Mar 09
Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right Israeli parliamentarian, and Baruch Marzel, a far-right activist, greeted Pence in Hebron.
Mar 09
Bumble has joined a growing list of American companies pulling out of Russia amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, the company announced it was discontinuing operations in Russia and removing its family of dating apps from the Apple and Google app stores in Russia and Belarus.
We stand with women everywhere, every day. Bumble is supporting the International Rescue Committee (@RESCUEorg) in assisting women and families affected by the crisis in Ukraine. Visit https://t.co/1EWRafcUGK to learn how you can help. #womenshistorymonthpic.twitter.com/ZnPI2tfMx5
— Bumble (@bumble) March 4, 2022
What’s notable about Bumble’s announcement is that the company details how the decision will affect its business. In addition to Bumble, it owns and operates two other dating apps, Badoo and Fruitz. Those two are popular in Europe and they’re where Bumble anticipates it will see the most impact from its decision.
In 2021, approximately 2.8 percent of Badoo’s revenue came from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. By contrast, users from those three countries contributed to less than 0.1 percent of the revenue Bumble earned through its main app that same year. The company anticipates it will lose about $20 million in fiscal 2022 due to the conflict. To put that in perspective, the company recorded $208.2 million in revenue in fiscal 2021.
Mar 09
Elden Ring is a very difficult game to play, not least of all because there’s no way to pause – or at least there wasn’t until someone found this secret.
Mar 09
The World's First Person to Receive a Genetically Modified Pig Heart Has Now Died
Posted in: Today's ChiliDavid Bennett, the world’s first human to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died just two months following the historic transplantation. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where the surgery was performed, announced his passing Wednesday morning. At this time, the cause of death is…
Mar 09
Since day one, Disney’s John Carter had all the promise in the world. It’s the live-action debut of Andrew Stanton, who directed the masterful Wall-E and Finding Nemo at Pixar. The source material by Edgar Rice Burroughs is steeped in original sci-fi fantasy and mythology that has permeated history beyond the page.…
Mar 09
Going into Apple’s “Peek performance” event on Tuesday, we hoped—however unlikely it was—that Apple would debut a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air to replace the products released back in 2020. Alas, when Time Cook walked off the virtual stage, no laptop had been revealed. Instead, we got a new iPhone SE, iPad Air, Mac…
Mar 09
Officials said the live reptiles were tied up in small bags “which were concealed in the man’s jacket, pants pockets, and groin area.”
Mar 09
Elon Musk isn’t backing down in his rejuvenated campaign against the SEC. Ars Technicareports the Tesla chief has asked a federal court to terminate his $20 million settlement with the SEC in 2018 over claims the regulator both pressured him into an agreement and overstepped its limits. Musk felt “forced” to sign the consent decree at a time when Tesla’s financial health was at risk, according to the memorandum of law sent to the court. The EV executive also insisted in a declaration that he told the truth in tweets at the heart of the dispute — he maintained he really had been considering taking Tesla private and had secured funding.
Musk also characterized the SEC’s approach as “governmental abuse.” Officials were allegedly using the agreement to police Musk’s First Amendment free speech rights by requiring that he pass tweets through an approved monitor who would determine what he could say. The SEC has also made compliance “more onerous” than the settlement originally demanded, Musk’s attorney argued. The Commission supposedly interpreted the consent decree as granting powers it didn’t previously have, letting it issue subpoenas and otherwise conduct “never-ending investigations.”
Musk further called for an order determining that a November 2021 subpoena over insider trading allegations exceeded the SEC’s authority and was issued in “bad faith.” The Twitter poll in question was just meant to gather input, Musk claimed, and not a disclosure of information the exec would have to report to the SEC. The Commission is investigating whether or not Musk’s brother Kimbal was aware of the impending poll when he sold Tesla shares one day earlier.
The entrepreneur has routinely sparred with the SEC. He was teasing the agency mere days after announcing the 2018 settlement, and declared he could tweet what he wanted. Most recently, he and Tesla accused the SEC of mounting a “harassment campaign” to stifle his criticism of the government. The two contended the SEC couldn’t issue subpoenas without requiring court approval.
Musk might not want to count on victory, however. The court rejected the previous demands, arguing they weren’t specific enough. This latest effort is more focused, but it also hinges on the court accepting Musk’s version of events — and that’s far from guaranteed.
Mar 09
Taking a look at the BMW-powered Klein Vision AirCar, a real life flying vehicle that seems every bit as futuristic as we’d expect from the name.
Mar 09
Joe Biden is dipping his toes into crypto. On Wednesday, the president signed a first-of-its-kind executive order outlining a path to regulation of cryptocurrencies and encouraging federal agencies to study the creation of a U.S. digital dollar on the blockchain. Bitcoin’s price surged in the glow of the president’s…
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