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Review: God of War Ragnarok

The 2018 reboot of long-running PlayStation action series God of War as a more contemplative, open-world adventure raised a few eyebrows at first, but the astonishing quality of the finished game put all doubts to rest. The sequel, God of War Ragnarok, is not the revelation the first was, but even “more of the same”…

Texans vs. Eagles livestream: How and where to watch Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football

The NFL week 9 matchup between the Houston Texans and the Philadelphia Eagles will be the latest game brought to your screen via an 11-year partnership in which Amazon Prime Video is the new home of Thursday Night Football. It’s the first time a streaming service has secured exclusive, season-long streaming rights to NFL games…

It looks like China does have access to U.S. TikTok user data

UPDATE: Nov. 3, 2022, 11:31 a.m. EDT This article has been updated to reflect new information confirming suspicions about China’s access to U.S. and European user data. Despite the repeated assurances that TikTok’s parent company, the China-based ByteDance, isn’t checking out data collected about users in the U.S. and Europe, it looks like the company…

Free privacy for all: Ghostery users can now pay with their expertise instead

While the cybersecurity software market revenue is expected to grow over $100bn by 2026, a digital privacy company has just ditched paid subscriptions for all.  The famous provider behind one of the best adblockers around right now, Ghostery has turned to a contributor program instead. This will help keep the software running, while allowing users…

$16.7 billion: Election 2022 will be the most expensive midterm in US history, and it isn’t even close

Election 2022 is shaping up to be the most expensive midterm election ever — by a lot. STILLFX/Getty Images Election 2022 will be the most expensive midterm ever, nonpartisan research group OpenSecrets predicts. Federal- and state-level election spending combined will exceed the annual budgets of some US states. At the federal level, the 2022 midterms…

The Fed’s last interest rate hike will be in December as it faces political pressure due to a weakening economy

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens as U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting with the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council at the U.S. Treasury Department on October 03, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s last interest rate hike will be in December, according…