German weapons are flowing to Ukraine, but Kyiv says Berlin’s ‘abstract fears and excuses’ are getting in the way

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a Bundeswehr training center in Ostenholz on October 17. David Hecker/Getty Images Germany’s seeming reluctance to give heavy weapons to Ukraine has drawn criticism in Kyiv and Berlin. Germany’s government has sent military aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars since the war began. But domestic and foreign-policy concerns have…

Gen X amid the Pandemic: How Their Finances, Shopping Behavior, and Digital Usage Look

Gen Xers’ share of total household wealth is barely half of that held by baby boomers, and impacts brought on by the coronavirus pandemic haven’t helped this financially unstable cohort. In the Gen X amid the Pandemic Report, Insider Intelligence assesses US Gen Xers’ finances and how they’ve been affected by the pandemic. Many Gen Xers…

Netflix is “seriously exploring” its own cloud gaming offering

As Netflix’s gaming strategy grows ever bolder following its first tentative steps into the market, the streaming service has now revealed it’s “seriously exploring” its own cloud gaming offering. That’s according to Netflix’s vice president of gaming Mike Verdu, who, speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt (thanks TechCrunch), explained the company saw the technology as “a value…

Mother Honestly’s new offering aims to give employees more freedom when it comes to caregiving spend

Being a working parent is challenging. Being a working mother, according to many studies, is extra challenging. Many mothers have had the unfortunate experience of having to choose between their careers and children as the balancing act of both can be overwhelming. Factor in aging parents and the number of women who are caregivers for…

Deep Render believes AI holds the key to more efficient video compression

Chri Besenbruch, CEO of Deep Render, sees many problems with the way video compression standards are developed today. He thinks they aren’t advancing quickly enough, bemoans the fact that they’re plagued with legal uncertainty and decries their reliance on specialized hardware for acceleration. “The codec development process is broken,” Besenbruch said in an interview with…