Tired of sponsored content on every platform? Well, you’ll also be getting it from Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant soon. Well, kinda. We’ll explain. During the annual Amazon Accelerate seller’s conference, the mega-retailer announced the launch of a new Alexa function called “Customers ask Alexa” that targets questions about products and brands. When users ask related…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Scammers are planting malicious advertisements in the Microsoft Edge news feed, according to new research from antivirus and VPN provider Malwarebytes. In a blog post by its threat intelligence team, the company claims that the scheme, set up to “direct victims to tech support scam pages”, has been in motion for at least two months….
The Volkswagen ID.4 is built at a plant in Germany. Jan Woitas/Getty Images Volkswagen could receive about $400 million from natural gas trades, sources told Bloomberg. The German auto giant is selling 2.6 terawatt-hours of contracts to boost the supply of gas in European energy markets. Instead of using the gas to power its factories,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sergey Bobylev/Reuters Modi explicitly criticized Russia’s war in Ukraine while meeting with Putin on Friday. “Today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken…
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A FedEx worker makes deliveries in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images US stocks finished lower Friday in a session that featured quarterly triple witching. The S&P 500 fell below 3,900 for the first time since July, and the Nasdaq Composite led weekly losses. Days before the Fed is set to hike rates…
Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office An employee in Florida stopped a man attempting to carjack a woman and her baby in a Chick-fil-A parking lot. Mykel Gordon has worked at Chick-fil-A for 14 years, and previously helped customers injured in a car. Social media commenters, the Chick-fil-A operator, and the sheriff’s office all praised Gordon for his…
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Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Mutual funds that invest in equities are among the most popular. Luis…