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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre launches in 2023 with Game Pass

Here’s a fresh look at the 3v4 gameplay The horror-movie-turned-asymmetric-multiplayer-game trend isn’t slowing down, and I’m curious to see how Gun Interactive will pull off its killers-versus-survivors setup in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 2023 video game is coming into more gruesome focus today with a highly choreographed, albeit mood-setting, new gameplay trailer. They aren’t kidding around with that “Unrated” notice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v1tQ9Zb3nc Last month, the developers dove into three of the…

Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain

Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China.Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty ImagesThe mass quarantine measures imposed this past weekend in Shanghai, including highway closures, severely affected trucks carrying exports bound for the city's port, according to logistics company Orient Star Group."Trucks loaded with cargoes and containers were unable to enter the Shanghai terminal," said the company, which also…

Ukraine War’s supply chain impacts bust myth of US energy independence

Oil wells in California are among the sources that provide the U.S. with 75 percent of its crude oil domestically. Credit: John Ciccarelli, Bureau of Land Management The global impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have exposed vulnerabilities in U.S. energy security and undercut the myth that the United States, or any other major manufacturing economy, is truly energy independent yet, according to an analysis by…

MetaOneVerse Launches Dapp Wallet to Support Ethereum and BSC Chain Networks

Dubai, June 13 — MetaOneVerse, a hyper-deflationary token, has launched its first Dapp wallet that will support a variety of blockchain networks including Ethereum, and Binance Smart Chain. Download wallet from Google play stores: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.meta1verseThe Wallet also aims to increase transparency and user engagement through the creation of multiple user profiles, currency support, and wallet creations. To support decentralized exchanges, the Dapp wallet has been…

Ethereum 2.0 Is On Ropsten Testnet, But Bitgert BRC20 Chain Remains Unbothered

Key Points: Ethereum 2.0 has gone live in Ropsten TestnetBitgert zero gas fee blockchain might still be better than EthereumBitgert BRC20 will still be the most adopted blockchain The widely anticipated Ethereum 2.0 or the Beacon chain is now coming to live, and the Ethereum team is taking steps towards that. The Ethereum merge, which is expected to make this a reality, is about to happen this august, and the team is already working towards it. The biggest step that the Ethereum team made amid the…

QuikTrip convenience chain to build first Denver-area store

The Denver area will see one of its first QuikTrip convenience stores after the chain purchased the site of a former art hub in Lakewood for $1.7 million. The deal with QuikTrip Corp., a privately held company headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., closed officially on Wednesday. In 2019, the company publicly announced on Facebook that it planned to expand into the Denver market. The next year, QuikTrip said it aimed to open 50 to 70 stores in the area around the capital city and the state, and was actively looking for general…

Kohl’s Suitor Wants to Buy the Chain by Selling Kohl’s Properties

Kohl’s Corp. KSS 2.30% beat back activists and is in talks to be sold for around $8 billion. But its suitor could bring a new set of challenges for the department-store chain. There are no guarantees the two sides will reach a deal. Franchise Group, which mainly owns franchise businesses, is smaller than Kohl’s with a market capitalization of about $1.5 billion. The deal structure that Franchise Group is proposing—selling real estate and adding on debt—has…

Making your supply chain more flexible

After the effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, tech leaders have a crucial role to play in building the supply chains of the future. Image: Zapp2Photo/Shutterstock Must-read CXO coverage A topic once reserved for specialized technical discussions became dinner-table fodder over the past couple of years: the supply chain. The interconnected web of raw material suppliers, manufacturers, transportation providers and distributors was so effective as to become almost unnoticed until…

UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests | Film

A UK cinema chain has cancelled all screenings of a “blasphemous” film about the daughter of the prophet Muhammad after branches were picketed by Muslim activists.Cineworld said it took the decision to cancel all showings of The Lady of Heaven to “ensure the safety of our staff and customers”.The cancellation was criticised by a House of Lords peer as being “disastrous for the arts, dangerous for free speech”.The film’s producer defended the rights of the protesters to express their displeasure but said it was “silly” and…

Biden throws a lifeline to ‘paralyzed solar supply chain’ by waiving tariffs for 24 months

President Joe Biden will today waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels made in Southeast Asia in response to a Department of Commerce (DOC) investigation that is destabilizing the US solar industry. Biden’s action comes in response to a DOC probe into whether Southeast Asian solar cell manufacturers are using parts made in China that would normally be subject to a tariff. The US solar industry relies on solar module imports to meet growing demand. As Electrek reported on May 16: The vast majority of the US…