New York City residents struggling to get out of recurring subscription fees can now submit complaints to the city government. As of Thursday, the city’s click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. That means a gym that lets you
Amazon’s Prime Day has returned for its fall edition, and the Amazon Alexa-powered devices are already on sale. But are the sales actually any good? There’s already the question of whether you want Alexa in your house, and now it’s a question of whether the sales are more of a mind game than a real
The way Rama Afullo tells it, he saw orbital data centers coming. The Kenyan American engineer previously worked in Google’s cloud computing business before a brief stint at SpaceX’s Starlink communications network in 2024. His experiences convinced him that there was untapped potential for computers in space. “When I was at SpaceX, I tried to
Ever wonder which voice assistant knows your weather the best? For the past couple of months, I’ve been testing out the big three — Amazon’s Alexa Plus, Google Gemini for Home (which is busy replacing Google Assistant) and Apple’s Siri AI — to see who gets the weather right most often. They all pull their
Universal Studios Hollywood has pledged to erect another sound barrier around its latest attraction after local residents complained about the bloodcurdling screams from riders. In a meeting attended by at least 350 people yesterday, park execs also promised that Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift won’t operate between 8AM and 9AM for the rest of the
Long before we had Amazon, Facebook Marketplace, or thousands of other online retailers, we had eBay. And now, we have an eBay coupon to help you save on basics like vacuums and phones, as well as your most niche needs—because eBay has everything from haunted objects to ironic landline phones to retro gaming consoles. One of the first
