An artist’s rendering of a near-Earth object. Deposit Photos Witches and ghosts won’t be the only things whizzing through the sky on Halloween night. A giant asteroid will also be flying about. 2022 RM4 is a newly discovered asteroid that astronomers say doesn’t cause any immediate danger, but it is still deemed “potentially hazardous” by NASA….
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Netflix has acquired Spry Fox, a Seattle-based independent gaming studio focused on cozy games, the streaming giant announced on Monday in a blog post. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Spry Fox is now Netflix’s sixth in-house games studio. Amir Rahimi, the vice president of game studios at Netflix, said in the…
Surprise! Elon Musk’s tenure at Twitter is already shaping up to be confusing and contradictory. Whether this dynamic ends up being more self-defeating for him and his new company than harmful for the rest of humanity and human civilization remains tbc. On the one hand, a fresh report today suggests Musk is preparing major staff…
The Raspberry Robin malware is being used to deliver all kinds of destructive code, including ransomware, to compromised endpoints, Microsoft has warned. It seems the malware, first discovered late in 2021, and whose endgame was unknown at the time, transformed into an infection service available to anyone with cash to pay. Cybersecurity researchers from Microsoft…
Bluesound is a brand that aims to go head to head with Sonos, and generally does so with great success. Much like that company, Bluesound’s product lineup consists of a range of wireless speakers, soundbars, and subwoofers, along with amplifiers that can be used to bring wireless streaming to any old speakers. The latest wireless…
Telegram and its users are done skirting Apple’s strict payment guidelines. The encrypted messaging platform had to crack down on its iOS users who’ve been creating paid posts through third-party methods because they violate Apple’s payment policies. Until recently, the messaging platform allowed channels to set up paid content through the help of payment bots….
Getty Images By Ana Martinez, director of software engineering, Slack You don’t have to be an avid TikTok user to know that #CorporateTok has influenced the mainstream conversation about work. With countless videos critiquing workplace norms and more people re-examining their relationship to their job, the idea of “quiet quitting,” or giving up on the…
Getty Images By Olivia Grace, senior director of product, Slack Even without a global pandemic, national inflation and climate concerns, workers have been stressed to the point of burnout, thanks to an always-on, must-succeed-at-all-costs, it’s-me-against-the-world attitude that is celebrated everywhere you look, from TV shows like Succession to billionaire executives bragging about their 100-hour work…
Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2019. Paul Pelosi was attacked on Friday morning at his San Francisco home. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP The DOJ charged the suspect who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacked her husband with assault and attempted kidnapping. David DePape is also facing separate state charges of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends her weekly news conference at the US Capitol on February 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images Paul Pelosi’s attacker said he wanted to break Nancy Pelosi’s kneecaps when he broke into her home. The man was charged with assault and attempted kidnapping by the Department of Justice Monday. …