by Beth Holmes | Jul 22, 2023 | Companies, News
Deceptive practices by Bank of America against hundreds of thousands of customers have resulted in over $250 million in penalties. On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement about their findings against the second-largest bank in...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Threads is a new rival to Twitter, about to be debuted by Facebook’s parent company Meta. The new listing for the Threads app, which appeared recently on Apple’s App Store, bills it as a “text-based conversation app” linked to Instagram. “Threads is where...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Technology
Batteries in smartphones are the subject of a new EU law: smartphones must have user-replaceable batteries by 2027. Last week, the European Parliament approved new rules covering many forms of rechargeable batteries. For “portable batteries,” which includes the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 19, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Robot waiters are here, but do they have any future in our restaurants? Are they going to replace wait staff? So far, robot waiters are a novelty. They aren’t common, but if you live in a decent-sized city, you can probably find a restaurant that has at least...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 12, 2023 | Companies, News
Carbon neutral or not? Delta Air Lines is facing a hefty lawsuit over their claims of going green with carbon offsets. In February of 2020, Delta Air Lines announced their plans to go carbon neutral. They publicly pledged $1 billion towards cleaning up their...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media
Iphone discrimination is the allegation of a billion-dollar lawsuit against food delivery app DoorDash. Filed early this month in Maryland, a class-action lawsuit is accusing DoorDash of appling higher fees to iPhone users verses Android users with identical orders....
