Monthly Archives: August 2022

The 43 best birthday gifts for her, from a custom astrology candle to beautiful home upgrades

From fancy olive oils to splurge-worthy skincare, here are the best gifts to celebrate her birthday. Birthdate; Mejuri/Insider When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Whether she’s your friend, sister, mother, or coworker, you’re on a mission to find the perfect birthday gift for a special woman in…

Anker soundcore Space A40 noise-canceling earbuds boast up to 50 hours of playtime

Block out the world with the Anker soundcore Space A40 noise-canceling earbuds. First, they provide you with up to 50 hours of playtime when you use the charging case. When you don’t, the earbuds have 10 hours of battery life on their own. Via adaptive noise-canceling technology, they automatically adjust what noise they eliminate based…

You’ve got to see how fat the very fat bears already are

This is what a flourishing wilderness looks like. The internet-famous fat bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve have feasted on prodigious runs of salmon this summer. They’ve transformed from relatively gaunt animals into impressively fat bears, and Fat Bear Week — the celebration of the bears’ success before they hibernate — is still over…

2 business owners explain how they’re navigating the need to raise their prices and the ‘revolving door’ of hiring

RichLegg/Getty Images The last year has been a perfect storm for small businesses with a labor shortage and inflation. With things like butter and eggs getting more expensive, bakery Butter& raised the price of its designer cakes. Plant shop The Fernseed has experienced high turnover during the pandemic. The people of the Bay Area wanted…

Ted Cruz says there’s a ‘real risk’ that Biden’s student-loan forgiveness will help Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at the Senate. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz said Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan will “drive up turnout” for Democrats in November. “Maybe you weren’t gonna vote in November, and suddenly you just got 20 grand,” Cruz said of the plan. “If you can get off…