(right to left) Former President Barack Obama is greeted by Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia during a campaign rally in College Park, Georgia, on October 28, 2022. AP Photo/John Bazemore Raphael Warnock during a Friday Democratic rally questioned Herschel Walker’s fitness for office. “You actually have to know stuff to do this job,” the senator…
Nikita Bier worked at Facebook, now known as Meta, from 2017 to 2021. Getty Images Nikita Bier, a cofounder of Gas, offered to work for Elon Musk as Twitter’s VP of product. Gas, a viral platform, topped the App Store ranks and is popular with high-school students. Bier previously cofounded an app Facebook bought and…
The Federal Trade Commission will call on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in its upcoming case against the company. The FTC sued the social media giant in July in an attempt to block it from buying Within Unlimited, the creator of the popular VR workout app Supernatural. Reuters reports that the agency listed 18…
Luminous Productions has kicked off an all-new behind-the-scenes series for its upcoming action-PRG, Forspoken. The first of a three-part series, “Magic Parkour” focuses on protagonist Frey Holland and – predictably enough – her “magic-enhanced parkour” and traversal skills. We also get to see “the variety of spells at her disposal giving players a taste of…
Another day, another Steam concurrent user record broken. This time, it comes just days after Steam hit 30m concurrent players and sees Valve’s PC gaming client clock up a giant 30,049,264 simultaneous players. That said, whilst that figure comes from SteamDB, Steam itself states the all-time peak is a more modest 30,044,046. In either case,…
The 2022 holiday shopping season is upon us. And no matter who you’re shopping for, you can get everyone a thoughtful gift without overspending. These best gadgets under $150 prove it. Related: Unique smart home gadgets to add to your life Got a gamer in your life? Treat them to a gift that appeals to…
Dear readers, on October 21, I hosted a program titled “The Dignity of an Intellectual Life for All.” Focusing on Dr. Zena Hitz’s thought-provoking book, Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (2020), the program examined the value of embracing the liberal arts and humanities for their own sake and considered how a…
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images General Motors has temporarily halted advertising on Twitter after Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social network on Friday (via CNBC). The automaker says it’s pausing paid advertising on Twitter to evaluate “the direction of the platform” under Musk’s leadership, but…
Project Bluesky Elon Musk finally owns Twitter now. While Twitter’s users are still parsing what that means for them, we’ve got a general idea: laxer content moderation, fewer people keeping the lights on, and maybe the eventual addition of “everything app” features like payments and reservations for services. But the standard Twitter app isn’t the…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Amazon; Insider “It Ends with Us” is a hugely popular romance novel by bestselling author Colleen Hoover. The sequel, “It Starts with Us,” was released on October 18 and is already breaking sales records. Here’s why readers are loving it as…