Tires are annoying. They cost a lot of money, they wear out and need to be replaced, and figuring out which tire you should buy tends to be confusing at best. As long as you can afford it, you can't really go wrong with a set of Michelins (that's just my opinion), but not everyone has Michelin money. Plus, despite their brand cache, it's not like other tire companies are all automatically inferior to Michelin, even if you aren't constrained by finances.
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Third-quarter earnings season kicks off this week and as results roll in they should reveal what the market is eagerly anticipating: another blockbuster quarter for S&P 500 profits.
The United States Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments in a case that could determine whether the US air force can continue to use a beach in Guam to detonate unexploded ordnance.
If you're looking for a power bank that can handle the demands of the most power hungry gaming handhelds at a great price, check out this last minute Prime Day deal. Amazon is offering the Baseus 20,000mAh Power Bank with 140W of Power Delivery for just $29.99. Baseus makes great power banks and a less expensive alternative to Anker.
Marvel Rivals' Season 10.5 release time is creeping up fast, as NetEase prepares to ditch tradition in favor of something rather different. There's no new hero this mid-season — Gorr's all you get for the whole of Season 10 — but there is a massive new game mode. 'Tis the season for a bunch of Halloween specials, too, including new skins.
Enterprise email marketing software is built for high-volume programs that span teams, brands, and regions. With so much software available, the hard part comes before and after the send — whether governance keeps every team within the rules, CRM-native data surfaces the right consented audience, and attribution connects email engagement to pipeline and revenue.
Not everything is better across the pond. At the first night of their three-show fall tour of the U.S., Westside Cowboy were impressed by the engineers at Music Hall of Williamsburg, with the band talking excitedly during soundcheck about just how good everything was sounding. Playing DIY venues for years, they were used to making do with less-than-ideal performance circumstances, but they didn’t have to this time.
As someone who makes a living writing car blogs, I've lost track of the dozens upon dozens of dollars I've earned reporting on whether or not Porsche is making gas versions of the next-generation Boxster and Cayman. At first, Porsche was adamant that the new sports cars would be electric-only, then people said gas versions were happening again, and then we heard the project might actually be canceled. Now Porsche has confirmed that gas versions of the new 718s absolutely are not happening, for real this time. As a consolation prize and an indicator of where the real money is these days, Porsche is working on a new mid-engined supercar for its most well-connected billionaire clients to tussle over, with a concept to be revealed in a few weeks.
Oli Welsh has been covering the business and culture of video games for two decades. He started out writing for Edge and other publications (specializing in MMOs and Blizzard, as cover for his World of Warcraft playtime) before joining Eurogamer, where he worked for 14 years as reviews editor, deputy editor, and editor-in-chief; Eurogamer won many Games Media Awards during his tenure. At Polygon, he writes about film and TV as well as games, and provides news, analysis, and criticism on the entertainment we love and the industries that make it, all from his home in London. He loves role-playing, racing, puzzles, tactics, exploration, storytelling, Nintendo, mysteries, spies, fantasy, reality, cars, and classic cinema. He wanted to be a movie critic when he grew up, and now he’s definitely grown up, and occasionally is one. He considers this a win.
Sony‘s anime service Crunchyroll has launched new division Crunchyroll Storyworks, which will be focused on anime and live-action adaptations made in collaboration with Japan’s creative ecosystem.
Led by Sony’s Tohru Iokibe, who most recently oversaw IP acceleration initiatives connecting Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions, Crunchyroll Storyworks is set to bring together creative partners across Crunchyroll, Aniplex, Japan’s creative community and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” studio Sony Pictures to develop anime stories for audiences around the world.
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