In our rapidly changing climate, destructive weather events like fires, tornados, hurricanes, and floods are becoming both more frequent and more severe according to sources like NASA and the Associated Press. When these catastrophes strike Read more…
Buzz buzz. | Image: Bananbin I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that not everyone agrees on the best way to handle their computer’s trash directory. Some folks like to Read more…
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge For all its impressive technical chops, Apple’s all-singing, all-dancing Vision Pro hasn’t set the world on fire. But it’s early yet, and the company continues to throw some Read more…
Illustration: The Verge If you’re disappointed that the only AI model that will integrate with Apple devices so far will be ChatGPT, it sounds like you won’t have to wait long for that to change. Read more…
Costco moves very slowly. In many ways, it treats its membership like a dog that’s scared by any sudden movements. It makes changes on a very deliberate basis and has certain sacred cows it pledges Read more…
McDonald’s (MCD) is the latest company to admit that a once-blossoming trend is no longer working in its favor. After the fast-food chain recently revealed that it is seeing success with its new $5 menu, Read more…
Many cruise ships have large movie screens on the pool deck. That’s true of most Carnival ships and Royal Caribbean ships smaller than Oasis-class. Those screens show movies, and before the pandemic, at least on Read more…
The internet has quietly made a lot of things irrelevant. How often do you mail someone a handwritten letter? That seems silly in the age of email, and while people still do it, actual mailed Read more…
While the problem became abundantly clear during the rush of post-pandemic travel, the dearth of trained pilots dates back to long before those days. The challenges around hiring for a job in which training costs Read more…
By any standard measure, the second quarter was good for stocks, especially big stocks, with a ton of record-setting performances. There was Nvidia (NVDA) , the “it” stock, up 10.3% for the month and 149% Read more…