An Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2008. Amy Sancetta/AP Abercrombie & Fitch was founded as a store for outdoor gear in the late 1800s. It became hugely popular with 2000s teens until changing tastes and controversy sent it into decline. Abercrombie has recently seen a resurgence thanks to its on-trend apparel and range of sizes….
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Lucky-photographer/Shutterstock Free brokerages are still costing retail investors billions, but not due to the controversial PFOF practice. Rather, hidden costs come from differences in price improvement among brokerages, a new study finds. That can cause billions in losses annually among all retail investors, the study’s authors said. Zero-commission trading apps may have brought a new…
A Jet2 flight from Birmingham to Antalya made an emergency landing this week. Getty Images A Jet2 plane made an emergency landing in Greece on Tuesday on a flight from England to Turkey. A passenger told Birmingham Live that a flight attendant said the pilot had fainted. A Jet2 spokesperson told Insider the landing was…
In a new wide-ranging interview with Popular Mechanics, Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses product innovation and how it drives Apple to make better products, allowing customers to repair their iPhones and Macs with the self-service repair program, Steve Jobs and his legacy, and more. During the interview published in a special edition of Popular Mechanics,…
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Kyle Wiggers Contributor Kyle Wiggers is a senior reporter at TechCrunch with a special interest in artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a range of gadget blogs including Android Police, Android Authority, Droid-Life, and XDA-Developers. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, a piano educator, and dabbles…
Climate change is shaping the way animals evolve, be it the way they look or behave. Similarly, climate warming that occurred millions of years ago helped reptiles evolve faster, diversify, and conquer the world, says a new study. Researchers have long believed the extinction of some of our mammalian ancestors at the end of the…
With the weight of the world on its shoulders, Amazon’s first exclusive Thursday Night Football stream is still standing. For now. Amazon debuted its new broadcasting package for TNF games on Thursday, with a preseason matchup between the Houston Texans and the San Francisco 49ers. The game itself was a dud (Houston won 17-0, both…
Flying has never been a completely stress-free experience, but lately it has been worse than usual. Weather has always caused delays and cancellations, but add to that staff shortages, plus a surge in demand thanks to lifted COVID-19 restrictions, and it’s like someone opened a portal to travel hell. All of this is to say…
Once upon a time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe had a reputation for near-perfect interpretations of its comic-book heroes, but coming up short when it came to the villains. In recent years, however, the likes of Black Panther’s Erik Killmonger, Thor: Ragnarok’s Hela and, of course, Avengers antagonist Thanos have gone some way to redressing the…