So you’re stopped at a traffic light, when you see something interesting out the window. Of course, you pull out your phone and snap a phot...
Federal Appeals Court Nixes Plan To Pay College Football, Basketball Stars
A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges are violating antitrust laws by profiting from student-athletes’ names and likenesses while...
Thief Commandeers Forklift In Failed ATM Heist
ATMs tend to weigh quite a bit, that may be why would-be thieves often rely on the help of big machinery when attempting to make off with ...
Kohl’s Testing Cafe Concept At Two Wisconsin Locations
Kohl’s is joining the ranks of retailers like Target, Sam’s Club, IKEA, Costco, and countless others in bringing weary shoppers what they r...
Police: Man Got A Manicure, Then Robbed The Nail Salon
It’s one thing to walk into a business and demand cash, but police say a man suspected of robbing a Philadelphia nail salon sat through a m...
New TiVo Bolt Will Let You Skip Some Ad Breaks With Push Of A Button (For $150/Year)
TiVo’s new Bolt DVR has some neat-sounding functions — the ability to skip ad breaks at the press of a button [big asterisk] or speed up wha...
Thirteen Manufacturers Recall 1.3 Million Bikes Over Quick-Release Lever Crash Hazard
Thirteen companies are recalling nearly 1.3 million bicycles equipped with front disc brakes and quick-release levers that can cause the fr...
Moms Try To Snag Taylor Swift Tickets, Get Scammed Twice
Two moms wanted to take their daughters to see Taylor Swift when she played in St. Louis recently, but didn’t have tickets. That’s fine: th...
Caffeinated Peanut Butter Now Exists Because Time Is Precious
If you have a tough time making it through lunch because your morning cup of coffee just isn’t enough, one Massachusetts company says it ha...
Whole Foods Says It Will Stop Selling Prisoner-Made Products Made By April 2016
After a protest at one of its Texas stores, Whole Foods says it will no longer sell products made using a prison labor program. The company...
Twitter Expands Availability Of “Buy Now” Buttons
A year after Twitter began dipping its toes in the waters of e-commerce by testing “Buy Now” buttons,buttons, the company is expanding its...
Virgin America To Offer Free In-Flight WiFi For Netflix Subscribers
Netflix customers who’ve wished they could download content to bring with them on their mobile devices when they fly still won’t be able to...
AT&T Touts “Lower Prices” For Gigabit Internet; Still Charges $40 More If Google Fiber Isn’t Around
If you have AT&T wireless service, your voice/data plan is going to cost you the same amount of money each month regardless of your home...
Legislation Would Hold For-Profit College Leaders Accountable For Misrepresentations
Lawmakers on Tuesday continued their mission to protect consumers from unscrupulous players in the for-profit college industry by introduc...
Target Will Price-Match 29 Competitors’ Websites
Beginning tomorrow, October 1, Target will price-match the websites of 29 major retailers in stores and for purchases from their website. T...
Ralph Lauren Steps Down As CEO Of Ralph Lauren
For the first time since the company’s founding, Ralph Lauren will not be running the Ralph Lauren Corporation. The 75-year-old plans to st...
Amazon Flex Launches In Seattle, Allows Regular Joes To Earn Money Delivering Prime Now Packages
Amazon’s latest attempt to quickly and cheaply deliver packages got underway in Seattle on Tuesday with the launch of the company’s consume...
Feds Recommend Overhaul Of Student Loan Servicing
Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a public probe into potentially anti-consumer practices of the student...
Grocery Shrink Ray Strikes Aldi Bread, Gillette Anti-Perspirant
The Grocery Shrink Ray quietly removes almost imperceptible bits of our packaged goods, gradually shrinking some products over time so man...
Regulators Accuse Fiat Chrysler Of “Widely Under-Reported” Deaths Related To Vehicle Accidents
After being fined $105 million by federal regulators for their leisurely pace in fixing more than 11 million vehicles connected to 23 safe...
Chromecast Audio Turns Any Speaker With An Audio Input Into WiFi Streamer
If you’ve got a nice, wired home audio setup and have been reluctant to spend money on adding streaming solutions like a $349 Sonos Connect ...
McDonald’s Rebrands Fancy Burgers Created Via Kiosk
What does the name “TasteCrafted” sound like to you? If you said “a mass-produced product that calls itself ‘ artisan ,'” you’d be clos...
Report: Twitter Considering Allowing Tweets Longer Than 140 Characters
Since it launched in 2006, Twitter has been known for allowing users to express their every desire and thought using just 140 characters. ...
Need A Hug? Lululemon Has A Clothing Line For That
It isn’t the warm comfort of your best friend’s arms, or the soothing snuggle of a parent, but if you need to feel like someone is hugging ...