LG reveals vibrating speakers as ultra-thin alternative to traditional car audio

Enlarge (credit: LG Display) LG Display will commercialize thin, vibrating speakers for cars in the first half of 2023, the company announced today. The Thin Actuator Sound Solution has similar dimensions to a passport and forgoes many of the bulkier parts of typical car speakers. LG Display is known for developing display panel technologies and…

Lost 8th-century Japanese medical text by Buddhist monk has been found

Enlarge / Priest in Meditation, 15th century. Possibly the blind Chinese priest Jianzhen (Ganjin in Japanese; 688-763). (credit: Heritage Images/Getty Images) The practice of herbal medicine in Japan is known as Kampo, and such treatments are often prescribed alongside Western medicines (and covered by the national health care system). The first person to teach traditional…

US stocks trade mixed while oil climbs as investors turn attention to Jerome Powell’s Wednesday remarks

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Liu Jie/Xinhua/Getty Images US stocks were mixed Tuesday while oil prices and bond yields rose as investors look to remarks Wednesday from Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve chairman is scheduled to speak at the Brookings Institution at 1:30 p.m. ET. Fed policymakers will meet for the last time of the…

Photos show how the White House has celebrated Christmas through the years

Christmas decorations in the Cross Hall of the White House in 2022. Patrick Semansky/AP December means homes across America are decking the halls, and the White House is no exception. John and Abigail Adams began the tradition with the first White House Christmas party in 1800. Jill Biden unveiled this year’s White House Christmas decorations,…

US government entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were just cleared to purchase mortgages of over $1 million for the first time because home prices are still so high

For sale sign PM Images/Getty Images Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help make mortgages available by purchasing them from lenders.Each year, their federal regulator sets a limit on the size of loans they can buy.The limit will top $1 million for the first time in 2023, reflecting a new norm in US housing. A person…

Oil prices are headed to $110 a barrel in 2023, and the outlook for crude is ‘very positive’ despite China demand concerns and global recession fears, Goldman Sachs says

FreddyTb Goldman Sachs expects crude oil to hit $110 per barrel next year, representing upside of more than 30%.  The investment bank’s commodities chief said the outlook for oil in 2023 is “very positive.” But in an interview with CNBC, he also acknowledged that there’s “a lot of uncertainty” ahead. Despite concerns over China’s zero-COVID…

A Republican super PAC run by former NRA executives lost more than $158,000 in an email hack, federal records show

Getty Images A GOP super PAC lost more than $158,000 in an email hack, filings with the FEC indicate. The PAC, Secure Our Freedom Action Fund, is run by two former high-ranking NRA executives. Dozens of political committees have been victims of theft — most recently, the campaign of Rep. Diana Harshbarger, a Republican from…