The Sense 2 that’s $80 at Amazon in the black colorway. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge The black color scheme of Fitbit’s brand-new Sense 2 smartwatch “premium fitness tracker” is selling for just $79.95 at Amazon. Other colors are priced at $199.99, which itself is a $100 price cut. The Verge’s Victoria…
A jaybird eating. Steffi Wacker / Pexels Scientists have repeatedly proven that it is hard to say no to a tasty treat if it’s sitting right in front of you. Psychologists have used the Stanford marshmallow experiment since the early 1970s to study how delayed gratification and self-control work. In the experiment, scientists offer a child…
Like many “solopreneurs,” home service professionals have to balance doing the work while also managing a business. Topline Pro wants to take some of that burden off the shoulders of professionals so they can concentrate on customers. New York-based Topline Pro, formerly ProPhone, does this by leveraging generative artificial intelligence to provide a way for…
The concepts of life and death in most games are represented by the ability to keep playing, or the need to stop and start over. In Supermassive Games’ most recent lost-in-the-woods monster adventure The Quarry, death is an intrinsic part of the fun, like in a horror movie. “It’s less of a game that you…
Natalie Curtis was traveling from Singapore to Bangkok with the Australian budget airline, Jetstar. Suparat Chairatprasert/Shutterstock A woman says she was forced to crawl off a plane after staff couldn’t provide a wheelchair for her. Natalie Curtis was traveling from Singapore to Bangkok with the Australian budget airline, Jetstar. A spokesperson for Jetstar said the…
Investors shouldn’t expect the Federal Reserve to pivot away from its rate-hiking campaign when it meets Thursday, according to Barclays. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Federal Reserve is unlikely to show any sign of pivoting away from its rate-hiking campaign when it meets this week, according to Barclays. Investors are hoping the US central bank will…
The price of candy has soared 13% compared with last year, Labor Department figures show. Getty Images As Americans prepare for Halloween festivities, candy prices have shot up. Candy prices rose more than 13% in September compared with a year ago, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Skittles shot up by 42% in price since…
(Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) US stocks fell on Monday as investors gear up for another Fed interest rate hike later this week.Fed chair Jerome Powell is expected to hike rates by another 75 basis points at its FOMC meeting on Wednesday.Investors also continue to focus on third-quarter earnings results. US stocks moved…
An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Todd Korol/Reuters Oil prices could soar higher into 2023, but the diesel crisis still poses the greater threat, Energy Aspects’ Amrita Sen said. Both oil and diesel stockpiles are hovering near record lows. The EIA warned earlier this month that the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reuters/Kim Kyung Hoon The US is reportedly prodding European allies to impose trade restrictions on China sources told Bloomberg. Restrictions would be similar to export controls imposed on Russia, but European leaders are reportedly apprehensive about the measure. But a National Security Council spokeswoman told Bloomberg…