Monthly Archives: July 2022

Why the Marriott Bonvoy Business Amex card is a great value, even when I don’t have immediate travel plans

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It ‘makes no logical sense’ for Biden to cancel student debt while continuing to ‘hand out loans,’ House Republicans say

President Joe Biden. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Republicans on the education committee criticized Democrats for supporting loan forgiveness. They said it “makes no logical sense” to continue disbursing loans after any relief. Biden is likely to announce broad relief before loan payments resume in September. Republican lawmakers aren’t pleased that Democrats are supporting President Joe…

3 Advertising Trends to Watch in 2022

Our second annual Banking Digital Trust survey polled digital banking users of the 10 largest US banks on which factors across six key dimensions—Security, Privacy, Reputation, Reliability, Ease of Use, and Feature Breadth—most influence their level of trust in their banks’ digital channels. We then asked respondents to rate their banks across each dimension to…

GOP attorneys general warn Google not to suppress anti-abortion centers in search results

Seventeen Republican attorneys general have urged Google not to limit the appearance of anti-abortion centers in search results. They made the demand a month after Democratic lawmakers asked the company to refrain from directing people who are looking up information on pregnancy terminations to such centers. The Republican AGs suggested that if Google obliges the…

TikTok, Instagram and YouTube are teens’ top news sources, Ofcom says

A new Ofcom study has revealed where teenagers are getting their news and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s bad news for the likes of BBC, ITV and Sky. The study showed Instagram (29%), TikTok (28%) and YouTube (28%) topped the pile among teens. Unsurprising? Perhaps. Depressing? Definitely. The research found that only a quarter of teens are…

Pixel Buds Pro have a killer feature to end the audio switching nightmare

Google is introducing an improvement to its Fast Pair connectivity feature, which it says will end the nightmare of switching your Bluetooth earphones between devices. The company is bringing an audio switching tech called Multipoint with Pixel Buds Pro, which are currently available for pre-order alongside the Pixel 6a smartphone. The idea behind audio switching…

AirPods Repairability Project Adds USB-C Port and 3D-Printed Casing

Engineering and robotics student Ken Pillonel has sought to address some of AirPods’ repairability issues with a 3D-printed replacement casing and switching the Lightning charging port for a USB-C port. In his latest video, Pillonel highlighted that AirPods are not designed to be serviced or repaired since no hardware components can be accessed without damage…