It’s been far too long since our last visit to good ol’ Westeros, but the wait is nearly over. In roughly a month’s time, HBO launches House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel set 200 years before events of A Song of Ice and Fire during the Targaryen civil war. So what better…
SAVE $99.01: As of July 19, the 2021 Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 64GB) is on sale at Best Buy for an all-time low price of $399.99. It usually retails for $499, so this saves you 20%. Props to anyone who held off on buying Apple‘s 2021 iPad mini on Amazon when it went on sale…
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it needs an additional $3 billion to fund the removal of telecoms equipment made by Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE. Congress had earmarked around $1.9 billion for the Supply Chain Reimbursement Program, which provides federal funds to operators who are reliant on such kit, but the…
Popular ecommerce website builder Shopify is partnering with YouTube to allow ecommerce platform owners to integrate their online store with the iconic video site. With this collaboration, Shopify merchants are now also able to sell products via live streams, videos or through a store tab. Using YouTube Live as a selling tool, merchants can tag…
Google has revealed new admin settings to “control access to experimental Google Workspace apps,” in a move that suggests the company is working on a range of new products or services. According to a company blog post, “admins can use the new Experimental Apps Control setting to grant or deny their users access to emerging…
United Parcel Service(UPS) is facing backlash from the family of deceased driver Esteban Chavez Jr. and criticism from other employees. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A homeowner captured video footage of a UPS delivery driver collapsing outside their front door. The video was taken on Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona, amid temperatures as high as 113 degrees. A…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images China blasted a reported plan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan next month. If the report is true, Pelosi would be the highest-ranking official to visit in recent years. The report comes at a…
A Ukrainian walks by the turret of a Russian tank next to a destroyed petrol station northeast of Kyiv on May 2, 2022. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images Military analysts have found their pre-war predictions about Russian military performance were wildly off. It’s worth examining the lessons of that failure to apply them to similar…
Stripe cut its internal valuation by 28%—falling from $40 billion last year to about $29 billion. The company’s valuation drop highlights economic uncertainty and investors’ fears of a recession within the next year. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Payments & Commerce industry. Learn more about becoming a client. The…
Podcaster Joe Rogan escalated his beef with former President Donald Trump on a recent episode AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File Joe Rogan is stepping up his beef with former President Donald Trump. Rogan called Trump a “man baby” and “existential threat to democracy” in a recent episode. “He’s a fucking toddler. He’s a toddler, that’s exactly…