If you want to know why Corning made Gorilla Glass Victus 2, the new cover glass the company unveiled today, you can thank (or blame) your big, fat phone. When Corning set out to make unbreakable glass 15 years ago and began testing on mobile devices, the benchmark was 160g, which more than covered the…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Microsoft has officially revealed its Xbox Games with Gold lineup for December and, while I’ve never heard of either of the games on offer, they’ve certainly piqued my interest. Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold subscribers can pick up two free Xbox games in December: Colt Canyon and Bladed Fury. Like me, you may…
Dropbox is bringing end-to-end encryption for business users, and is buying a firm’s assets to make it happen. In a blog post published earlier this week on the company website, Dropbox said it signed an agreement to acquire “several key assets” from Boxcryptor, a company that provides end-to-end “zero-knowledge” encryption for cloud backup services. Apparently,…
Michael Burry. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Michael Burry has predicted the US economy will suffer a multiyear recession. The ‘Big Short’ investor sees no way for authorities to end the downturn early. Burry has warned consumers will virtually exhaust their savings soon, tanking the economy. Michael Burry has sounded the recession alarm, warning the US economic…
Elon Musk in a Tesla Roadster. James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images The Tesla brand has become unpopular with some former fans, following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Some even say they’re trading in their vehicles, according to their Twitter posts. Investor sentiment toward Tesla has also declined since Musk’s Twitter deal, per Morgan Stanley. Some Tesla…
Happy hump day! It’s Dan DeFrancesco checking in from the proud owners of second place of Group B in the World Cup! Today we’ve got stories on a former top Wall Street executive’s new gig, how a VC established itself as a key player in NYC, and why FTX might be full of Parrot Heads. But…
Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency Prominent left-wing Twitter accounts have been banned after false reports, The Intercept reported. Far-right activists have launched a campaign to report left-wing accounts for false violations, it reported. Elon Musk reinstated banned right wing accounts like Donald Trump and Kanye West earlier this month. Several left-wing activists on Twitter…
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 ballistic missiles during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing in October 2019. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein China has more than 400 nuclear warheads and will likely have over 1,500 by 2035, the Pentagon said. That represents a big acceleration compared to Pentagon…
An Air New Zealand plane at Wellington airport. William West/Getty Images An Air New Zealand plane was struck by lightning mid-flight on Wednesday, forcing it to turn back. Another aircraft on the same route had to be canceled after it was struck by birds. Victoria Carter waited for hours in Wellington airport and missed out…
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