Monthly Archives: November 2022

Dunkin’s controversial new rewards program looks more like Starbucks’. Here’s how they stack up.

David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Dunkin’ recently rebranded its rewards program under the new name Dunkin’ Rewards. It looks a lot like Starbucks Rewards with tiers for free coffee, food, and espresso drinks. Starbucks Rewards is a better deal for getting free drinks, but Dunkin’ has better…

Hubble vs. Webb: New NASA telescope reveals never-before-seen details from the early universe, within 400 million years after the Big Bang

The James Webb Space Telescope, left, is 100 times more powerful than Hubble, right. NASA/Chris Gunn; NASA NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is 100 times stronger than the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble showed astronomers a single galaxy in the early universe, but JWST revealed it was two mysterious objects. Compare the images to glimpse how…

Geri Halliwell-Horner joins the cast for Sony’s upcoming Gran Turismo movie

Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell-Horner and Djimon Hounsou have been cast in Sony’s upcoming Gran Turismo movie. The former is interesting not just because of her “rare narrative screen appearance”, as The Hollywood Reporter puts it, but also because the Spice girl is married to team principal of Red Bull’s Formula One team, Christian Horner. Sony’s…

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: November 5, 2022 | Rates rise following strong jobs report

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. Mortgage rates increased after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a stronger-than-expected…

The US diesel crunch means it’s time to stock up on food, Robert Kiyosaki says. Here’s what the ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ author and 5 experts are warning as fuel runs short.

Truck drivers queue to refuel their lorries with diesel at a fuel station. Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images There’s an acute diesel shortage in the US, and it’s sparking worries about inflation and food supply.  Higher fuel prices mean higher delivery costs, which could feed into higher prices for consumers. Here’s what Robert Kiyosaki and…

A Twitter employee says he was fired ‘while sleeping’ and woke up locked out of Slack and email: ‘There is always a new low’

Elon Musk axed half of Twitter’s workforce on Friday. Getty Images Jaseem Abid says he was was fired “while sleeping” after Twitter slashed jobs under Elon Musk. The former software engineer tweeted that his laptop was “remotely wiped out” overnight. London-based Abid said he woke up and found he had no access to work email,…