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3/16/2023
14 : 55
Numlock News: March 16, 2023 • Sauron, Kraken, The New York Yankees
By Walt Hickey Yankees Delta Airlines charges about $9 per flight for in-flight WiFi, a fact that affects many people who are not Major League Baseball players, a field in which it's generally
3/14/2023
10 : 4
Numlock News: March 14, 2023 • Galactic Starcruiser, Lions, Alpine Skiing
By Walt Hickey Skip Ahead Dish Network introduced a feature called AutoHop, which allowed users to skip commercials from DVR content. This feature led to a lawsuit first launched in 2014 from Salt Lake
3/13/2023
10 : 34
Numlock News: March 13, 2023 • Oscars, Orcas, Mysteries
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Wine The swift panic-induced bank run on Silicon Valley Bank obviously presents problems for many of its core customers in the startup technology business, but one other
3/10/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: March 10, 2023 • Volcano, Hockey Pads, Second Avenue
By Walt Hickey Have an amazing weekend! Enjoy the Academy Awards, and be sure to check out Numlock Awards for forecasts and to catch up on more stories from me about the show. Full River Red The
3/9/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: March 9, 2023 • Camden, Geothermal, Raccacoonie
By Walt Hickey Props A24 held a charity auction selling off props and costumes from Everything Everywhere All at Once, which is in pole position to win Best Picture at the Oscars this coming Sunday.
3/8/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: March 8, 2023 • Elf on the Shelf, Foam, Spirit
By Walt Hickey Elf on the Shelf The company behind the Elf on the Shelf has cut a deal with HarperCollins for 11 books exploring what it describes as “The Elf on the Shelf universe,” crafting
3/7/2023
11 : 16
Numlock News: March 7, 2023 • Vapes, Snakes, Steaks
By Walt Hickey Tobacco Altria, the tobacco giant, has gotten out of the Juul business and into the NJOY business. Last week the company reached a deal with Juul to swap its $250 million minority stake
3/6/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: March 6, 2023 • Iditarod, De La Soul, Sake
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Record-Setting Purse Creed III made $58.6 million at the domestic box office, a huge win for the ninth film in the Rocky franchise. That's good enough for the best
3/3/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: March 3, 2023 • Projection, Lunchables, MRIs
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Cinema With many movie theater chains on the ropes financially, one potential reason people are seeing fewer movies in cinemas is that movie theaters slashed
3/2/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: March 2, 2023 • Airpods, Belarus, Boreholes
By Walt Hickey Losing their AirPods Apple suppliers with large manufacturing operations in China are eyeing neighboring countries for future growth as tensions between the US and China make suppliers
3/1/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: March 1, 2023 • West Virginia, Forrest Gump, Shrimp Leather
By Walt Hickey Country Roads, Do Your Thing A bill has passed West Virginia's Senate that would give $25000 in tax credits to people who used to live in West Virginia but don't anymore to come
2/28/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: February 28, 2023 • Reality TV, Fake Metal, Lions
By Walt Hickey Crypto It was a banner year for the North Korean cryptocurrency theft industry, which hauled in a bumper crop of $1.7 billion in crypto last year. That's out of a total $3.8 billion
2/27/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: February 27, 2023 • Chartreuse, Cocaine Bear, Donkeys
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! As Oscar season heats up, do check out the Numlock Awards pop up award season newsletter, we're coming up on the big night. Movies Are Back Ant-Man and the Wasp:
2/24/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: February 24, 2023 • Ice Cream, Wrestling, Bicycling
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Ice Cream Unilever is a titan of the ice cream industry, and owns most of the 3 million chest freezers in corner stores, gas stations and bodegas that hawk its
2/23/2023
11 : 4
Numlock News: February 23, 2023 • Honeypot, Chicken Sandwiches, Subs and Dubs
By Walt Hickey Plant Milk The FDA has given the all-clear for plant-based beverages like almond milk, oat milk and soy milk to continue selling themselves as “milk,” much to the chagrin of the cow milk
2/22/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: February 22, 2023 • Piracy, Tsunami, Museums
By Walt Hickey Base Major League Baseball is rolling out a number of changes to the game this year, one of which is a bigger base. The traditional base is a square with 15-inch sides, and the new base
2/21/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: February 21, 2023 • World of Warcraft, Quantumania, Shipwrecks
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Death of the Art A visitor at an art fair in Miami knocked over a $42000 balloon dog sculpture by Jeff Koons, causing it to shatter into over 100 pieces and resulting in
2/17/2023
11 : 14
Numlock News: February 17, 2023 • Hot Box, Roblox, Kroger
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! We're off on Monday in observation of President's Day, and then it's smooth sailing on through May without any strange American federal holidays.
2/17/2023
8 : 25
Numlock News: February 15, 2023 • Rats, PACs, Reptiles
By Walt Hickey Faux-lectibles A federal, state, and local raid of Kirk's Collectibles in South Carolina found fake sports memorabilia that would have had a value of $15 million if sold off as the
2/17/2023
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Numlock News: February 16, 2023 • Cadbury Eggs, Twitch, French Film
By Walt Hickey Solar Geoengineering On paper, it's simple: If you make it so less solar energy hits the Earth, you'll reduce the amount of heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere and thus