Foxconn employees take shuttle buses to head home on October 30, 2022 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. VCG / Contributor Workers are fleeing from Foxconn, China’s largest iPhone factory, amidst a COVID outbreak. Events at the plant could impact Apple’s output in November by almost 30%, according to Reuters. Apple already hinted at slowing…
Mezcal has soared in popularity in the US, and major companies are swooping in to repackage and resell it. It’s left smaller Mexican producers with a fraction of the profits. Fearful that regulations are putting traditional distilling methods at risk, some have left the industry, now calling their product “distilled agave.” The US market for…
Justice Samuel Alito/Sen. Elizabeth Warren Justice Samuel Alito/Sen. Elizabeth Warren Samuel Alito appeared to reference Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case. The justice asked whether someone who identifies as Indigenous based on “family lore” could include that on a college application. The Supreme Court is hearing a case challenging affirmative action…
Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Occupation authorities in Kherson announced a dual-currency system that allows use of the ruble and hryvnia, the Institute for the Study of War said. The Kremlin previously ordered the transition to rubles starting May 1, when the region was fully under Russian control. But…
Google has been making high-end Chromebooks for almost a decade now, dating back to the $1,300 Chromebook Pixel in 2013. At the time, many people saw it as a beautiful but strange device. In the years that followed, both Google and its hardware partners have made premium Chromebooks more and more commonplace. Though, a still-unconfirmed…
Amazon’s Fire HD tablets are still worthy options if you just want a competent media consumption device for as little money as possible, and within that lineup, the Fire HD 10 provides the best value for most. This is especially the case when the device is discounted, and as of this writing the 10.1-inch slate…
The Black Friday sales throw up plenty of deals and while we see a lot of discounts on Alexa devices, there are sweeping price cuts on Alexa’s rival, the Google Nest devices. Google normally cuts prices in its own stores, with those discounts reflected in other retailers, making it a really good time to deck…
Portal 2’s director Josh Weier has spoken more about the game’s cut content and given background information on why features were cut or how they came to be. The team that worked on Valve’s first-person puzzle adventure masterpiece have openly talked about cut content in the past. At the Games Developer Conference in 2012, writers…
The Halloween franchise has only gotten bigger over the years, with the supposed final instalment coming out this year. The spookiest season is finally upon us and it’s the perfect time to binge some of the scariest horror movies. One of the best series of films to watch at this time of year is the…
If you want to prepare your Pixel Watch before a good night’s sleep, then here’s how to get it into the right mode for bedtime. There’s nothing better than a good night’s sleep, and that’s what your Pixel Watch’s Bedtime Mode is intended to enable. If you switch this on, then you won’t be bothered…