So, what’s everyone been watching this week? Hmmmm? Each week, the most streamed TV shows and movies come down to a few things — sheer buzz, a big finale, smart marketing, star power, critical acclaim, or being a word-of-mouth phenomenon that leads uninterested people to finally watch it out of spite. Just to get a…
Stocks that offer a steady flow of sizeable dividends are highly prized by income-seeking investors. Nopparat Khokthong / EyeEm/Getty Images Dividends are periodic payments made to investors who own stock in a company, fund, or partnership.The payment of regular, ever-increasing dividends is seen as a sign of a well-run, healthy company.Large, mature companies tend to…
House January 6 hearings are expected to put Donald Trump at the center of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Chet Strange/Getty Images The Jan. 6 panel’s first eight hearings focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But legal experts are mixed on whether the evidence will lead to criminal charges against Trump….
Apple today published a new support document that clarifies what happens when games are removed from its Apple Arcade subscription service. Apple said that users who download a game before it is removed from Apple Arcade can continue to play the game for “at least two weeks after.” Users who launch an Apple Arcade game…
The Long March 5B rocket carrying the Wentian module rolls out from its assembly building to the launchpad in Hainan, China, July 18, 2022. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images China is poised to launch the second module of its new space station on Sunday. The Wentian module was loaded onto a Long March 5B rocket…
Google started taking pre-orders for the Pixel 6a yesterday, with official sales scheduled to begin on July 28. The Pixel 6a was announced back in May, and it represents an interesting departure for the “a” line, in that it uses the same Tensor SoC as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, while still being…
The company reportedly says he violated confidentiality policies. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who publicly claimed that the company’s LaMDA conversational artificial intelligence is sentient, has been fired, according to the Big Technology newsletter, which spoke to Lemoine. In June, Google placed Lemoine on paid administrative leave…
Hello, and welcome to the weekend. Saturday night may be party time, but Saturday morning is strictly for Wordle. If you’re finding today’s puzzle tricky, though, fear not. We’ve got you covered with a few nudges in the right direction. The answer to the July 23 Wordle, puzzle #399, can be found at the end…
Chef/TV personality Anthony Bourdain arrives at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 11, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images A DC district judge denied a Proud Boy member’s request to move his trial in connection with the Capitol riot. Gabriel Garcia motioned in April to move his trial from…
Blake Lemoine, an engineer who’s spent the last seven years with Google, has been fired, reports Alex Kantrowitz of the Big Technology newsletter. The news was allegedly broken by Lemoine himself during a taping of the podcast of the same name, though the episode is not yet public. Google confirmed the firing to Engadget. Lemoine,…