How child labor and illegal mines are fueling Nigeria’s lithium boom
Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with a stone tool. Dust coats her tiny hands and her hair as she works hour after...
View ArticleMacy’s increases its list of doomed locations to 65 stores by the end of...
Macy’s CEO Tony Spring said Thursday on a Q3 earnings call that the retailer will close about 65 locations by the end of January 2025, which is an additional 15 stores more than what was previously...
View ArticleWhat is ‘debanking’ and why are Marc Andreesen and Silicon Valley talking...
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast introduced many to the concept of debanking. In essence, this is when bank accounts get closed by the bank...
View ArticleAustralia wants to tax Meta, Alphabet, and other platforms if they don’t pay...
The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations. The tax would apply from...
View ArticleParkMobile might owe you money. Here’s how data-breach victims can submit a...
Finally, some good news for consumers who have been the target of a data breach. ParkMobile, a parking payment app, has agreed to a $32.8 million settlement after a massive data breach in 2021...
View Article‘I’m not understanding this trend’: TikTok is divided on the Sofia Richie...
Who’d have thought Sofia Richie Grainge two-stepping on TikTok could cause such a stir online? The 26-year-old can be seen dancing alongside her friend, influencer Jake Shane, in a TikTok video...
View ArticleIf you invested in Apple’s IPO 44 years ago, here’s what your shares would be...
On December 12, 1980, a few hours after the opening bell rang on Wall Street, shares of Apple Computer officially began trading. The numbers, by today’s standards, weren’t that impressive. Apple...
View ArticleStanley cup maker recalls 2.6 million mugs sold at Walmart, on Amazon, and...
Stanley, the maker of popular cups, bottles, mugs, and other containers that have captured the cultural zeitgeist in recent years, has announced a significant recall of several of its mug products due...
View ArticleWhere Freddie Mac predicts the housing market and home prices will go in 2025
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. This month, ResiClub rounded up U.S. home price forecasts for 2025 from 16 different...
View ArticleWhy gratitude is your best leadership strategy
I didn’t set out to start a gratitude ritual with my colleagues at Jotform. A few years ago, as the holiday season approached, I was overwhelmed by the number of tasks left to complete. The stress was...
View ArticleTesla is against the NHTSA’s crash reporting rule. The Trump transition team...
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple...
View ArticleDoorDash is stepping up driver ID checks. Here’s why
DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identities more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized account sharing.DoorDash has been under pressure to ensure its drivers...
View ArticleThe Social Security Fairness Act, which would unleash benefits for millions,...
The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck...
View ArticleMysterious drone sightings in New Jersey raise questions about regulations....
Drones for commercial and recreational use have grown rapidly in popularity, despite restrictions on who can operate them and where they can be flown.No-fly zones are enforced around airports,...
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Lil Jon pens a poop-themed song for Cologuard, Erewhon debuts a $335...
This week in branding news, Lil Jon revisited his iconic song “Get Low,” Erewhon released a predictably overpriced collection of organic apparel, and Hostess refreshed its look for the first time in...
View ArticleTrump sides with dockworkers union on automation issue as contract...
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday voiced his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports, saying that any further “automation” of...
View Article‘We’re keeping an eye on Florida’ says one of the housing market’s largest...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During their earnings call this week, Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearley was asked by...
View ArticleMeta wants Threads to be more like Bluesky. Again
The surest sign a social media platform is winning: when Meta starts cribbing notes from it. Stories only arrived on Instagram in 2016 after Snapchat proved the ephemeral concept had some heat. Reels...
View ArticleTexas is seeing a surge in carbon capture permits for its oil fields. Here’s...
Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change. But pumping...
View ArticleHow Trump’s plans for tariffs and deregulation could hurt the U.S. seafood...
The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy—seafood—and some in the industry believe the returning...
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