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New York City Blackout Costs StubHub $500,000 In Ticket Refunds
A power outage swept New York City this weekend, leaving streets and metro stations without lights, individuals trapped in elevators, and homes without electricity. Certainly less...
The Absolute Worst Deals From Amazon Prime Day [Updating]
Welcome to another edition of Amazon Prime Day, an event described in earnest by the everything store as “a 2-day parade of epic deals.” If you...
What to expect from tomorrow’s antitrust hearing featuring big tech
Tomorrow, representatives from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple will testify before Congress in the second hearing organized as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust investigation...
Oh No, George R.R. Martin Feels Less Pressure to Finish His Books Now That Game of Thrones Is Over
With Game of Thrones now over, fans of the world George R.R. Martin created can turn their attention to the yet-to-be-published final two books in the...
Amazon Says It Will Retrain Workers It’s Automating Out of Jobs. But Does ‘Upskilling’ Even Work?
Amazon made waves when it announced late last week that it planned to spend $700 million to retrain one-third of its U.S. workforce—100,000 employees—as part of...
Scientists Develop Material to Create Habitable Areas on Mars
Mars’ surface, as far as we can tell, is not habitable to humans—it’s far too cold. But eventually, humanity would like to put an outpost on...
Facebook snags former Vine GM to run product for its new experimental app division, NPE Team
Is Facebook preparing to launch a serious competitor to TikTok? If so, the company just picked up some key talent to make that happen. Last week,...
SpaceX and NASA detail cause of Dragon test failure, crewed flight this year looks ‘increasingly difficult’
SpaceX held a press conference on Monday to discuss the results of a months-long investigation conducted by itself and NASA into an anomaly that took place...
