Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service announced that its website was used as an avenue for hackers to get their hands on nearly 50...
Postmates Launches Same-Day Delivery Subscription Service For $10 A Month
In a move that brings it closer to Amazon Prime territory, Postmates is launching a new subscription service that promises same-day delivery...
Feds Say Drug Company Illegally Blocked Lower-Cost Generics From Entering Market
When a drug patent nears its end, drug companies sometimes do really stupid , potentially illegal things to delay or prevent their bottom l...
Judge: Nestlé, Hershey Don’t Have To Put Child Slave Labor Disclosure On Chocolate Labels
While it might matter to some consumers that slave labor was involved in making that chocolate bar on the grocery store shelf, food companie...
Toshiba Recalls 91,000 Laptops Over Fire Hazard
What’s worse than sitting down with your laptop only to have the hot computer burn your legs? When that laptop catches on fire. And that’s w...
Leasing Brochures Indicate Sears Plans To Shrink 3 More Stores, Rent Out Empty Space
On our master list of known Sears and Kmart stores that will be closing in coming months , one item kind of stands out: one store in Albuque...
Amazon Files Patent For Talking Drone Propellers That Tell You To Get Out Of The Way
While we don’t know all the details of Amazon’s long-anticipated Prime Air delivery drones just yet, we can guess at some of the specifics ...
World Cup Champ Women’s Soccer Players Accuse U.S. Soccer Federation Of Wage Discrimination
While the women on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team have outshone the men’s team — winning three World Cup championships since 1991 and...
Sprint Offering Customers Access To Amazon Prime On A Monthly Basis
Sprint has a deal that might be attractive to some out there, but there’s a bit of math involved: customers can get access to Amazon Prime a...
Lawsuit: Target Failed To Pay New York Warehouse Workers Overtime
A group of Target warehouse employees in New York filed a class-action seeking lawsuit against the retailer, accusing the company of misclas...
Court Agrees With Florida: Skim Milk Is “Imitation Milk Product” Unless You Add Vitamins
Last year, we told you of a long-running dispute over a Florida state law that says skim milk must be categorized as “imitation milk product...
Plane’s Emergency Slide Falls 2,800 Feet, Lands Outside Arizona House
Remember last year when an airplane door panel fell from the sky, landing on a North Carolina golf course ? While that was certainly an unus...
Coca-Cola Plans ‘Share A Coke’ Bottles With Song Lyrics Instead Of Names
The “Share a Coke” campaign was a huge success for Coca-Cola, boosting sales as people scooped up bottles with their own or family members’ ...
United Airlines Flight Turns Around Because Passenger Wouldn’t Stop Doing Yoga
We’re no strangers to the idea of one unruly passenger prompting a commercial flight to change course, but who would have ever thought someo...
Amazon Adds More Dash Buttons For Condoms, Chips, Energy Drinks
For almost exactly a year now, users of Amazon’s ordering gadget, the Dash button , have been able to quickly restock their supply of nearly...
Senator Calls For Everyone To Rally Around Encryption Like They Did Against SOPA
While the debate about encryption (brought to the foreground by the recent fight between Apple and the FBI ) continues to rage on, at least ...
The Grim But Necessary Art Of Closing Accounts For Dead Family Members & Loved Ones
FBI Now Helping Other Law Enforcement Agencies Bypass Apple’s iPhone Security Measures
One of Apple’s biggest concerns about being compelled to assist the FBI in bypassing the security measures on the iPhone was that it would ...
Chipotle Trademarks Name ‘Better Burger,’ Thinking About Fast-Casual Burger Chain
Would you eat a burger from Chipotle? No, not at Chipotle, but a fast-casual burger restsaurant that uses the same food-sourcing and cooking...
Should Cable, Internet Companies Be Required To Let You Cancel Service Online?
Just about any pay-TV or Internet service provider (often one in the same) lets new customers sign up online. You can do the whole process —...
Unregulated Preparers, Lack Of Disclosures & Costly Financial Products Put Your Tax Refund At Risk
Each year during tax time millions of consumers put their financial future in the hands of strangers, trusting that these tax preparers — wh...
Waze Wants To Tell You When You’re Over The Speed Limit
One feature of the Google-owned navigation app Waze that I hear is very useful is its sometimes-controversial crowdsourced police alerts , ...
Real Life Hamburglar Stole 33 Cases Of Burger King Whoppers From Back Of Delivery Truck
Contrary to what you may have believed your entire life, it turns out that the Hamburglar is not a character limited solely to pilfering be...
Soda Makers Advertise New And Exciting Ingredient: Sugar
Late last year, Pepsi prepared to introduce a new beverage, the old-timey and upscale 1893, or as its trademark application called it, “1893...
Pepsi Pushes Release Date For Organic Gatorade Back To 2017
If you’ve been jonesing for a new kind of Gatorade, you’ll have a while longer to wait: after announcing last year that it was working on an...
Trader Joe’s And Pepperidge Farm Settle Lawsuit Over Sandwich Cookies
The food fight between Pepperidge Farm and Trader Joe’s over Belgian chocolate sandwich cookies has been put to bed, after the two sides ag...
Feds Shut Down Student Loan Debt Relief Operation That Collected $3.6M In Illegal Fees
Federal law bars debt relief services from receiving upfront fees before they’ve even renegotiated a single debt for a customer. But one st...
Uber Ditching Email Support In Favor Of In-App Help Options
Uber customers and drivers will no longer be able to reach the company by way of a support email address — a system many customers were frus...
Cancer Charities That Scammed $75M From Donors Must Shut Down, Issue Refunds
Last May, an investigation involving federal regulators and prosecutors from all 50 states l ed to four national cancer charities being char...
Women Uninterested In New Clothes Or Gadgets, Buying Lots Of High-End Makeup
America’s female shoppers just aren’t as interested as they used to be in most of the stuff available in malls: spending on almost everythin...
KLM Passengers Can Use Facebook Messenger To Access Boarding Passes, Flight Info
Facebook is continuing its efforts to transform Messenger from simply a chatting platform into a customer service portal with a foray into t...
AT&T Copies Comcast, Lets U-Verse Customers Pay $30 To Avoid Data Caps
We don’t know why anyone would want to be like Comcast, but AT&T sure seems to be doing its best to dress itself up just like the chaps ...
Instagram Videos Can Now Be Up To A Minute Long
If you’ve been wishing for longer videos of cute cats, dogs, and kids saying the darndest things on Instagram, the social media gods have he...
Complete Airbag Recall Could Cost Takata $24B In Worst-Case Scenario
With the massive Takata airbag recall seemingly growing by millions of vehicles and inflators every few weeks, the Japanese auto parts make...
Government Has Used 1789 Law To Compel Apple & Google To Unlock More Than 63 Smartphones
The high-profile legal standoff between Apple and the FBI recently came to an end when the government unlocked a terrorist’s iPhone without ...