Grocery store technology hasn’t changed much in decades, so when the pandemic hit, it served as a wake-up call to the industry, highlighting its shortcomings, especially concerning e-commerce. Grocery stores that don’t adapt will most likely lose out on market share. The good news for the grocery industry is that technology advancements in recent years,…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The world’s first Microsoft Excel-based NFT art collection has gone on sale as part of an effort to raise funds for the victims of the war in Ukraine. Commissioned by Datarails, a financial planning platform that integrates closely with Excel, the five pieces of pixel art include portraits of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other…
Memory for your PC could soon get a fair bit cheaper according to an analyst firm, which has just revised its predictions to suggest heavier drops in the price tags of RAM sticks. TrendForce tells us that the DRAM market is witnessing Korean manufacturers dropping prices to stoke demand from customers in the midst of…
Chelsea Smith says she and her family had been due to fly from Seattle-Tacoma Airport to Vancouver. Google Maps; Cole Burston/Getty Images A woman says a stranger drove her family from Seattle to Vancouver after their flight was canceled. According to Chelsea Smith, another flight was offered but it wouldn’t arrive when they needed it…
Finland and Italy will both receive natural gas terminals as Europe scrambles to solve its energy crisis. Gleb Garanich/Reuters Europe is racing to set up floating units to handle imports of liquefied natural gas, as it tries to resolve an energy crisis. In response to sanctions, Russia has choked off its gas to Europe, which…
Attorney General Merrick Garland (left) and former President Donald Trump (right). Sean Rayford/Alex Wong/Getty Images Attorney General Merrick Garland said he’d unseal the Mar-a-Lago FBI warrant. He added that Trump’s legal team were already in possession of it. Trump has sought to portray the raid as conducted on scant evidence. Attorney General Merrick Garland at…
Former President Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok in the US. Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images 300 TikTok and ByteDance employees worked in Chinese state media, per an analysis of LinkedIn profiles by Forbes. Forbes said its analysis indicated 50 of the 300 employees currently work on or for TikTok. TikTok has long faced…
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Marvel Studios Marvel Studios recently laid out plans for its next big saga, including two new “Avengers” movies. The next few years of the MCU will draw on popular comics source material. Here’s what to read if you want to prepare. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige…
Russian troops drive a T-90M tank in the Victory Day parade marking the 76th anniversary of the victory in World War Two, in Moscow’s Red Square, May 9, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Russia has billed its T-90M main battle tank as one of the best in the world. The T-90M is the newest version of the…
Homebuyers signing a mortgage. Getty Images The average US fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 5.22% this week — up from 4.99% one week prior. Mortgage rates have seesawed many times in 2022. A housing expert says it’s because inflation has a big impact on the Treasury market. Over the last few years,…