Image: Nissan The Specialty Equipment Market Association, or SEMA, held its annual conference in Las Vegas this week. Billed as one of the biggest car shows in the world, the event typically brings together more than 135,000 attendees in the automotive aftermarket industry to see the newest trends in vehicle repairs and modifications. And this…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) It’s been 25 years since a small studio in Dallas recast the ancient world through the prism of a real-time strategy game. Age of Empires has echoed Monk wololos about our homes ever since: Parents believed that their kids were learning history; kids believed that they were gaming surreptitiously. And veteran players…
The journey took longer than we planned, but we finally made it to Bali. From a purely logistical standpoint, the credit (and the blame) goes to Philippine Airlines, which rebuffed my hostile takeover bid by serving me a dodgy chicken satay. My lawyers are looking into the matter, but based on my limited knowledge of…
Netflix has finally launched its new ad-supported subscription plan, ‘Basic with Ads’, and initial reports suggest that it’s far from being ready for public consumption. Netflix first floated the idea of an ad-supported plan earlier this year, hoping to target lower-income users after a sustained period of subscriber decline. The step-down plan is notably cheaper…
Audio-Technica has announced the welcome return of one of the company’s most striking device’s, after unveiling a rejigged version of the ’80s-tastic Sound Burger portable record player. First released in 1983 at the height of the portable audio boom, the AT770 Sound Burger (also known as the Mister Disc in the US) was a take-anywhere record player which came with a…
A handwritten personal core-values list is a powerful tool for any leader. With love of photography/Getty Images Keeping a handwritten list of your core values can help you be more efficient and self-aware. Even if you feel committed to your core values, the chaos of daily life can still leave you stuck. Post your value list where…
Jeremy Siegel. Steve Marcus/Reuters Jeremy Siegel sees stocks soaring 30% in two years, and house prices dropping 15% from their peak. The Fed initially overlooked the inflation threat, and now it’s hiking rates too fast, he said. Siegel warned the Fed’s war on inflation is increasing the risk of a US recession. US stocks will…
A Starbucks barista prepares a drink at a Starbucks Coffee Shop location in New York. Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images A coffee company filed a complaint claiming Starbucks adds potassium to its Dark French Roast coffee. The complaint says the alleged potassium levels means Starbucks is selling misbranded food in North Carolina. Starbucks said it…
Kevin Dietsch, Carina Johansen, and Tobias Hase/Picture Alliance, all via Getty Images Elon Musk fired Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on his first day of owning the company. Musk is known for his fiery temper and cutthroat tweets and has clashed with many of tech’s biggest players. He’s targeted people including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin in Saint Petersburg on October 9, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov/Getty Images Putin’s time in the KGB helps explain his worldview and brutal approach to warfare, ex-spies say. A former KGB agent told Insider the biggest thing Putin learned from the Soviet spy agency was…