‘Psychological terror’: Influencer Matilda Djerf has been accused of creating...
Swedish influencer Matilda Djerf has been embroiled in a string of recent controversies. Djerf is facing backlash following an investigative documentary by Swedish outlet Aftonbladet, which alleges a...
View ArticleWhy great design has always been sustainable
With 2024 tracking to set a new global temperature record—surpassing the high reached just last year—and with an obvious uptick in human suffering due to war, social upheaval, political strife, and...
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Housing market outlook: 14 forecasts for mortgage rates in 2025
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Economic forecasting has never been easy, and it becomes even more challenging when...
View ArticleLNG export study urges caution on new permits over risks to climate and...
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released a long-awaited study on the economic and environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports on Tuesday, saying the results underscored...
View ArticleThe latest twist in the embarrassing WordPress saga involves pineapple pizza
The drama at WordPress has taken a number of twists and turns in the months since Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of for-profit WordPress host Automattic, shut off access to WP Engine, a third-party...
View ArticleGrubhub to pay $25 million for deceptive practices against customers,...
Grubhub settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday for allegedly misleading customers about order fees, adding restaurants to its...
View ArticleWhy AI company Databricks just scored one of the biggest funding rounds in...
The San Francisco-based data analytics company Databricks has raised a stunning $10 billion funding round, which values the company at $62 billion and likely puts it on a path toward an IPO. The $10...
View ArticlePG&E offered $15 billion loan from the Biden administration for climate...
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it had offered a conditional loan of up to $15 billion to California-based electric utility PG&E to support climate resilience projects and strengthen...
View ArticleClimate tech firms get $80 million for carbon removal
Google, H&M, Stripe, and other members of the climate-focused Frontier coalition will buy $80 million of carbon credits from a firm using oil industry technology to capture paper mill emissions...
View ArticleVW and unions may reach a deal soon or they’ll adjourn until next year
Volkswagen and German unions will most likely either reach a deal in the early hours of Wednesday or adjourn until the new year, a source familiar with discussions said on Tuesday, as the two sides...
View ArticleStarbucks union authorizes a potential strike ahead of talks
The workers’ union representing more than 10,000 Starbucks baristas said they have authorized a potential strike, ahead of this year’s final round of bargaining talks with the coffee giant on Tuesday....
View ArticleOreo maker is using AI to develop new snack flavors
There’s been no shortage of unique Oreo flavors in the past few years. The offerings seen on store shelves in recent months include toffee crunch, birthday cake, java chip, dirt cake, mint, Coca-Cola,...
View Article‘My best friend’: Gen Zers are gushing about ChatGPT on TikTok
“Me and ChatGPT,” reads one TikTok post with 13.4 million views. The video shows a girl joyfully running through a field, handing flowers to a blurred-out partner. Set to Arctic Monkeys’s “No. 1 Party...
View ArticleU.S energy secretary issues warning against ‘unfettered exports’ of liquefied...
The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday, warning the incoming Trump administration that...
View ArticleHow Mattel and other U.S. toymakers are preparing for Trump’s tariff threats
With the incoming Trump administration promising an entirely new round of tariffs on U.S. imports, Atlanta-based Kids2 and other toymakers are reviewing product lines, looking for ways to limit the...
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Jason Kelce’s new Garage Beer ad is an instant Christmas classic
Jason Kelce is singing a song that has only two words. For the latest Garage Beer commercial, the elder Kelce has crafted a unique ode to beer for the holidays. When Kelce was in college, one of his...
View ArticleNuclear bunker sales are on the rise, but experts warn they won’t protect you
When Bernard Jones Jr. and his wife, Doris, built their dream home, they didn’t hold back. A grotto swimming pool with a waterfall for hot summer days. A home theater for cozy winter nights. A fruit...
View Article4 gains Big Tech is hoping for in Trump’s second term
In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges, and social media overtures, big tech chiefs—including Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son,...
View ArticleShipping deadlines for Christmas 2024: USPS, UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Walmart, and...
If you are channeling your inner Santa, making lists and checking them twice to get presents to your loved ones this year, time is running out. Because of a late Thanksgiving holiday, the clock has...
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Flipboard’s new app is a discovery engine for the decentralized web
Fourteen years ago, when the iPad was new and bursting with unfulfilled promise, an app called Flipboard debuted. Billing itself as a “social magazine,” it let you sign in with your Twitter and...
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