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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Just one part of NASA’s larger planetary […]
Uber, the leading ride-sharing service and the second-largest food delivery service, has introduced a membership program called Uber One. Priced at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year, customers can get discounts on both rides and food delivery. The program is similar in price to Dashpass on Doordash except Uber is offering discounts on both […]
Doordash, the nation’s leading food delivery service, experienced problems with its Dasher app for drivers Wednesday evening. The Dasher app had problems for nearly two hours with drivers (also known as dashers) unable to access or receive orders. The problems happened after 5 pm Eastern Time but seemed to have been resolved a few hours […]
CUPERTINO — Apple has filed a lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent further abuse and harm to its users, Apple […]
SAN FRANCISCO –– MasterClass, a streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects, \announced that the world’s youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate and award-winning author and activist Malala Yousafzai will teach a class on creating change. With powerful stories from her personal journey of becoming an activist, Malala will […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Instacart, the leading online grocery service in North America, has unveiled the company’s first integrated brand advertising campaign – “How Homemade is Made” – inviting people to share love through food and celebrate the moments that only happen at home. In the campaign, Instacart spotlights the power of meals to bring people […]
Amazon Music announced an exclusive new version of “Christmas Tree Farm” from 11-time Grammy winner and superstar Taylor Swift. “Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version)” arrives just in time for the holidays and fresh off of her #1 record-breaking release of Red (Taylor’s Version). Swift’s reimagined version of her beloved holiday hit was recorded at Abbey Road […]
Target says it is doubling the number of Apple at Target shop-in-shop stores this holiday— expanding from 17 to 36 stores — to offer guests more Apple products and accessories than ever before. However, Target has 1,915 stores nationwide so it’s just a small number of stores that will be staffed with Apple-trained Target Tech […]
Internet giant Amazon has released info about deals for Cyber Monday starting next weekend. The deals kick off on Saturday, November 27, and run through Monday, November 29, offering customers thousands of deals and savings on products and gifts. Some of the popular products on the deals list include electronics from Samsung and LG, home […]
Do you need gifts for loved ones this Christmas? Well why not consider some gifts from Pizza Hut in their new online shop and Holiday Hut Shop collection. The holiday Hut Shop is a one-stop (online) shop that has everything festive fans need to begin crossing off their holiday shopping lists, from matching pajamas for […]
Shares in financial software company Intuit surged 10 percent to a record high Friday at $692.34 per share. Intuit is known for TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Credit Karma and Mailchimp. The company grew total revenue to $2.0 billion in its fiscal first quarter, up from $1.3 billion the prior year, including the addition of Credit Karma. […]
CUPERTINO — For the first time ever, Apple will allow customers to fix their own iPhones and Macs. The new service is called Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools. Available first for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, […]