Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
On Tuesday morning, Microsoft announced that it would acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Activision Blizzard is one of the most prolific …
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These 5 popular groceries are being pulled from supermarket shelves
It’s a sign of this strange and occasionally disconcerting pandemic-era moment we’re living in that something as mundane as shopping at the grocery store has …
A new stimulus check program just opened for applications and you had no idea
You don’t have to be a fortune-teller or an expert political strategist to figure out that no new stimulus checks are coming from the federal …
Taco Bell is bringing back one of its most popular items, and the Internet is going crazy
One of Taco Bell’s countless fan, moved by a tantalizing rumor that’s gripped the fast-food chain’s loyal denizens with a hunger both literal and metaphorical, …
Taco Bell is about to bring back one of its most popular items, because dreams come true
If the rumors are true, Taco Bell is going to resurrect a popular item from its menu that the fast food chain killed off back …
Don’t be surprised if grocery prices for these items surge this year
The daily total of Covid cases in the US has now reached 1 million, while stimulus checks have dried up, inflation is soaring, and grocery …
Airlines have canceled an insane number of flights since Friday morning
The federal government is doing that thing again. The thing where its COVID-19 response and messaging appears to flail in response to the chaos of …
Sen. Elizabeth Warren blames grocery stores for skyrocketing food prices
If you’ve been to a grocery store anytime in the past few months, you’ve likely encountered one of a couple of different problems. First, some …
5 nationwide grocery shortages that you need to know about
It’s one of the most prosaic, routine activities that millions of Americans engage in on what’s likely a weekly basis. Nevertheless, trips to the grocery …
A nationwide shortage of this crucial grocery item is making people nervous
For months now, supply chain woes have wreaked havoc across the US and global economies. The effects of which can be seen everywhere from empty …
This leading grocery store is raising prices on select items
Leading into the midterm elections in 2022, it’s increasingly looking like the prices you see on grocery store shelves will play an outsized role in …
Supermarkets across the country are facing shortages of 2 crucial grocery items
If you’ve gone shopping for groceries at any point in the last few months, you’ve probably encountered this nettlesome trend, to one degree or another. …
Better than stimulus checks, this program gets certain people up to $17,500 for free
Inflation is a hot topic right now, thanks to broad increases in prices for everything from food, gas, and home staples that we’re seeing right …
Bitcoin crash might be the best deal of Black Friday
The Black Friday deals frenzy is in full swing, as this is the day to take advantage of some of the best sales out there. …
Dollar Tree is permanently raising prices on almost everything to over $1
Dollar Tree on Tuesday, in tandem with its third-quarter earnings results, announced a big change in the works for the discount retailer. By April, almost …
Samsung mocks Apple’s $19 Polishing Cloth after launching $1,500 jeans
Samsung seems to have quite the inferiority complex when it comes to Apple. And the company takes every chance that it gets to remind us …
Tesla Full Self-Driving bug forces company to recall 11,704 cars
This week, Tesla is recalling nearly 12,000 vehicles in the US. The recall is due to a software bug that could cause false forward-collision warnings …
Southwest apologizes for pilot’s Let’s Go, Brandon announcement to fliers
Weeks after a reporter’s mishap gave birth to it, the Let’s Go Brandon meme is still generating fresh headlines. That’s thanks to the innocent-sounding phrase …
Tesla’s stock price is soaring and Elon Musk couldn’t be happier
Elon Musk: Space enthusiast, technoking of Tesla, enthusiastic tweeter, meme connoisseur — and, now, the richest man on the planet, as the Tesla stock price …
Mark Zuckerberg is about to ruin Facebook for the last group of people who don’t hate it yet
The document dump that Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen supplied to a consortium of news publishers, which began publishing a flurry of stories derived from the …
This is how desperate retailers are getting because of the supply chain crisis
The next time you’re at your local grocery store or a nearby location of a department store giant, take a close look at the shelves. …
Marriott customers are discovering a hotel fee that’s making them furious
According to the Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s office, Marriott International Inc. and its affiliated Marriott hotels have raked in hundreds of millions of …
Southwest is trying to quell internal turmoil over vaccine mandates
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has been in the news for weeks now for all the wrong reasons. There were more than 2,000 flight cancellations over a …
Here’s why everyone is furious at Southwest Airlines right now
Flight cancellations were a routine part of travel long before the pandemic. But even in the new environment brought about by COVID-19, the nearly 2,000 …
An internet provider sued Netflix because its new show is too popular
Korean internet provider SK Broadband wants Netflix to pay for costs associated with increased network traffic, as more people in the region are streaming popular …
Dollar Tree is raising prices as inflation fears escalate
If it seems like the price for just about everything is soaring right now, from the cost of cars to food and especially insanely priced …
Legendary Apple designer Jony Ive now working with Ferrari
Jony Ive, the celebrity industrial and product designer thanks to his work at Apple and especially under Steve Jobs, is embarking on a new creative …
You won’t believe why an Alaska Airlines flight attendant kicked this woman off her flight
Apparently, crop tops can get you booted from certain commercial flights in the US, if the actions of this Alaska Airlines flight attendant are any …
Starbucks open Labor Day 2021: Here’s what you need to know
First things first, let’s answer the question on the minds of many Starbucks uber-fans like myself. You don’t have to wonder whether the coffee chain’s …
Labor Day stores open: Apple, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Walmart and more
My email this morning is chock full of news about sales and special offers from retailers like Best Buy and Williams Sonoma — one indication …
