United Furniture Industries/Facebook United Furniture Industries founder David Belford has remained silent and unreachable since firing 2,700 employees last week. Belford allegedly shut down a plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy days before the layoffs, the New York Post reported. Staffers were terminated in late-night emails and texts sent right before Thanksgiving. Just days…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
A soldier of the Ukrainian army in Kherson Oblast on November 05, 2022. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Kremlin wants the West to recognize Ukrainian lands it illegally annexed for talks to occur. Russia does not fully control these regions and has been losing ground to Ukraine’s forces. Biden said he’d hold talks…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” is available to buy online. Sony Pictures “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” the film based on the bestselling children’s book, is now available to watch at home. The musical comedy tells the story of Lyle the singing crocodile and the…
Google is starting to test end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Messages for RCS group chats on Android. Some users who are enrolled in the Messages open beta program will gain access in the coming weeks ahead of a broader rollout. The company said during its I/O 2022 developer conference that an E2EE beta for group chats…
A game that is easy to learn, but difficult to master. This was the concept Atari founder Nolan Bushnell instilled into Allan Alcorn, a then-24-year-old engineer, prior to the development of one of the most recognizable games of all time, Pong, just over 50 years ago. Pong, a video game in which a square is…
More Activision Blizzard workers have voted to unionize. Quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany have voted 14-0 in favor of unionization. The team at the Diablo-focused office will join the Communication Workers of America (CWA), the representative of the existing Raven Software union. The game publisher tried to prevent the vote in October, arguing that…
Players at a Call of Duty League tournament. | Photo by Steve Russell / Toronto Star via Getty Images The US Army halted a planned sponsorship with Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty esports league after allegations of Activision’s workplace culture of harassment and discrimination came to light last year, according to documents obtained by Vice….
Interstate 40 in Adrian, Texas. | Photo by Paul Harris / Getty Images Wind power isn’t cleaning up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows. The US’s wind energy boom has already led to billions of dollars of health benefits. But the majority of that…
A pink phone stands out in a sea of black devices. | Image: Motorola Motorola is making its high-end Edge 30 Fusion available in the US for the first time in a bold, new color option. It’s the color option, in fact: Pantone’s newly crowned color of the year, Viva Magenta. And you know what?…
Enlarge (credit: David McNew / Contributor | Getty Images News) It’s not clear yet what role tech companies will play in helping police access data to prosecute abortions in post-Roe America, but it has already become apparent that law enforcement is willing to be sneaky when seeking data. Cops revealed one potential tactic they could…