Amazon Prime members can pick up five free PC games in December, including a true first-person shooter masterpiece. As part of Prime Gaming‘s free game offering, Prime members can pick up Quake, Rose Riddle 2: Werewolf Shadow, The Amazing American Circus, Banners of Ruin, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Spinch, Desert Child and Doors:…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Elon Musk. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Elon Musk has urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates immediately. The Tesla and Twitter CEO said the central bank’s hikes have hugely increased the risk of a recession. Musk recently predicted a severe US recession that will last a year or two. Elon Musk has called on the…
Sam Bankman-Fried says he donated just as much to Republicans as Democrats. Tom Williams/Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried is the second-largest donor to Democrats after George Soros. But the FTX founder said he gave just as much to Republicans using “dark money.” He said he did so to avoid media criticism from “liberal” reporters who would…
Danny Moses. RealVision/YouTube A US recession may be unavoidable, “The Big Short” investor Danny Moses has warned. Moses expects a slowdown in consumer spending to hit company profits and weigh on the S&P 500. He slammed Tesla as overvalued, and warned the fallout from the FTX fiasco may not be over yet. A US recession…
The ‘Golar Igloo’ natural gas tanker arrived in the Netherlands on September 4. Siese Veenstra/ANP/AFP via Getty Images Europe’s dependence on Russian liquefied natural gas skyrocketed in 2021. High demand from Belgium and France pushed EU spending on Moscow’s LNG to $13 billion. That’s five times as much as a year earlier despite denouncements of…
Spanish police stand outside of the Ukrainian embassy after a blast at the building injured one employee who was handling a letter in Madrid, Spain. Reuters An apparent bomb concealed inside an envelope exploded at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. The Wednesday blast injured a staffer who had been handling the letter, officials said. Ukraine’s…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Win McNamee/Getty Images US stocks were up on Wednesday as investors await a speech from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.He is expected to strike a hawkish tone as the Fed continues its fight against inflation.Third-quarter GDP growth was revised upwards to 2.9% from 2.6%, while ADP payroll data missed estimates. US…
Gun Wengui has been living in exile in the US since 2014. Reuters Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui shared tips for how protesters can deal with police questioning. Guo posted his tips on Gettr, the social media site relaunched by a former Donald Trump aide. He suggested telling police that pictures of protests are “too…
There are many fascinating stages to body decomposition. Marianne Ayala/Insider The way the body breaks down after death is a gruesome but fascinating process. This process has taught scientists about tracking killers, near-death experiences, and how to cheat death. Here’s what happens to your body after death, in 13 steps. There’s no fighting it; each…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of crypto exchange FTX. FTX Official/YouTube Sam Bankman-Fried dismissed employees’ ideas for more rigorous internal controls, WSJ reported. A group of employees left Alameda Research in 2018 amid concerns over Bankman-Fried’s cavalier leadership style, per the report. Bankman-Fried told the Journal that employees left the firm due to personal disputes…