Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday’s rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. What’s called an annular solar eclipse — better known as a ring of fire — will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. As ABC News reports, […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 244, or the Right to Repair Act, into law, making it easier for owners to repair devices themselves or to take them to independent repair shops. Because California is one of the world’s largest economies, this iFixit-cosponsored bill may make it easier for people all over the US to repair their devices. As The […]
Editors, influencers, stylists and show-goers can share what they loved most from a season’s runways, but, in the end, what matters is what people buy from the new collections. To get an accurate sense for what’s going to trend in six months, you have to ask the buyers, merchandisers and fashion directors at major retailers about what’s catching their eye, […]
Surging demand for drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s highly popular diabetes treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, which have become household names in the U.S. as weight-loss medications, has created a major supply shortage that has left Americans empty-handed, as insurance complications compound Americans’ access to the booming drugs. As Forbes reports, Novo Nordisk admitted in a statement last month demand […]
It looks like another price increase is on the way for Netflix subscribers. The increase would involve several global markets, starting with the U.S. and Canada. The report did not place an amount on the reported increase, which would affect Netflix’s ad-free tier. As reported by the WSJ, Netflix will raise prices in “several markets globally,” starting with […]
Experts fear an already active hurricane season could come to an eventful and exceptional end as unusually warm, storm-boosting ocean temperatures and a slow-to-emerge El Niño combine. As CNN reports, the Atlantic season and its 18 named storms has already been above average, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher with Colorado State University. But October usually signals changes in activity […]
The official sign of fall, for us, is the beginning of Oktoberfest! This festive celebration was established in October of 1810 by Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (crowned as King Ludwig I) in celebration of his marriage to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The unusual thing was that the general public was invited to share in his […]
Last August, the Girl Scouts of the USA announced they would be launching a new cookie, a sort of “sister cookie” to the Thin Mint. The chocolate-coated Raspberry Rally cookies were only available to buy online — not from whichever troops ring doorbells in your neighborhood — because the organization wanted to help its young scouts build their e-commerce and […]
It’s been all over the news recently about how the Biden’s dog Commander has bitten another Secret Service agent and has been banned from the White House… again. Must be a slow news week. Still, the situation brings up an important concern for many who are grappling with a similar situation at home. You love […]
Microsoft is planning to finalize its $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard this week. A source familiar with Microsoft’s plans said in an interview with The Verge that the company is eyeing up Friday October 13th as the closing date where it announces to the world that the 20-month process to buy Call of Duty maker Activision […]