Black Friday Xbox deals: The best discounts available now on consoles, games, and more

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Xbox Series S (left) is on sale for Black Friday. Xbox Black Friday 2022 is delivering some excellent deals on Xbox consoles, games, and gear, including the lowest price we’ve seen to date on the Xbox Series S. Microsoft’s online store…

US stocks will slump, inflation will cool, and a recession will hit as a global downturn takes hold, top UBS strategist says

A pair of traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer/Getty US stocks could rally in the short term but haven’t bottomed yet, Bhanu Baweja said. The top UBS strategist sees underlying inflation cooling, and the US economy suffering a recession. Earnings pressure, higher bond yields, and a global downturn will…

Oil prices edge higher despite the West’s Russian price cap talks and more Chinese lockdowns

A Tesoro oil refinery in Los Angeles. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Oil benchmarks crept higher Friday, with Brent crude at $86.68 a barrel and WTI at $79.76. Discussions about western countries capping Russian crude at between $65 and $70 a barrel continue. China reported a record number of COVID-19 infections on Friday, sparking fears of slowing demand….

Russian tech giant Yandex reportedly looking to break free from its home country

Over the past years, Russian search and tech giant Yandex made an effort not to fall behind its Western counterparts and had developed its own smart devices, self-driving cars, as well as its own food delivery and ride-sharing services, among other products. According to The New York Times, though, the West’s sanctions against its home…

The best Black Friday Apple deals on iPads, MacBooks, AirPods and more

When it comes to aesthetics, innovation and user-friendly interfaces — not to mention pure desirability — Apple’s a tough act to beat. But Apple devices aren’t cheap. Black Friday deals have made many of the brand’s best and most recent products much more affordable, and many of these discounts happen to be the lowest we’ve…

Stable Diffusion update removes ability to copy artist styles or make NSFW works

Stable Diffusion, the AI that can generate images from text in an astonishingly realistic way, has been updated with a bunch of new features. However, many users aren’t happy, complaining that the new software can no longer generate pictures in the styles of specific artists or generate NSFW artworks, The Verge has reported.  Version 2…