Monthly Archives: November 2022

Roku’s home screen gains a new ‘Sports’ tab for users to access live and on-demand sports content

Roku announced today that the home screen menu will now include a new “Sports” tab that gives sports fans instant access to sports events, upcoming events and on-demand sports-related content. The feature on the Roku Home Screen has already begun to roll out to some users and will be gradually added to all Roku devices…

We need to talk about Princess Diana’s revenge dress in ‘The Crown’ Season 5

It’s one of the most iconic outfits in popular culture history, Princess Diana’s stunning off-the-shoulder black cocktail gown which made headlines in 1994. And now, it’s been immortalised further in the fifth season of The Crown, with actor Elizabeth Debicki striding through a scene in the garment famously known as the “revenge dress”.  In episode…

Your Pixel Watch could be massively overestimating how many calories you burn

The Pixel Watch’s integration with Fitbit is having some teething problems, as some users are reporting the watch is massively overestimating the number of calories they burn, some by perhaps triple the amount they were used to. A post by Fitbit community moderator Rodrigo M. says the issue is affecting “many” users, but there’s a…

The tech boom is officially over – and the FTX fiasco will spark a crypto crackdown, ex-Treasury chief Larry Summers says

Larry Summers. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri The tech boom is over, thanks to the pandemic receding and interest rates rising, Larry Summers said. The ex-Treasury chief predicted the FTX fiasco will lead to greater crypto regulation. Summers isn’t worried about another financial crisis as banks and authorities are prepared. The tech boom is officially over, the FTX…

Inflation cools in October as the Fed continues its outsize rate hikes

A woman checks an item from the meat department while grocery shopping at a supermarket in Alhambra, California, on July 13, 2022. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The Consumer Price Index rose 7.7% in the year through October. That’s falls below what economists expected to see. The Fed recently increased interest rates by 0.75…

Russia mined Kherson as it retreated, trying to turn it into a ‘city of death,’ says Ukraine official

Artillery batteries of the Ukrainian army deployed on the Kherson front to support to the Ukrainian army in the Kherson region on November 5, 2022. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia announced a withdrawal from Kherson, abandoning its biggest prize of the war. Ukraine it may be a trap. One official said Russia laid…