UPDATE 17:00: GameStop has admitted to sharing an incorrect release date for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater in its previous post. A new post from the retailer has stated that an official release will be coming from Konami, as we would expect. Further, as several fans have pointed out to Eurogamer, the original Snake
California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers reduced visits to popular chains as restaurants like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King raised prices to offset higher costs, according to a study. California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers led to higher prices and lower traffic at popular chains including McDonald’s, Wendy’s and
Ed Stone, the scientist who led NASA’s Voyager breakthrough mission to the outer planets for 50 years and directed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when it landed its first rover on Mars, died Tuesday. He was 88. A physicist who got in on the ground floor of space exploration, Stone played a leading role in NASA’s
Stocks closed mostly higher as the May consumer price index was unchanged and the Federal Reserve signaled just one rate cut this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all down in the last hour of trading today. X The Dow closed 0.1% lower after a quiet afternoon and
Microsoft’s Xbox Summer Showcase was unexpectedly exciting, with a stream of impressive-looking games from a number of beloved franchises and some completely fresh titles as well. Despite some doubts about the future of the Xbox brand and an underwhelming reveal of new hardware, the games themselves were enough to carry the day – and the
Apple ( AAPL ) has overtaken Microsoft ( MSFT ) as the most valuable company, outpacing the tech competitor as Apple shares soared to new record highs on new AI announcements. Catalyst hosts Seana Smith and Madison Mills report on Apple’s top move and where its new AI features will fit into the consumer tech
As the world turns to green hydrogen and other renewable energy sources, scientists have discovered that archaea – the third form of life after bacteria and eukaryotes – have been producing energy using hydrogen gas and ‘ultraminimal’ enzymes for billions of years. Specifically, the international team of researchers found that at least nine phyla of
Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged in their June decision and predicted they would cut borrowing costs just once before the end of 2024, a sign they plan to be patient before making a U-turn in their fight against rapid inflation. Central bankers raised interest rates rapidly between early 2022 and July 2023, taking
MIT faculty members Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer and Sara Seager are among eight researchers worldwide receiving this year’s Kavli Prizes. A partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Kavli Foundation, the Kavli Prizes are awarded every two years to “honour scientists for discoveries in
Cycling is so full of mind-boggling jargon that it almost threatens to spoil the fun at times. If it’s not the complications of power measurement, it’s the physiology of the fuel or the PhD-level physics behind the aerodynamics that fools the wind. The latest word to bring us into the limelight is ketones, described by
