Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and while the prospect of cooler weather and shorter days can be a tough adjustment, at least there is always a great selection of deals to combat the post-summer blues. You’ll have to wait until September 1st to celebrate the actual holiday, sure, but in the meantime,…
TikToker Johnbo Stockwell says it’s part of his plan to ‘overthrow Amazon.com.’ Viewers aren’t convinced. An Illinois man keeps buying and returning 110-pound anvils on Amazon—until “someone does something about it,” he says.
Months before a jury awarded a $242.5 million verdict against Tesla over its culpability in a 2019 fatal crash, the automaker had a chance to settle for $60 million. Instead, Tesla rejected that offer, according to new legal filings that were first reported by Reuters. The settlement proposal, which was made in May, was disclosed…
With the start of the NFL season looming, it’s also a window where many TV contracts are up for renewal, and on Monday evening, YouTube TV and Fox sent out alerts indicating that their contract could come to an end as soon as August 27th, at 5PM ET. Google-owned YouTube TV says that “Fox is…
Take this blind test to discover whether you truly prefer OpenAI’s GPT-5 or the older GPT-4o—without knowing which model you’re using.Read More
There’s a third workforce model, one that allows companies to contribute to benefits for independent workers. The ground beneath us is shifting—again. With fresh momentum behind portable benefits and new developments in independent contractor classification, we may finally be approaching a long-overdue reckoning: Our employment system is broken, and it’s holding us back from the…
Andreessen Horowitz’ plan to push its agenda in Washington shows no sign of slowing down, with the firm reporting $1.49 million in federal lobbying so far this year, according to lobbying records filed with Congress. A16z is even narrowly outspending its own industry trade group, the National Venture Capital Association. The pace of lobbying appears…
Amazon’s 16GB Kindle Colorsoft is less than a month old, but it’s already on sale for $219.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Meanwhile, the new Colorsoft Kids — which includes a 12-month subscription to Amazon Kids Plus, a two-year extended warranty, and a cover-style case — has been discounted to $239.99 ($30…
Half gallons of this frozen treat flavor are being pulled off shelves in 16 states, according to a notice from the FDA. Texas-based Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling a limited number of half-gallon containers of Moo-llennium Crunch Ice Cream, which may contain nuts, after some were packaged in a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough…
Bounce, a new technology that adds a critical component to the open social web, launches to the public on Monday. The cross-protocol migration tool offers a service that allows users of open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon to move their follow graphs between their accounts, even though the networks rely on different underlying protocols….
