Tesla Fights the Regulators over Update
Published on 11/08/2021Tesla has issued a recall that automatically sent a software update fixing a safety problem in its electric vehicles, apparently heading off a looming confrontation with U.S. safety regulators.
The Robots are Coming... and they're bringing food!!!!
Published on 11/04/2021Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But you may not see it in your neighborhood anytime soon.
Travel Austria for $3.50 a day? Sign me up!
Published on 11/03/2021Fifteen years after it was first proposed, Austria's new Klimaticket, or climate ticket, went live on October 26. Offering seamless travel across all modes of public transport it is intended to galvanize the Alpine nation's fight against climate change.
Ch-Ch-Ch-anges: Facebook to Meta
Published on 11/02/2021Facebook Inc. announced Thursday that it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years. The move comes as the company deals with the fallout from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove that has revealed the ways Facebook ignored internal reports and warnings of the harms its social network created or magnified across the world.
I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosting!
Published on 11/01/2021In today’s topsy-turvy job market, a strange new thing is happening. Employers are increasingly grumbling about job seekers “ghosting” them. These job candidates just don’t show up for their scheduled interviews. And in some cases, new hires accept a job only to disappear.
Spooky Scary Skeleton, They’re Selling Him Online
Published on 10/28/2021In the spirit of Halloween we have another spooky article for you. A TikToker has gone viral because he sells human bones online. This is not a new conversation. In fact, due to a Tumblr post in 2015, the same ethics debate came about - should it be legal to sell human bones/remains online? Which, to be clear, the issue in 2015 was that a person was stealing bones from a cemetery and selling them and that is not the case this time. This time, it's the video platform TikTok’s fault.
Housing Hunger Games
Published on 10/26/2021Can't find an affordable place to buy or even rent? You're not alone. In the Memphis area, it’s been insane. Since the pandemic began, home prices and rents have drastically risen. And a new analysis from the Shelby County Property Assessors Office found out-of-town investors are scooping up thousands of properties.
Where Are the Job Seekers?
Published on 10/25/2021Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people, they argued, would then come off the sidelines and take the millions of jobs that employers were desperate to fill. Yet three months after half the states began ending that federal payment, there’s been no significant influx of job seekers.
Holy Crap, Kirk is in Space!
Published on 10/21/2021Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space last Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.
Santa's Having Shipping Problems
Published on 10/20/2021Running out of time to get its products on store shelves ahead of the holidays, the Basic Fun toy company made an unprecedented decision: It’s leaving one-third of its iconic Tonka Mighty Dump Trucks destined for the U.S. in China.
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me...
Published on 10/19/2021Have you ever read an article that had you thinking "that sounds like a great way to get a curse" or maybe "please put that back before we are stuck in a dark age?" In today's Arbitrage Blog post, it will be that back to back - of course, in the spirit of Halloween.
What's Art Anyway?
Published on 10/18/2021A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases - titled “Take the Money and Run.”