It’s Friday Eve! Writing to you from New York, I’m Jordan Parker Erb. Social-media networks have no shortage of pitfalls. They’re known to be “toxic” to mental health, especially teens’. They can become echo chambers for disinformation. And the screentime we can rack up isn’t great either. But some platforms are trying to detoxify social…
Ole Obermann. Tolga Akmen / AFP. ByteDance is talking to music labels to expand its music-streaming services globally, per the WSJ. The move could set it up to compete with music-streaming rival Spotify. Insider first reported that ByteDance had filed a trademark application for “TikTok Music” in May. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has initiated…
David Rosenberg. Screenshot via Bloomberg TV The Fed is fighting inflation too hard as price pressures are fading, David Rosenberg said. The central bank’s rapid interest-rate hikes are paving the way for an economic disaster, he said. The Rosenberg Research chief expects inflation to drop from over 8% to below 3% in the next year….
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard will have to gain approval from various regulators around the world before the deal can go through, including the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA, which first announced its investigation in July, published a summary of its initial probe in September and recommended a more in-depth…
The electric toothbrush is a great invention that makes brushing your teeth easier and more convenient. The concept has been around for quite some time but has improved over the years, and SOOCAS has contributed to innovation in the field significantly with its latest collection. Founded in 2015, SOOCAS is devoted to producing various products…
Luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer has today announced not one, but two new limited edition watches that involve everyone’s favourite Italian plumber – none other than Nintendo’s very own Mario. The new watches are both part of the TAG Heuer Formula 1 lineup, with a chronograph (44mm) and tourbillon (45mm) version of the same watch offered up…
Messaging service Signal has announced that it will be removing support for SMS from its app “soon”. Signal, which allows people to send and receive secure messages with people across platforms, hasn’t said explicitly when we should expect SMS support to be removed from its Android app. However, a tweet from the company also suggested…
This Monday was World Mental Health Day. Because of this, I wanted to take a moment to highlight some articles on the site that explore mental health and its relationship to games. Raising awareness about the topic of mental health in general is something I am deeping passionate about, and I have lived with mental…
Sony may have accidentally revealed that PlayStation classic Ridge Racer 2 is on its way to PS Plus. Yesterday, Sony announced the next slate of games coming to the subscription service in October, including Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Dragon Quest 11, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. PlayStation Access, the official PlayStation YouTube channel, included Ridge…
Electronic Arts has accidentally allowed players a peek at FIFA 23’s World Cup mode early on PS5. The mode was not due to be released until later this year, ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which begins in November. FIFA 23 owners on PlayStation 5 have posted screenshots of the mode on social…