Rumor mill: Netflix-style gaming may be coming to the PlayStation 5 next year. News has leaked that Sony plans to merge PlayStation Plus and PS Now subscriptions into one service. The move could be an attempt to become more competitive with Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. In an apparent attempt to compete with Xbox Game…
Something to look forward to: Just a couple of weeks after Western Digital released its first 20-terabyte hard drive, its CEO spoke at a conference where he laid out some of its future plans. They include details on the technology Western Digital plans to use in the future to push storage capacity even further. At…
What just happened? On January 15, 2001, Jimmy Wales made his first edit on Wikipedia, marking the launch of the most famous free online encyclopedia in the world. Now, Christie’s will be auctioning this same edit as an NFT alongside the strawberry-colored iMac computer he used to create the site. The auction titled “The Birth…
The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with Loblaw Financial Holdings in a dispute over the tax treatment of a subsidiary the company ran in Barbados.In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says Canadian provisions at issue in the case did not apply to the company, Glenhuron Bank Ltd., meaning tax on its income…
Bins of sand are placed across the road next to a wall of sandbags along rail tracks to form a temporary dike in the Huntingdon Village area of Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 28, 2021. An evacuation order was issued for Huntingdon Village because of danger to life from potential flooding of the Nooksack River across…
The parents of a 15-year-old accused of killing four students and wounding seven other people at a Michigan high school have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to court documents.Driving the news: James and Jennifer Crumbley were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter.Their son, Ethan Crumbley, faces two dozen charges, including murder and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding a legally binding guarantee that NATO will not expand east — including to Ukraine — and plans to raise the issue in an upcoming phone call with President Biden, according to the Kremlin.Why it matters: Russia has massed more than 94,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and could…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday proposed reestablishing the Florida State Guard, a civilian military force initially created during World War II, that would be under his command. What he’s saying: DeSantis said this civilian force would “not be encumbered by the federal government,” adding that it would allow him “the flexibility and the…
The nuclear negotiators for the E3 – France, Germany and the U.K. – told Iranian negotiators in coordination with the U.S. that the opening proposals they presented in Vienna nuclear talks this week were unserious and unacceptable, an E3 diplomat briefed on the talks said. Why it matters: The readout of the first round of…
Whatever you think about the economy, you’ll find something in this morning’s conflicting jobs report to reinforce your views: America’s job market is white-hot and the labor market is anemic.Between the lines: The conflict comes from the two separate surveys the government uses to compile the report.Be smart: The consensus among economists and market watchers…
