Monthly Archives: November 2022

Trump plans to continue his legal fight against Twitter despite being reinstated by Elon Musk, lawyer says

Donald Trump was banned from Twitter two days after the January 6 Capitol riot. Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump will continue his legal fight against Twitter despite his ban being lifted by Elon Musk. Trump’s attorney, John Coale, said that the former US president has no plans to withdraw his appeal. Trump was banned from Twitter…

The Fed just crushed hopes of rate cuts anytime soon – and the US economy will suffer stagflation next year, a top strategist says

A trader at the CME. Scott Olson/Getty Images Fed officials said the inflation fight isn’t over and they don’t expect to cut interest rates soon. Their words were a “reality check” and “bucket of cold water” for investors, Christopher Smart said. The top strategist expects weak growth, stubborn inflation, and rates to peak around 5%…

Elon Musk has waged war on Apple, claiming the tech giant “hates free speech”

Hello there, tech fans. Writing to you from New York, I’m Jordan Parker Erb. We’ve officially entered the purgatory between Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, where it can feel like no real work gets done. Some studies have shown that productivity slumps in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so if you’re…

A hotline set up between Russian and US militaries at the start of the Ukraine war has been used just once, report says

Russian President Vladimir Putin in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 15, 2018. Aleksey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Russia and the US set up a “deconfliction” hotline shortly after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began. But the hotline has only been used once since then, a US official told Reuters. The call was made…

Weekly travel insurance rates: November 29 | Premiums decrease after Thanksgiving

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Bankrupt BlockFi has launched a lawsuit to get Sam Bankman-Fried to reportedly hand over Robinhood shares

BlockFi is a victim of the FTX fallout. Chukrut Budrul/ SOPA Images/ LightRocket/ Getty Images BlockFi has sued Emergent Fidelity Technologies to recover stock pledged as collateral for a loan. The crypto lender says it wants Sam Bankman-Fried’s holding company to hand over the shares. The collateral is Robinhood stock and the borrower was Alameda…

Sony unveils £300 smartphone metaverse gadget that can map your moves onto anime-like characters

Sony has revealed a set of six motion-tracking gadgets that will allow a user’s body to mimic an avatar’s moves. Known as Mocopi, this set will enable mobile motion capture, thanks to sensors worn around a user’s head, waist, wrists and ankles. When paired with the compatible smartphone app, these trackers can then be used…

The original Warzone is back online

Almost two weeks after it went offline, the original Call of Duty Warzone is back online under the new name Caldera. During the game’s offtime, players were “encouraged” to play Warzone 2.0 for free, whilst developer Raven Software shifted its focus over. As promised, Warzone has been quietly relaunched as Caldera, albeit on life support,…

Bohemia asks fans to stop sharing faked real-world war footage made in Arma 3

Bohemia Interactive, developer of military simulation game Arma 3, has asked fans to watch out for edited in-game videos being shared around social media that are falsely labelled as real-world war footage. Specifically, Bohemia has called for players and content creators to “use their game footage responsibly”, “refrain from using clickbait video titles” and “always…