As summers have gotten hotter, high temperatures in unair-conditioned trucks have also sickened mail carriers and others who deliver packages to America. A few have… Read More »UPS drivers say ‘cruel’ heat puts their lives in danger
YouTube star Elijah Quashie, of the British hit ‘The Pengest Munch’, is coping with the rising cost of wings.
As brands struggle with inflation, a new playbook has emerged: be candid about price increases and hope transparency keeps customers loyal.
Getty Images | SOPA images One of the creators of the Botometer — a web tool Elon Musk used to estimate Twitter’s spam rate for… Read More »Botometer’s creator says Musk’s Twitter spam estimate “means nothing”
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds like Maryland and Massachusetts as they drafted moderate candidates who could appeal to voters… Read More »Far-right victories in blue states threaten GOP hopes in November
The company blamed its financial performance for the potential bonus cut.
Turbulent trading in stocks of companies such as AMC Entertainment and Bed Bath & Beyond can no longer be explained as a pandemic phenomenon, according… Read More »Meme stocks are back. This is why Wild Trading can be here to stay.
enlarge / The story of a conquest: The fruiting body of a parasitic fungus erupts from its victim’s body. The striking photo above vividly shows… Read More »See this award-winning sculpture of a fungus turning a fly into its ‘zombie’ slave
OpenAI limits what users can do with the service, using keyword filters and tools that can identify certain types of images that may be considered… Read More »Algorithms can now mimic any artist. Some artists hate it
PHOENIX (AP) — A Mexican man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for killing a store clerk in Arizona during a 2015 robbery… Read More »38 years in prison for Mexican man in fatal robbery in Arizona
In this week’s earnings reports, companies showed that it has been a struggle to adapt to a consumer mindset that is vastly different from what… Read More »Retailers stumble over adapting to more selective shoppers
enlarge / How long do we really need chemicals? PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. Like Teflon, they made pots easier to… Read More »Scientists figure out how to destroy “chemicals forever”
Plus: a 2012 WIRED story that didn’t quite hold up, some wisdom about tech investments, and the nightmare of atmospheric river-fueled storms.
A Florida airport worker was charged with two major thefts after a tracking device aided a sheriff’s investigation.
Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and former Donald Trump sideman, tried a new logic for the former president’s actions: He protected the sensitive… Read More »Rudy Giuliani cooks up an insane new excuse for Trump’s treasure trove of sensitive documents
