Amazon has agreed to increase its quality control standards for school supplies and children’s jewelry to make sure they don’t contain illegal levels of lead and cadmium. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday that Amazon agreed to the reforms after an investigation by his office found dozens of items that tested above legal […]
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Amazon apparently isn’t done testing out new store concepts. On Wednesday, the company introduced Amazon 4-star, a physical store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood that includes products that’re rated 4 stars and above, are top sellers, or are new and trending on Amazon’s website. The new location will include devices, consumer electronics, kitchen wares, home […]
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While the recent Suez Canal blockage grabbed headlines for several days, it merely adds more pressure to a global supply chain problem that hit almost every global economic sector after the COVID-19 pandemic hijacked economies and significantly shifted consumer behavior. That’s the broad sentiment of Greg Forbis, senior vice president of strategy and business […]
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Facebook may have removed hundreds of fake accounts originating from Iran that are part of an influence campaign, but new findings have shown the operation is far bigger. An ‘apparent’ influence campaign from Iran designed to mislead and manipulate public opinion globally by spreading disinformation is ‘significantly bigger’ than previous findings have shown, Reuters reported […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday afternoon, the New York Knicks traded their (currently injured) star rookie, the seven-foot-tall beast Kristaps Porzingis. It was an unexpected trade that perplexed the basketball community and sent some Knicks fans into meltdown. Twitter, as is usually the case, captured the full range of fan emotions. The long-struggling Knicks haven’t won a championship […]
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Walmart’s investment brings the size of Cruise’s latest funding round to $2.75 billion, the companies said Thursday, up from the $2 billion Cruise announced in January when Microsoft Corp. became an investor. “Today we’re taking the next step in our work with autonomous vehicles by making an investment in Cruise, the San Francisco-based company […]
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Elon Musk is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, founder of Space X, probably the most famous tech entrepreneur in the world. Jackson Palmer is the co-creator of Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started out as a harmless joke but, at its peak, had a market cap of $2 billion. For the briefest of times, they […]
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There are many reasons why people invest in real estate; value appreciation, tax write-off, and generating cash flow are some of the most popular. If you can buy real estate when the market is down, it is possible to make really good profits by waiting until the market improves, as it invariably does after some […]
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