Comment on CIT talks to bondholders; bankruptcy still feared

Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East star in this A24-produced horror film, out Nov. 8.

Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise "harms that are being caused to young people" through the platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the measures on Thursday, after a decision by his government on Monday. "Social media is doing harm to our kids and I'm calling time on it," Albanese said in a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.

This beastly 16-inch MacBook Pro, packed with Apple's new herculean M4 Pro chip, is not designed for amateurs like myself — people who think "intensive" means opening 100 Google Chrome tabs and praying one's laptop doesn't self combust. No ma'am. This mammoth of a laptop is, instead, for professional power users.

The 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro has officially entered the chat — and it’s here to remind Windows who's boss. For those who haven't been closely following the PCs vs. MacBooks battle in recent months, Windows laptops began to gain the upper hand with the introduction of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor.

As Walmart gears up for its initial Black Friday sale next week (yes, there will be multiple), the big-box store has shared a further look at some of its top holiday doorbusters. The first Walmart Black Friday Deals event gets underway on Monday, Nov. 11, bringing "deep savings on toys, tech, home, fashion, and more" to the retailer's website and mobile app, per a press release.

The battle for the thinnest flagship phone has, apparently, begun. Late last month, Korea's ET News published a report that Samsung is working on a slim smartphone that could launch "several months" after the launch of the Galaxy S25 series, which is likely to happen in the first quarter of 2025.