Monthly Archives: November 2022

The NYPD is joining Ring’s neighborhood watch app amid privacy and racial profiling concerns

One of the most recognizable police forces is joining Ring’s Neighbors app. The New York Police Department has announced that it will participate in Ring’s neighborhood watch tool. Officers won’t look for posts “around the clock,” but they will respond to users’ crime and safety concerns, post notices and ask for help with “active police…

Windows Dev Kit 2023 Desktop PC for Arm is a one-stop device for the app development process

Accelerate your Arm development like never before with the Windows Dev Kit 2023 Desktop PC for Arm. This developer-class desktop device can easily build, debug, and test native Windows apps for Arm. In fact, this kit is built for developer workloads with the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform. Additionally, it can also deliver value with…

Bitdefender wants to help protect your live chat

Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has launched a new tool that provides real-time chat protection for mobile-based instant messaging applications.  Dubbed Bitdefender Chat Protection, the tool apparently alerts users if malicious links are received or sent during live sessions over the world’s most popular chat software, including the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Discord.  The…

Dow falls 505 point after Fed delivers another big rate hike and Powell signals commitment to inflation fight

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Stocks dropped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered another 75 basis point rate hike. It’s the fourth hike of that size this year as the central bank scrambles to tame inflation. Fed comments hinted at softer rate hikes, but Powell…

Top Russian generals frustrated by humiliating losses mused about nuking Ukraine — but US intelligence isn’t sure what to make of it

A Russian Iskander-E missile launcher on display at the International Military Technical Forum ‘Army 2022’ on August 17, 2022 in Patriot Park, outside of Moscow, Russia. Getty Images Russian generals have reportedly deliberated using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. But US officials aren’t sure what to make of the intelligence analysis, according to CNN. Putin…

The countdown to a recession has officially begun after ‘more accurate’ yield curve indicator turns negative

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Spencer Platt/Getty Images The countdown to an economic recession as begun after the 3-month and 10-year yield curve finally inverted.Research firm TS Lombard expects a recession to hit the US economy within the next 12 months.“The 3m10y [yield curve] is important because it has…

Some Taylor Swift fans are signing up for Capital One credit cards in the hopes of getting tickets to her first tour since 2018

Taylor Swift performs at the 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Taylor Swift just announced a 2023 stadium tour. Some fans are signing up for Capital One credit cards to get early access to tickets. Swift has partnered with Capital One since 2019, so some fans applied for cards even earlier for access to…

The Fed says it could cool it on rate hikes as soon as next month. Now the future of the economy depends on how long the increases last.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters The Fed hiked interest rates by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled the hikes could simmer down as soon as next month. Still, it’s unclear how long the increases will actually last, and how they will impact the economy. The Federal Reserve…