Elon Musk, the newly crowned Chief Twit, wants people to pony up for that blue check. It’s been reported that Musk is considering making verification a Twitter Blue feature, while also ramping up the cost of the service to $20 per month. In effect, Twitter would essentially be charging its users for verification — and…
We called it: Best Buy is restocking the ever-elusive PlayStation 5 at 12 p.m. ET today (Oct. 31) as part of its ongoing Black Friday sale, marking the $499.99 console’s first re-appearance there since July. There’s just one teeny, tiny asterisk: You have to be a Totaltech member in order to gain access. For the…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is one of the best cheap tablets that you can buy, especially if you’re looking for a network connection on one of the nationwide cellular networks. Today, AT&T is launching a kids bundle with a connected version of the tablet, including a rugged cover, for around $250, a $50…
Experts from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have warned against the use of AI-powered emotional analysis systems, fearing that its drawbacks may fair outweigh the benefits, at least for now. Wearable screening tools for health monitoring, or behavioural monitoring like body position, speech, and eye and head movements, are given as examples whereby the…
Jim Chanos. Reuters Tesla’s valuation is built on unrealistic hopes for Elon Musk’s company, Jim Chanos said. The short seller noted the automaker’s stock price suggests it will transform multiple industries. Musk is distracted by running Twitter and geopolitics, while Tesla faces challenges in China, Chanos added. Tesla can’t possibly meet its fans’ outsized expectations,…
Oil and gas prices are back on the rise again as supply remains tight. (Photo by Allison Dinner/Getty Images) Biden wants oil giants to invest their huge profits in US energy production, his advisor said. “Clearly we need to bring the prices down so consumers can afford it,” Amos Hochstein told CNBC. Oil prices have…
Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a departure ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 27, 2022. Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Russia sent newly mobilized reservist troops to Ukraine with “barely usable” rifles, UK intel says. Britain’s defense ministry said some of these soldiers are using guns designed in 1959. Different types of…
Nancy and Paul Pelosi next to Elon Musk Leon Neal/Getty Images and Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images Walter Isaacson said Elon Musk likely later thought it was “unwise” to tweet a conspiracy theory. On Sunday, Musk tweeted and then later deleted an unsubstantiated claim about Paul Pelosi’s attack. Isaacson shadowed Musk last week for his biography…
Mohamed El-Erian Mohamed El-Erian The odds of the Fed sticking a a soft landing of the economy are “meager,” Mohamed El-Erian warned. The economist said that recent rallies in stocks have been unsupported by economic fundamentals. “This is a market that repeatedly falls in love with liquidity and therefore rallies.” The odds of a soft…
Larry Summers Hyungwon Kang/Reuters Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said it’s too early for the Federal Reserve to talk about easing up on rate hikes. He told Bloomberg that policymakers should stay the course on “doing what’s necessary.” “I do not think that the dovish pivot in some of the rhetoric coming out of the…