2022s

Image via Netflix By now, it’s undoubtedly common knowledge that 2022 has gone down in horror movie history as one of the most prolific and profitable years for the genre. While spooktacular gems like The Black Phone and Barbarian captured audiences and kept horror fanatics on the edge of their seats, the case was extremely different for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre — which unfortunately missed the mark by a large scale and failed to attract the same amount of buzz. And while there was already heavy…

Women and non-binary producers and engineers were “vastly underrepresented” in 2022’s most popular music, according to a new study.The inaugural Fix the Mix report found that women and non-binary people claimed less than 5% of the tech credits for the most streamed songs of 2022, making up 187 of the total 3,781 credits on the 757 songs surveyed.Developed by nonprofit organisation We Are Moving the Needle and music credits database Jaxsta in collaboration with Howard University and Middle Tennessee State University, the…

The iPad 10th generation redesigned the base model iPad, bringing the slick industrial design of the iPad Air to a more budget-oriented price bracket. Now, that iPad has been discounted at Amazon by $50 to return it to its lowest-ever price of $399.This isn't the first time we've seen this price, although when it lands it tends to leave fairly quickly, so it's worth getting on this one quickly.iPad 2022 $50 offThe iPad 10th gen launched alongside the newest iPad Pro M2 models, updating the aging iPad 9th gen with a new…

An American Airlines plane lands at Logan International Airport, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Boston.Photo: Michael Dwyer (AP)The world emitted more carbon dioxide last year compared to any other year on record, according to data released Thursday from the International Energy Agency. And while the growth of emissions was slower last year than it had been in past years—thanks to an explosion of renewable energy around the world during the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine—the report finds thatemissions from…

No startup sector was entirely immune from the 2022’s market uncertainty — except maybe AI — but some proved more resilient than others. Biotech was one of the most fortunate. The sector recorded 1,054 U.S.-based deals in 2022, worth a collective $30.7 billion, according to Pitchbook data. Those figures fell short of the 1,415 biotech deals struck in 2021 worth a total of $39 billion. But the declines were not the worst we found: Biotech showed a more modest year-over-year decline in investment…

Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny made serious bank last year. The Grammy-winning artists were among Forbes’ top 10 highest paid entertainers of 2022—a somewhat surprising list that included directors, showrunners, actors, and pioneering rock stars. Swift and Bad Bunny came in at the No. 9 and No. 10 spots, respectively. The former reportedly earned $92 million last year, thanks in large part to record sales. Her 2022 album, Midnights, topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks, and went on to break a series of streaming records on…

The IDC Smartphone Tracker reported a pretty subpar record of worldwide smartphone shipments for Q4 2022 as the market contracted by 18.3% to 300.3 million shipments. All five major brands faced double-digit declines on the yearly basis compared to Q4 2021 and the total figure represents the largest quarterly decline. The big Q4 decline in shipments contributed to the yearly contraction of 11.3% compared to 2021 figures. A grand total of 1.21 billion smartphones were shipped in 2022 compared to 1.36 billion in 2021.…

The Infinix Note 12i 2022 unveiled last September will be launched in India on January 25. This revelation comes from Indian online retailer Flipkart, which set up a promo page for Infinix Note 12i 2022 on its website. The Infinix Note 12i 2022 is powered by the Helio G85 SoC and was announced with Android 12-based XOS 10.6. However, Flipkart revealed the smartphone will run XOS 12 out of the box in India, which is also based on Android 12. It will also come with Widevine L1 certification, allowing 1080p video…

It’s a common (and unfortunate) misconception in the horror genre that features will fail to attract a wide audience at the box office without an eye-watering budget built as its foundation. And while this notion has been undeniably proven to carry some truth in the past, director Kyle Edward Ball is here to shake up the narrative and turn the wheels of change with his directorial debut in Skinamarink. The latest horror experience has unsurprisingly become a viral sensation, with a leaked version of the film finding its…

California is in its third week of back-to-back-to-back extreme weather events. The Pacific coast has been drenched by consecutive atmospheric rivers spanning from the end of last year into the present, with precipitation totals 400%-600% above average in some regions. At least 17 people have died as a result of the storms, and nearly 100,000 people faced evacuation orders, as reported by The New York Times. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, and tens of thousands in the state remain without electricity,…