Apple keeps on losing court battles in Brazil over its decision to stop shipping iPhones with a charger. The São Paulo state court has ruled against the tech giant and slapped it with a 100 million real ($19 million) fine in a lawsuit filed by the Brazilian Consumers’ Association, a group of borrowers, consumers and…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
It’s Friday! No, really this time. Celebrate with a fresh unsolved Wordle — and if your brain’s already checked out for the weekend, we’ve got some clues and the solution for you, as we do every day. If you just want today’s word, you can jump straight to the end of this article for October…
TL;DR: Lifetime access to Mindful College is on sale for £27.10, saving you 95% on list price. The semester has begun or is about to begin for many students. Though it’s an exciting time, returning to class can also be stressful. If you’re anxious about a stressful semester, try Mindful College, a learning platform that…
Since the start of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, one of the show’s biggest mysteries has been: Who is the Stranger (Daniel Weyman)? Now, after the finale, we know. Kind of. The Stranger crash-landed in Middle-earth in episode 1 and has been tagging along with Harfoot Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh) ever…
Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi preside over a Joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol earlier in the day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A video released by…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says a soft landing is unlikely for the US economy. Win McNamee/Getty Images Jamie Dimon said the Fed’s benchmark rate will likely have to go beyond 4% to 4.5%, per Bloomberg. The Fed’s benchmark rate is now in the 3% to 3.25% range, after five rate hikes this year so far….
Mike Lindell. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Mike Lindell was seen giving out pillows in Fort Myers, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. He told Insider his company was sending over 12,000 bedding items to Florida. He also went on Steve Bannon’s podcast for a MyPillow promo code shoutout. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was down in…
Even the largest landfills in Indonesia are at (or nearing) capacity, and the government has set an ambitious target of 30% waste reduction by 2025. Waste4Change is one of the companies that wants to help by increasing rates of recycling and enabling better waste management. The startup, which currently manages more than 8,000 tons of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Al Drago/The New York Times/Associated Press, Pool CNN on Thursday published new footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on January 6, 2021. The video showed Pelosi and others scrambling to request help to secure the Capitol. When Trump said he was going…
There are big, overarching top-down trends, and there are little-bitty baby trends that have a way of growing into bigger ones. A big trend right now, for example, centers on certain firms that passed out enormous checks to startup founders in recent years and drove valuations sky high in the process. It turns out this…