Nicholas Rigg/Getty Images The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements each took the working world by storm, bringing to the forefront issues of workplace sexual assault, sexual and racial harassment, and discrimination. But while heightened awareness is making workplace conversations about sexism, racism, and other injustices more common, these interpersonal conversations alone will not remove…
Dear reader, We are in a difficult period. Not due to Coronavirus, but due to Google and Google’s power over us as a minor independent news organization. After the Google Core Update in May 2020, we lost 80/90% of our regular search traffic from Google. This is not something that we are unfamiliar with, as…
Electric utilities are becoming power players in the energy industryINVESTOR WEBINARS are not generally mass entertainment. But some 25,000 people tuned in this month when BP outlined plans to transform its business. Top on the British oil-and-gas giant’s to-do list is raising its wind, solar and biopower capacity from 2.5 gigawatts (GW) last year to…
Not if a suspicious short-seller has its wayONE WAY to try to emulate Tesla’s success is to name your firm after the same person. Nikola, founded in 2014 to make electric and hydrogen-powered lorries, is, like Elon Musk’s carmaker, named after Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American pioneer of electricity. Nikola’s market value nudged $30bn after it…
Justin Bieber has been trying to make Crocs cool again. These fashionable attempts have earned him both snark and ire. And there’s a good reason for that: Mario Batali made Crocs cool a long time ago. Justin Bieber is trying to make Crocs great again. The pop star is often seen sporting the snarked-upon footwear…
Sony has released an official PS5 teardown. The video breaks down the console’s internal components and structure. The PS5 features an impressive array of quality of life and performance features. True to form, Sony today published, out of nowhere and with absolutely no forewarning whatsoever, the long-awaited teardown of the next-gen PS5. In a seven-minute…
The Houston Texans made the surprising but necessary decision to fire Bill O’Brien after the team’s 0-4 start.Romeo Crennell will finish the season as the interim head coach, but the team will not take off the interim tag when the season ends.With what the Texans are paying Deshaun Watson over the next four years, they…
The housing market is at risk of a severe crash after President Trump delayed stimulus talks until after the election.A study from Princeton and MIT researchers found that 30 to 40 million renters might be at risk of eviction.The lack of stimulus and a gloomy outlook for real estate leaves home prices vulnerable to a…
After three years of wild conspiracy theories, Facebook has finally announced that they’re banning QAnon from their platform. The ban also includes any Instagram accounts tied to the far-right conspiracy theory group. The effort is far too little and far too late. QAnon is being banned. After three years of wild — and almost comical…
Xbox marketing head Aaron Greenberg spoke with the Real Deal Xbox podcast about Microsoft’s next-gen game pricing plans. He describes the issue as ‘super complex,’ reiterating Microsoft’s ‘gamer first’ approach without sharing a firm stance on the matter. We can’t discount the gaming giant upping prices in the future. Xbox seemingly can’t make its mind…