters will find themselves sorely disappointed. Green and his team step away…
TL;DR: The elusive Xbox Series X just got a restock at Walmart. Grab one for $499 as of Oct. 13, while supplies last. If you’ve tried to get one of the newer Xbox models or a Playstation 5 in the last year, you’ll know that they’re hard to come by. As part of its “Rollbacks…
Apple has announced a new support package for developers that it hopes will help them adopt the company’s latest technologies, such as the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. Less than a month after the launch of the latest iPhone 14 range, VP for Worldwide Developer Relations, Susan Prescott, explained that the company has seen “increased…
Gregg Zehr discusses his work YouTube President of Lab126 Gregg Zehr retired in August, the same day as SVP of Alexa Tom Taylor. They are the latest high-profile executives to leave Amazon. Almost 90 VP or higher level executives have left Amazon since early 2021. Amazon has lost the executive who invented the Kindle, along with…
Google still has plans for Fitbit. Rohane Hamilton/Shutterstock Last week, Google unveiled the Pixel Watch, their new smartwatch with Fitbit features built in. Since Google owns Fitbit, there are rumors that Google will soon stop selling standalone Fitbit models. When asked for comment, Google said that the Pixel Watch won’t replace the Fitbit. In early…
Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel is a long-time market commentator. REUTERS/Steve Marcus Not even September’s stubbornly high CPI report could change Jeremy Siegel’s view that the Fed needs to stop hiking interest rates.Siegel told CNBC on Thursday that the Fed’s focus on lagging indicators is setting the economy up for disaster.“If the Fed waits for the…
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Donald Trump was “fired up” after the Supreme Court rejected a case aiming to overturn the 2020 election. He told his former chief of staff that he didn’t want others to know he had lost, Cassidy Hutchinson testified. “The president was just raging about the decision…
Former President Donald Trump. Mary Altaffer/AP The House committee investigating the Capitol riot voted to subpoena Trump on Thursday. The vote was unanimous. “He must be accountable,” said Rep. Liz Cheney. “He is required to answer for his actions.” The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump…