Stack Commerce It may be a near-annual event to discuss the often-deadly heat waves in the summer months. Last year, heat domes punished the Pacific Northwest. This year, temperatures across the United States and Europe have continued to rise. However, preparations for prolonged extreme temperatures are not impossible. In fact, in the right weather, something…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Enterprise giant Oracle is facing a fresh privacy class action claim in the US. The suit, which was filed Friday as a 66-page complaint in the Northern District of California, alleges the tech giant’s “worldwide surveillance machine” has amassed detailed dossiers on some five billion people, accusing the company and its adtech and advertising subsidiaries…
Four months after opening its Self Service Repair offerings to iPhone owners in the U.S., Apple is adding a handful of MacBooks to the mix. When the laptop repair program opens tomorrow, it will include the 2020 M1 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro and the 14- and 16-inch 2021 M1 Pros. As with the…
Ari Jacoby Contributor Share on Twitter Ari Jacoby is the CEO and co-founder of Deduce. Anyone who travels frequently will tell you that one of the greatest innovations of the past decade has been the TSA PreCheck. It’s so simple and effective that it makes you wonder why no one thought of it before. This…
If you think that nothing feels better than singing along to your favorite song at the top of your lungs, think again. Lovehoney’s new Juno collection features four demure vibrating toys that use synch technology to buzz along to the beat. They’re designed to make your fave songs orgasmic — literally. Here’s the lineup, how…
If there’s one thing we can all remember from Game of Thrones small council meetings, it’s that they were always absolute snake pits. Remember the constant scheming of Lord Varys, aka The Spider? Remember the gleeful backstabbing of Lord Baelish, also known as Littlefinger, who uttered the famous line, “Chaos is a ladder?” Well, we’re…
After months of waiting, we’ve finally had news that Ubisoft’s subscription service, Ubisoft+, could soon arrive on Xbox consoles. Currently available on PC, Ubisoft had previously announced Ubisoft+ would arrive on Xbox consoles back in January, alongside news of Rainbow Six Extraction‘s launch on Xbox Game Pass. Providing over 100 games like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla…
The chicken burger has been a success in branches across the UK. McDonald’s McDonald’s is trialing the Chicken Big Mac in limited locations across the US. The chicken burger has been a success in branches across the UK. After launching in the UK earlier this year, the limited-edition burger sold out after just 10 days….
Bond markets have rallied in recent weeks off the back of improving inflation data and low unemployment. Investors are prioritizing large, liquid deals from known companies, which partly enabled tech giants Apple and Meta to raise more than $15 billion in debt this month. This post first appeared in 10 Things on Wall Street, a…
Sam Bankman-Fried cofounded crypto exchange FTX in 2019. FTX FTX grew revenue more than 1,000% year-on-year as the crypto market boomed in 2021, CNBC reported. Founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto exchange made $1.02 billion, per leaked internal docs. A host of acquisitions and an aggressive marketing strategy are likely to have fueled revenue growth….