QA testers at Activision Blizzard in Albany want to follow the example of the Raven Software team, who unionized in May by joining the Game Workers Alliance and Communications Workers of America. #Blizzard #Activision

BREAKING: 🇬🇧 UK Inflation reaches 9.4%, the highest it’s seen in 40 years.

⚡️ Biden Does Not Have Cancer During a speech announcing funding for climate change action, President Biden referred to having cancer. The White House has since clarified that the president was referring to melanoma (skin cancer) in the past. #USA #cancer

OpenAI Opens Up OpenAI is expanding access to its image-generating platform, DALL-E 2, which uses AI to generate original images. #ai #openai #TechNews

Discord Voice Chat Comes to Xbox Consoles for Xbox Insiders Discord is being integrated onto Xbox, eventually allowing users to send voice chats and chat with other players through their console. #Xbox #Discord #gaming

Tesla met expectations for its Q2 earnings today, and its stock rose 2% in the wake of the news. One way they added cash flow to their balance sheet was to sell off 75% of its Bitcoin holdings, which added $963 million to their cash stores. #Tesla $btc #Crypto #cryptocurrency

Lyft laid off about 60 employees on their operation team in the rental car side of the ridesharing business. The employees were let go as the company looked to let go of renting cars to riders amidst market uncertainty and efforts to consolidate their team. #lyft #Employees

Ford is testing EV chargers designed to make charging more accessible for disabled drivers. The robot chargers plug themselves into the car at the prompt of a smartphone app. #ford #ElectricVehicles

Tom Hardy will reportedly be paid $20 million for reprising his role as Eddie in Venom 3. #venom #hardy #entertainment

Today marks the fifth anniversary of Linkin Park band member Chester Bennington's death. The band posted, "On days like today - remember Chester Bennington and his incredibly positive impact on the world." #LinkinPark #ChesterBennington

Minecraft says ‘No F-ing Thanks’ to NFTs #NFTs #NFTCollection #Minecraft #Crypto

A man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event. #LeeZeldin #politics

Biden Tests Positive for Covid-19 The White House announced that President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "very mild" symptoms. #BidenHasCovid

The Department of Justice has charged three people, including one Coinbase employee, with insider trading in a scheme that a user on Twitter uncovered. #Crypto #coinbase #cryptocurrencies

Hulu refused to run ads submitted by Democrats running in midterm elections that contained subjects like abortions, climate change, and gun safety. Hulu has not provided any reasoning for the decision. #Hulu #NewsBreak

Intel has struck a deal with Taiwan-based MediaTek. MediaTek will use Intel's Foundry Service to produce chips in an ongoing strategic partnership. #intel

T-Mobile agreed to a $350 million settlement with victims of a 2021 cyber attack where about 76.6 million users' data like data names, dates of birth, and even Social Security numbers were stolen from T-Mobile. #DataSecurity

‼ The Ministry of Economy of Russia wants to legalize the status of NFT in Russia. #NFT #Crypto #blockchain

Russia has announced that they will leave the International Space Station after 2024 and build their own space outpost. #Newsnight #Space

Meta is raising the price of the Quest 2 headset by $100 next month, raising the cost of admission to the metaverse. #Metaverse #MetaQuest2