Elizabeth Warren warns that the US will suffer a devastating recession if the Fed doesn’t ease rate hikes

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images The Fed’s aggressive rate-hike cycle risks pushing the US economy into a recession, Senator Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday.  Before the Fed’s latest increase, she told CNBC the fast pace of tightening won’t control some of the factors contributing to elevated inflation.  The Federal…

Google delays phaseout of third-party cookies from Chrome to 2024

Google is again delaying its plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome. For those keeping track, the company first unveiled its Privacy Sandbox initiative in 2019 and said implementation would begin in 2022. However, following scrutiny from the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the US Department of Justice, Google delayed the…

FTC moves to block Meta’s purchase of ‘Supernatural’ VR workout app maker Within

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust suit against Meta in a bid to block it from buying Within Unlimited, the maker of the virtual reality workout app Supernatural. The agency accused the company and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of “planning to expand Meta’s virtual reality empire with this attempt to illegally acquire a…

Nier: Automata community is in shambles after player finds a secret church

Image: PlatinumGames A 45-second clip has sent the Nier: Automata community into a collective state of euphoria, confusion, conspiracy, and good-ass memery. Reddit user sadfutago uploaded a clip to the Nier: Automata subreddit containing a never-before-seen section of the Copied City. Someone randomly posted a video on the Nier Automata subreddit showing they found a…

Gmail’s new search tweaks will make sure you’re emailing the right person

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s improving Gmail’s search results, which should make it easier to find a specific contact. In a blog post, Google explains it’s rolling out “intent matching for names and email addresses,” as well as new “personalized suggestions” in Gmail. With intent matching, a machine learning tool Google uses…