Monthly Archives: November 2022

Elon Musk’s takeover has prompted some celebrities to say they’ll leave Twitter. Here’s how to deactivate your account and protect your data.

Elon Musk wants to call off his deal to buy Twitter. Getty Images Elon Musk’s long-awaited purchase of Twitter was finally completed last week. The deal is expected to bring changes to the platform, including charges for some services and looser moderation. Read on to see how to deactivate your Twitter account, and protect your…

A man who won $30 million on the Chinese lottery says he’ll keep it secret from his wife and child in case it makes them lazy

The winner of a roughly $21.2 million lottery jackpot claimed a prize dressed as cartoon character “GG Bond” on September 11, 2019 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. It is traditional in China for lottery winners to claim their prizes in costume so they can remain anonymous. Wei Liang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) A…

Former US ambassador says Putin using a nuke would spell ‘the end of the Russian military’

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ilya PITALEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by ILYA PITALEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images A former US ambassador said Russian use of nukes in Ukraine would “end” Putin’s military. Kurt Volker said that Putin is “increasingly desperate” and is embroiled in a war he can’t win.  Putin recently said he wouldn’t use…

Americans’ pandemic savings will make it much tougher for the Fed to cool inflation, Wells Fargo says

The Federal Reserve will publish its latest interest rate decision Wednesday. Alex Wong/Getty Images US households have around $1.2 trillion in pandemic savings, according to Wells Fargo. But that could be bad for the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle, the bank warned. Companies will keep hiking prices as long as Americans have savings to dip into,…

Rising tensions between 2 of NATO’s biggest militaries are driving fears of the first war between alliance members

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Istanbul on March 13. Xinhua via Getty Images Greece and Turkey have two of NATO’s largest militaries and are in an important corner of Europe. They also have longstanding disputes that continue to roil their relationship and affect the alliance. Their tensions…

Twitter is reportedly working on a feature that would allow users to charge for video content, but some employees say it’s high risk

Twitter’s “Product Trust” team has identified the feature as high risk, according to the email cited by the Washington Post. Jim Watson/Getty Images Twitter is working on a feature that would charge users for video content, per The Washington Post. The feature is being referred to as “Paywalled Video,” an internal email seen by the…

How to scan a QR code

QR Codes are small square black and white matrix barcodes that contain certain information, such as a website address, app, password or images.  When scanned with your phone, the QR Code will take you directly to a specific webpage, menu, payment screen, app, or offer specific information unique to the code. QR stands for Quick…