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The TP-Link Tapo P125M found cracks in the new smart home standard
Samsung has announced that its SmartThings v3 hub will support both Zigbee and Matter over Thread devices. “Once we roll out the software, SmartThingsv3 hubs will support both Zigbee and Matter over Thread devices, along with the dongle, too,” Samsung’s Senior VP of IoT and Smart Home Business said. Samsung’s SmartThings is a smart home…
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There are 61 non-Amazon deals for Prime Day
Bed Bath & Beyond is offering 20% discount on select items during its Beyond Big Sale. The Beyond Big Sale ends on November 28. Girlfriend Collective, a size-inclusive athleisure brand, is offering tiered discounts with a minimum of 30% off sitewide, plus a free gift with purchase over $100, now through January 8. If you’re…
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Barney the purple dinosaur has a new look
Barney the purple dinosaur is returning to toys and television for the first time in 16 years, according to toy giant Mattel/Nelvana. The company’s Mattel Studios unit is working with Nelvana, a studio owned by Canada’s media company Corus Entertainment (CJREF), to co-produce the new series. “In creating…new series, it was important…we properly reflect…world that…
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The year 2023 could see the beginning of a podcasting career
Podcasts and digital display advertising are being disrupted as businesses cut ad budgets due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Reuters said. The rise of podcasting and digital display advertising has been a major driver of revenue growth in recent years. A report by eMarketer estimated that the podcasting industry is expected to grow at a…
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Newsmax was dropped because of the inaccurate and misleading attacks it was pushing
US-based satellite channel DirecTV has said that the contract dispute with right-wing talk channel Newsmax is a “typical business dispute”. “This is a typical business dispute that has nothing to do with ideology, politics or censorship,” it added. Earlier, DirecTV had threatened to drop Newsmax’s programming over its criticism of Big Tech. DirecTV also refused…
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Our own garbage
New York City is planning to convert office buildings into 1,000 housing units, which would be affordable and be located along a busy business call LaSalle Street. “You’re in the middle of everything. You’re in the Loop,” said David Edwards, who runs the Chicago Loop Alliance, a business organisation. He believes that more people could…
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Tourists avoid high-end hotels when inflation goes up
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the carrier can become “much more efficient” because demand is ” regularly high at all periods”. “We can become much more efficient because demand is regularly high at all periods,” he added. However, he also said that there are some routes where demand is lower due to the COVID-19…
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These communities were promised to be invested in by Microsoft and Google
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith had said the company would invest in the community to put it “on the path toward becoming one of Microsoft’s largest hubs” in the US. The company announced in February 2021 that it had purchased a 90-acre plot of land in Atlanta’s westside. The company will focus on creating jobs and…
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At the Brit Awards, Sam Smith wore an inflatable latex jumpsuit
Indian designer Gaurav Gupta on Thursday made his debut at the Paris Haute Couture Week almost 20 years after he launched his brand. Gupta and his team have been working on the couture presentation in Paris for the last six months. The American retailer Neiman Marcus is also set to offer the brand’s designs.
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GM shares surge after record earnings and a new investment in the company
Ford announced that it’s building an electric vehicle and battery plant in Georgia, which is expected to be operational by 2023. The plant will initially employ about 3,000 people and will be built in the same area where the automaker already operates a battery plant in Kentucky and a factory in Tennessee. Ford also said…
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How ads have become weeks-long campaigns
M & M and GoDaddy were criticised for their Super Bowl ads after they aired a mock roast of ‘Mr Peanut’. The candy brand’s social campaign said, “We failed to engage us…but they have caught our attention based on a crisis.” Planters also aired bits of Mr Peanut’s roast ahead of the Super Bowl. Planters…
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It’s the best online sales right now
Bed Bath & Beyond is hosting Beyond Big Sale through October 16 that will offer up to 20% off kitchen appliances, dining-decor and other goods. Additionally, during the sale, select items will be 50% off. Customers will also have the option to win a $100 Bed Bath & Beyond gift card. The sale ends at…
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If you follow the menu twists, your platter might cost less this year
The cost of chicken wings in the US has dropped by 20% in the last year to $3.38 per pound, according to a new Wells Fargo Super Bowl food report. While steak prices have dropped nearly $1 per pound, and bacon is cheaper than last year, shrimp has dropped 17% to $3.78 a pound. The…
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How I learned the art of seduction
In her latest book, “The Price Is Right”, journalist Lisa Krantz says the rule in restaurants is that the bigger the tip the more it benefited the waiter. “I learnt that the bigger the tip the more it benefited the waiter,” she added. “Every shift was an exercise in the art of seduction, and each…
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The 1619 Project shows how democracy is the only hope for the future
The first two episodes of the new series ‘The 1619 Project’, which is currently streaming on Netflix, highlight “the relentless buying, selling, insuring and financing” of Black people “would help make… Wall Street and New York City…financial capital of the world”. The show explores the realities of black woman’s racial and sexual reproductive beings in…
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A source tells the AP that the Brooklyn Nets are trading Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns
Brooklyn Nets traded NBA All-Star Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, according to reports. The Suns will reportedly send Cam Johnson, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and additional draft compensation to the Nets. The trade comes just hours after Mat Ishbia became the majority owner of the Suns. The Suns have had several…
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Stone tools show that early humans ate on Hippo
Scientists have said that they don’t believe Paranthropus made the Oldowan tool kit, which is believed to have been developed over 10 million years ago. The emergence of the tool kit was largely related to the large teeth and giant jaws of Paranthropus, which were much larger than those of Homo habilis, it added. The…
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Disney’s problems are much larger than Ron’s
The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday announced that it earned $23 billion in the July-September period, its highest quarterly profit ever. It also said that it plans to save $5.5 billion from non-content operations and expects Disney+ to be “profitable” in the next fiscal year. The company’s shares fell over 5% in aftermarket trade after…
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The goal was to deflate the carbon bomb
The world’s five largest oil and gas firms handed over $100 billion to shareholders in 2022, a new record, according to a study by the Financial Times. The companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell, are the world’s biggest private sector oil and gas companies. The firms spent 40% of their profits on renewable…
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Bed Bath & Beyond is a retail pioneer
US-based bed and kitchen retailer Bed Bath & Beyond has announced that it’s closing all its stores in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company also said that its lenders are unable to complete a restructuring or refinance, which will lead to further impairments of goodwill and other assets. Founded in 1971, Bed…
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New York has a chance according to the prophet
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has decided to convert office units into 1,000 housing units along a major Business thoroughfare in order to create 1,000 housing units along a major Business thoroughfare, as 30 percent of them are affordable. “You’re in the middle of everything,” said Jonathan Edwards, who used to live in…
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Bed Bath & Beyond closes stores and raises $1 billion to stay out of Chapter 11
US home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond has said it expects first-quarter sales to be down by about 30%-40%. The company has already closed over 300 stores over the course of the last year, according to a regulatory filing late Monday. It added it expects sales to go down by about a third because…
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The 34 best products we loved in January were picked by the editors
US apparel company Harper Wilde has launched its first women’s bra with a high-waisted design, which it claims will be the first to be made for women without bras. “It’s made of materials that are both breathable and comfortable for women,” Harper Wilde said. It was launched along with a collection of accessories, including long…
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The US lawmakers introduced a ban on Tiktok.
Chinese video-sharing app TikTok’s US chief executive Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to appear before Congress on March 8 to face questions over user safety and security, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Chew is expected to be called to testify over TikTok’s plans to move data from Virginia and Singapore to a…
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Employers keep hiring, but the unemployment rate goes up.
The average weekly wage paid by businesses in US rose by 3.8% from the 4.1% annual increase in September, a government report showed. In September, the average weekly wage paid by businesses stood at 3.9%. “No matter how many jobs I get in front of this camera and tell us everything, people are still feeling…