Monthly Archives: November 2022

The Amazonification of Uber

It’s been six months since Uber hosted Go, Get, a global smorgasbord of product reveals and features that covered everything from booking party buses and voice ordering for Uber Eats to linking travel plans to Gmail and skipping the food lines at sports stadiums. The product reveals aren’t just about creating new revenue streams or…

It feels like every Black Friday TV deal is already live ahead of Cyber Monday, including a 75-inch Samsung TV under $600

UPDATE: Nov. 10, 2022, 2:20 p.m. EST This story has been updated to reflect current TV deals ahead of Black Friday from stores like Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, and Target. BEST 55-INCH TV DEAL: The Samsung 55-inch Q80B QLED TV uses direct full-array lighting and object-tracking to create an immersive viewing experience — $897.99 $1,197.99 (save…

Google’s Health Connect beta is here to cut down your health app confusion

Google is one step closer to establishing a fitness empire as its Health Connect platform enters public beta. A collaboration between Google and Samsung, Health Connect first appeared in May with the aim of, according to the developer team, offering better insight into a person’s health via a platform that aggregates health data from multiple…

How to close your DMs on Twitter to prevent spam and unwanted messages

You can close your DMs on Twitter in a few simple steps on desktop or mobile. Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Depending on how your Twitter settings are configured, strangers you don’t follow may be allowed to DM you. This setting allows for a lot of potential spam and unwanted messages….

US stocks fall after last week’s big rally as investors digest Fed messaging on rate hikes

Reuters / Brendan McDermid US stocks ended lower on Monday, losing steam after last week’s huge rally.  Investors digested comments from Fed officials. Vice chair Lael Brainard said the pace of rate hike could soon slow.  Crypto was still dealing with the fallout from FTX’s collapse,with bitcoin hovering at two-year lows.   US stocks fell on…