The sign above an Amazon Fresh store in Washington, DC Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images The CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons say their proposed merger will help them defend against Amazon. But Amazon’s market share is a fraction of larger players, including both Kroger and Albertsons. Walmart and Kroger have been the largest US grocers by sales…
Freight trains sit parked in a railroad yard ahead of a potential rail workers union strike in Louisville, Kentucky on Sept. 14, 2022. The Washington Post via Getty Images The Senate voted to impose a tentative agreement and avert an economy-rattling rail strike. However, the Senate did not pass a resolution to add 7 sick…
Tara Anand for Insider Over one weekend last year, as the holidays approached, a user of the popular weight loss app Noom sent a series of alarming messages through the service’s chat feature. The user, in his mid-50s, described himself as a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and a father of three daughters, according to…
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The Lusail Iconic Stadium near Doha, Qatar. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar World Cup organizers will buy carbon offsets to help cancel out greenhouse gas emissions. Climate advocates say the offsets aren’t backed by projects that truly reduce emissions. Qatar moved the World Cup to winter for the first time to protect attendees from blistering heat. This…
Cadillac Racing says its first electric race car is almost ready for the 24 Hours of Daytona event in January after passing critical testing and development milestones. Since July, the V-LMDh has gone through nearly 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of on-track testing, including a 24-hour test at Sebring International Raceway. Cadillac collected data on nighttime…
Epic Games released RealityScan for iOS today. The free app, previously available in a closed beta, lets anyone scan real-world objects with their phone and turn them into high-fidelity 3D models. The app is the fruit of Epic’s purchase of Capturing Reality, a company specializing in photogrammetry software. Like the company’s desktop software, RealityScan combines…
Meta’s election integrity efforts on Facebook may not have been as robust as claimed. Researchers at New York University’s Cybersecurity for Democracy and the watchdog Global Witness have revealed that Facebook’s automatic moderation system approved 15 out of 20 test ads threatening election workers ahead of last month’s US midterms. The experiments were based on…
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A new messaging app called Sunbird is promising to bring Apple’s iMessage service to Android phone owners next year. After years of Apple rebuffing calls to bring its prized IP-based messaging service to Android phones and end the green bubble blues, a third-party is taking on the responsibility. Apple Insider reports the app is currently…