According to layoffs.fyi, more than 23,000 tech workers have been laid off so far this month. For comparison, the site tracked 12,463 layoffs in October. Facebook’s parent company Meta announced the first major job cuts in its history this week, eliminating 11,000 jobs. Like Twitter, Stripe, Brex, Lyft, Netflix and other tech firms based in
In Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers, Oxford University Shakespeare studies professor Emma Smith offers a lively and engaging survey of the history of the book, focusing on the “material combination of form and content” she calls “bookhood.” It’s a “book about books, rather than words,” that describes with both insight and
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. With the pandemic winding down and crypto mining all but dead, gamers thought it might once again be easy to buy a high-end GPU. And, maybe prices would be reasonable, too. As it turns out, we were wrong about both
Universal Pictures is giving Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans a platform release starting with four locations in NYC (Lincoln Square, Union Square) and LA (The Grove, Century City) with a robust media campaign aimed at cinephiles, but also capitalizing on the broad appeal of a Spielberg production, testament to unusual pedigree of the semiautobiographical film. It premiered in
Ice isn’t always ice all the way through. Even at temperatures well below freezing, its surface can be coated in a film of quasi-liquid atoms, with its thickness usually only a few nanometers. The process of its formation is known as premelting (or ‘surface melting’), and it’s why your ice cubes can stick together even
News Hawkwind Co-Founder Nik Turner Dies at 82 His projects Sphynx, Inner City Unit, and Space Ritual helped change the history of psychedelic music By Rob Arcand November 11, 2022 Facebook Twitter Nik Turner, July 1976 (Michael Putland/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Nik Turner, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist for the British space-rock band Hawkwind, has died. A
Written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), the horror movie Candy Land has just been acquired by Quiver Distribution for domestic release, Deadline reports this afternoon. The film will be released in theaters and on demand on January 6, 2023. “Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naïve and devout young woman, who finds
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hoooo boy. As Alex would say: This week has been a long year. You just know it has been a pretty wild ride when Meta can lay off 13% of its staff,
Image: Nintendo Life Earlier this week, Nintendo’s latest financial report revealed Switch Online subscriptions had now “exceeded” 36 million paid memberships – with an increase of around four million subs compared to the previous year. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was also asked about the future of the service – explaining how Nintendo is “considering various
Among the many cast members returning to Pandora for Avatar 2 is Sigourney Weaver, but her role in the film is not what we were expecting. Rather than James Cameron bringing back Avatar’s Dr. Grace Augustine from the dead, the actress will play the 15-year-old Na’vi daughter of Jake Sully and Neytiri, Kiri. While the
The hikers who first stumbled onto a completely frozen mummy within a European alpine gully in 1991 must have received quite the shock. Since then, the roughly 5,200-year-old murder victim, Ötzi the Iceman, has continued surprising people – including the archaeologists now studying him. The Neolithic mummy was thought to have been preserved by a
Takeoff‘s memorial service in Atlanta just ended, and his sendoff was marked by several emotional moments … especially speeches from his Migos family and Drake. The service started shortly after noon, and lasted several hours Friday from State Farm Arena … which was packed with mourning fans, as well as the celebs who worked with
The NFL is paying tribute to the late John Madden once again … this time, it announced it’s starting a huge Thanksgiving Day tradition to honor the legendary coach and broadcaster. The inaugural “John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” will kick off on the Thursday holiday later this month … with the NFL saying it has several
Written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), the horror movie Candy Land has just been acquired by Quiver Distribution for domestic release, Deadline reports this afternoon. The film will be released in theaters and on demand on January 6, 2023. “Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naïve and devout young woman, who finds
Today, The Pokémon Company International has released the latest expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield—Silver Tempest, available now. Sword & Shield—Silver Tempest reveals three new Radiant Pokémon, including Radiant Jirachi and Radiant Alakazam — Shiny Pokémon with powerful Abilities or attacks and illustrated in etched artwork. The new expansion also introduces more Pokémon VSTAR,
As expected, Disney and Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is on fire with a $28M Thursday which easily beats the preview night of the first Black Panther in 2018 which did $25.2M. Wakanda Forever ranks as the third best Thursday preview of the year behind Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($36M) and
Nearly 37 years ago the world watched in stunned horror as an explosion destroyed the space shuttle Challenger. The accident occurred 73 seconds after liftoff and killed seven astronauts. Memories of shuttle pieces falling into the sea remain with everyone who witnessed the catastrophe. In the aftermath, NASA searched for pieces of the shuttle. The
News Cocteau Twins Announce Heaven or Las Vegas Exhibit in Los Angeles Paul West’s original artwork will be on display with other memorabilia at a Marc Jacobs store in Los Angeles By Allison Hussey November 11, 2022 Facebook Twitter Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser, and Simon Raymonde, 1993 (David Tonge/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Cocteau
The NCIS universe will unite for a three hour event in early 2023. For the first time, the NCISverse unites NCIS, NCIS: Hawai’i and NCIS: Los Angeles in a special three-hour crossover event on Monday, Jan. 2 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. “We are so excited to finally have the long-awaited, first-ever NCISverse crossover to
Horror fans have Canada to thank for a lot of their favorite movies from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Black Christmas, Prom Night, Happy Birthday to Me, My Bloody Valentine — all these fright flicks and more were in fact made in Canada. And for a lot of these vintage movies, they were produced in the
Clean-tech startup Airly wants to help communities around the world improve air quality with affordable sensors and software that provides actionable insights. Based in London and Krakow, the startup announced today it has raised $5.5 million. The round was led by firstminute capital and Pi Labs, with participation from returning investors like the Sir Richard
Two of the weepiest BookPage editors share a few of their favorite 2022 audiobooks, read masterfully by the authors, that deliver all the emotion. ★ Inciting Joy For readers invested in learning more about communities of care—informal collectives centered on the praxis of love—Ross Gay’s sixth book, Inciting Joy (Hachette Audio, 8.5 hours), is essential. The
There’s a bit of us that was excited for Mozart Requiem, hoping that it was a follow on to AVICII Invector, just with Mozart’s finest classics splattered on top. In fact, when we discovered that it was in fact a game in which we’d be caught up in a war of powers, as occult ceremonies
Not much at present is known about director Simon McQuoid’s upcoming Mortal Kombat 2. The sequel to the 2021 film began development in earnest back in January when Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater came aboard to write the screenplay, and McQuoid signed his deal to return to the helm in July, but nothing has
Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any year prior to 2015, the United Nations (UN) said Sunday, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming. Sea level rise, glacier melt, torrential rains, heat waves – and the deadly disasters they cause – have all
On the heels of Aaron Carter‘s death, some of his fans are making life even harder for his fiancée Melanie Martin by harassing her … and occasionally even spooking her in person. Sources connected to Melanie tell TMZ … ever since Aaron died, going online has been a nightmare for Melanie because she’s getting so
SCREAMBOX is getting even crazier having acquired North American rights to Lukas Rinker‘s bonkers black comedy Holy Shit! from The Playmaker Munich out of this year’s American Film Market. Cinedigm will release Holy Shit! on the company’s Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming platform in early 2023. Scriptwriter and director Lukas Rinker has created an ultimate worst-case
Summary A gothic horror rogue-lite survival game where you gradually turn the tide against hundreds of monsters Upgrade your weapons and become an unstoppable death machine. Available now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Windows, as well as Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass! Hello there! My name is Luca Galante, and I’m the
Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount have set 2025 theatrical release dates for a new SpongeBob Squarepants movie and Aang Avatar title. The fourth SpongeBob big screen feature will debut in cinemas on May 23, 2025 while Aang Avatar will open on Oct. 10, 2025. To date, the three SpongeBob movies, the first which kicked off in
News Rina Sawayama Wields a Sword in New John Wick: Chapter 4 Trailer: Watch The fourth installment of the Keanu Reeves–led franchise comes out March 24 By Nina Corcoran November 10, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rina Sawayama in John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate/YouTube) Facebook Twitter The official trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 has just been