Monthly Archives: October 2022

Review: Amazon’s $100 Kindle is lightweight and cute, and it nails the basics

Enlarge / The new $100 Kindle is Amazon’s best entry-level model ever, though it still has to live in the Paperwhite’s shadow. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is the e-reader lineup’s exciting new high-end device, the one that’s pushing the Kindle experience forward. But it’s just as important for Amazon to keep pushing the…

Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind-dating experience

In the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso,” characters Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) download Bantr, a fictional dating app where users can’t see each other’s photos. Bumble, the women-focused dating app, has now partnered with “Ted Lasso” to bring the experience of Bantr to its users. On Thursday, October 13, Bumble…

Florida-based company ordered to pay $73,000 after it fired a remote employee who refused to keep his webcam on all day

Young freelancer business man working at home in home office Srdjanns74 A Dutch court ruled that a Florida-based company owes a remote employee $73,000 for wrongful termination. The employee was fired for refusing to turn his webcam on for an all-day virtual classroom, according to court documents. In its decision, the court ruled that making…

In a new ad, Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis attempts to share a softer, rarely-seen side of Ron DeSantis, skipping any mention of Trump, a potential 2024 rival

The DeSantis campaign released a new ad on October 10, 2022, featuring Florida first lady Casey DeSantis. Courtesy DeSantis campaign Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis starred in a new ad for her husband’s campaign. She details how her husband took care of her when she had breast cancer.  Six years ago she shot an ad…

Janet Yellen shrugs off the strong dollar’s role in market turmoil and says OPEC+ cuts will harm the global economy

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen seen at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Janet Yellen has dismissed worries that the US dollar’s strength is disrupting markets. The dollar’s rise has pushed countries like Japan and Korea to intervene to prop up their currencies. “We’re…