Welcome back market watchers, Phil Rosen here. Dust off your dictionaries because today’s GDP release might reignite the recession debate that’s proved as semantic as it is economic. The year kicked off with back-to-back negative GDP readings, but the headline today should look more upbeat, with growth of 2.4% expected. But no matter what politicians…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday he was “pretty confident” Meta is heading “in a good direction.” He spoke after Meta’s third-quarter earnings missed Wall Street’s forecasts and its stock crashed 20%. Meta said it plans to keep investing heavily in its metaverse project, which is hammering…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Marjorie Taylor Greene said a GOP-led House would probe firms that stopped donating to Republicans. She said some “big corporations” and lobbyists have ceased donations after the Capitol riots. Greene also accused the corporations of “corporate communism.” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Wednesday that if the…
Good morning, everyone! It’s Thursday, which means there are only about 36 more hours until the weekend begins (but who’s counting). Today I’m dreaming of Bali, which will soon let tourists move there for five or 10 years. It seems like the perfect option for the digital nomads among us, but there’s just one little…
Some find it hard to connect with people because they simply don’t have the time, are afraid of rejection, or are introverted by nature. Getty Images/Westend61 Loneliness isn’t just an unpleasant feeling; it’s a serious risk to physical and mental health. Researchers found a link between poor emotion regulation strategies and feelings of loneliness. Self-reflection…
Ford CEO Jim Farley told investors that the company thinks profitable fully autonomous cars are a long way off. Photo provided by Ford Motor Co. Ford is shifting its priorities away from developing fully autonomous cars. CEO Jim Farley said development of the vehicles at scale was “a long way off.” The shift means that…
Amrapali Gan became CEO of OnlyFans in December last year. Getty Images BBC Newsnight reported that child abuse images found on other websites originated on OnlyFans. OnlyFans said the BBC had prevented it from investigating because it didn’t hand over evidence. The platform said it had “invested significantly” in improving age and identity verification tools….
Ever since the first lockdown a few years ago, the value of being able to watch TV and movies online with your friends without worrying about people being out of sync with each other has been repeatedly demonstrated. Even when we’re not under any restrictions, being able to watch together with people far away is…
Physical copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 contain a disc with just 70MB of data inside. Players who received a copy slightly earlier than tomorrow’s official multiplayer release are reporting that the disc contains almost no data and is accompanied by a hefty data download. The latest pre-release update balloons the game to…
Striking Distance and publisher Krafton have announced the Japanese version of upcoming space-horror The Callisto Protocol has been cancelled. This is due to the game’s violent content, which means it was unable to secure an age rating with the CERO (Japan’s equivalent of PEGI in Europe and the ESRB in North America). The developer has…