Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous blue bird to “X”. The new white X on a black background has replaced the blue bird on the desktop version of the social network, although is yet to appear on the mobile app. “Tweets” will also be replaced, according to Twitter’s owner Elon Musk, […]
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Biggest U.S. strike in 60 years on the horizon
Jason Flynn loves one aspect of his part-time job as a UPS package sorter: He was able to get it in 15 minutes. What he doesn’t love, he said, is earning $18 an hour pay to move 70-pound packages every few seconds, the “noxious” air from the exhaust of trucks and the “supervisors yelling […]
App Helps Conservatives Avoid Woke Products
Anew app officially launched this week that’s designed to help shoppers know what values a brand promotes or supports before buying a product. The app, Veebs, was quickly embraced by conservatives, thanks in part to Veebs spokeswoman Bri Teresi promoting the app on her social media accounts. Teresi— a model and social media influencer—made headlines […]
Electric Vehicle Batteries Crushed By Heatwave
Electric vehicle owners can expect to take on additional preparations as the summer months heat up and vehicle performance declines. The United States has broken a number of extreme heat records this year, and millions have received weather advisories as the heat wave is set to continue in the U.S. Southwest. An increase in temperatures […]
Big Mac inflation; Mcdonalds meal nearly $18
An image of McDonald’s menu this week went viral because people couldn’t believe the prices depicted. Twitter user Sam Learner says he snapped the photo at a McDonald’s located at a Connecticut rest stop. In the photo, a Big Mac combo meal – with fries and a soft drink – is $17.59. Other combo […]
Biden’s US Chip Manufacturer Delays Production
Chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) has delayed the start of production at its factory in the US state of Arizona, in a setback to President Biden’s technology ambitions. The firm says chip manufacturing will no longer start next year, due to a shortage of skilled workers. The White House has laid out plans to bring […]
The Pentagon is no longer the world’s biggest office building
The Belgian city of Antwerp may be known as the world’s diamond trading hub, while most rough stones are mined in Russia or Africa. But some 150 miles north of Mumbai, India, lies a lesser-known gem capital: Surat, where around 90% of all the planet’s diamonds are cut. Now, the city in Gujarat state has […]
Biden tries another angle with student loan relief
The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it “will begin notifying more than 804,000 borrowers that they have a total of $39 billion in Federal student loans that will be automatically discharged in the coming weeks.” For far too long, borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track […]
Biggest worker strike in history could be July 31
As UPS and the Teamsters inch closer to a deadline that could result in a massive strike, President Joe Biden may be forced into another politically tough call on whether to intervene. UPS worker contracts are set to expire on July 31, and failure to reach an agreement could result in what would be the […]
3 Tax Prep companies shared data with Facebook
A group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years. Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R […]
Why aren’t people going to Disney World?
Walt Disney World is billed as the “most magical place on Earth,” but based on a growing amount of evidence, it seems like fewer people are spending this summer soaking up the fairy dust. And for all the talk about its parent company’s fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s pretty clear that the park’s […]
Bank of America accused of opening fake accts
Federal regulators accused Bank of America on Tuesday of harming customers by double-dipping on fees, withholding credit card rewards and opening fake accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Bank of America (BAC) to pay more than $100 million to customers and $90 million in penalties. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also […]