President Joe Biden. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images “Junk fees” are a type of fee that confuses consumers because the aren’t disclosed up front. Biden released a plan to tackle those fees, which can arise in industries like banking, internet, and auto. Plans to tackle banking fees alone could save consumers more than $1 billion annually. After…
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This year’s stock market decline has flipped sentiment, turning most investors overly negative.But former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein reminded investors that any good news could send stocks higher.“Positives may be lurking. Fed pause, Ukraine truce, China lockdown end, etc. Sentiment can shift suddenly,” he tweeted….
King. Elise Amendola/Press Association Images Elon Musk is reportedly considering making people pay $20 per month to stay verified on Twitter. Author Stephen King tweeted that he’ll quit the site if that idea is implemented. “Fuck that, they should pay me,” he said. Author Stephen King isn’t a fan of the Elon Musk era of…
Associate US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he didn’t know what the word “diversity” meant. Thomas asked for a specific definition of the word during oral…
Louis Nastro/Reuters An “apparent gas leak” is causing disruptions at Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 8 on Monday. Passengers have been evacuated from the terminal and many inbound United Airlines flights have been halted. The airport said fire crews are onsite assessing the hazard and will allow people back in when the area safe. There…
You may trust Chegg with your textbooks or tutoring, but regulators aren’t quite so confident. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint accusing education tech provider Chegg of “careless” security practices that compromised personal data since 2017. Among the violations, the company reportedly exposed sensitive info for roughly 40 million customers in 2018 after…
Aside from the usual VR games, one great reason to own a Meta Quest 2 is the virtual reality exercise potential. There are a number of great games and apps that allow you to improve your fitness by making working out fun. There’s nothing quite like gamifying your exercise to make it more enjoyable. These…
There’s a lot going on over at Twitter thanks to its new owner, but let me say right now that we here at Droid Life don’t plan to report on every piece of news that comes out of there. There are enough outlets posting about every crap that Elon Musk takes, and frankly, I couldn’t…
EA has signed a three-game deal with Marvel, beginning with its previously-announced Iron Man project. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reported today that the FIFA publisher had inked a deal for a further two titles featuring Marvel characters. There’s no word yet on which other Marvel faces might star in these games, which EA studio…
The Uncharted series made the jump to PC earlier this month with Naughty Dog’s Legacy of Thieves collection. And, where there are PC games, modders are never far behind, ready to put their skills into action. One such modder is Raq (whose name you may recognise from our Tomb Raider Anniversary piece). They have created…