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Source: Capcom In the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced another wave of paid downloadable content available for Monster Hunter Rise players. Unlike the previous DLC available after the game's release, this wave of downloadable content is being touted as a "massive expansion" that introduces new monsters and locales. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Everything in the DLC The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion offers a new base, alongside new locales, monsters, and gameplay elements. A new type of…

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions rose by 4 percent in the first quarter, as American drivers hit the road in record numbers during the first three months of the year. U.S. motorists logged 753 billion miles on the road through March, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. That's the highest first-quarter tally since the federal authorities began keeping track in 1970. The extra miles highlighted the continued recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and came in the face of a run-up in gasoline and diesel prices. In…

Apple is increasing pay for staff in the U.S. for both hourly workers and salaried employees in the face of growing pressure from emerging unions in some of its retail stores. WSJ reports: Apple Inc. is boosting pay for workers amid rising inflation, a tight labor market and unionization pushes among hourly store employees. The company reportedly told employees on Wednesday that it is increasing its overall compensation budget, and that starting hourly rates for workers in the U.S. will be raised to $22, or more in…

Capcom has them all in video form now If you were looking for all of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak weapon changes, you came to the right place! Capcom just finished its video series on the whole lot, which you can peruse below. In short, Sunbreak is reworking how every weapon operates with extra Silkbind abilities. With the new abilities, Capcom has addressed some of the shortcomings of several weapons. Most of them seem to be focused on adding more maneuverability into the mix, and several are actually…

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 17, 2022.Source: NYSEU.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday night after the Nasdaq Composite dropped during the regular session, following a warning of slowing growth from social media company Snap that hurt the tech-heavy index.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 111 points, or 0.4%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively.Nordstrom shares jumped more than 10% in extended trading after the retailer surpassed sales expectations and raised its full-year…

Timer functionality is built into pretty much every smartphone these days. Time Rise app does up the ante, though. This is a timer app, essentially, but it works in an interesting way, and offers a really nice design.Time Rise is a rather unique timer appOnce you open the app, you’ll be able to tap the display to set the timer. Just to be clear, we’re talking about the countdown timer here. Once you set it, and confirm, you’ll notice nothing happens, the timer didn’t start counting down.Why? Well, because you need to…

A man walks past TSMC's logo at the company's headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty ImagesProducts that rely on semiconductors are set to get even more expensive as chip foundries prepare to increase their prices, according to analysts.The world's biggest foundries — including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Samsung and Intel — are considering further price hikes, analysts told CNBC."Foundries have already increased prices 10-20% in the past year," Bain semiconductor analyst Peter Hanbury told…

In this 1971 Center For Disease Control handout photo, monkeypox-like lesions are shown on the arm and leg of a female child in Bondua, Liberia.CDC | Getty ImagesBelgium has become the first country to introduce a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease — typically endemic to Africa — spread across the globe.Health authorities in Belgium introduced the measures Friday after the country reported its third case of the virus. As of Monday, the country has recorded four local cases;…

Cars and trucks are wedged together after a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on the ice covered I-35 in a still image from video in Fort Worth, Texas, February 11, 2021.NBC5 | via ReutersNew vehicles on sale in the U.S. today are the safest and most advanced ever made, yet roadway fatalities last year reached their highest level in 16 years.The problem is complex: It's a combination of reckless or distracted driving, largely due to cellphone usage; increased sales of trucks and SUVs; and higher performance of vehicles, among…

Tesla's Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C.Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesAutomakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicles amid changing market conditions and rising commodity costs, specifically for key materials needed for EV batteries.Battery prices have been declining for years, but that may be about to change. One firm projects a sharp increase in demand for battery minerals over the next four years that could push the price of EV battery cells up…