Airbnb sees record bookings despite recession fears
Airbnb on Tuesday reported strong revenue growth and a new record for bookings during the first three months of the year, in a sign that demand for travel remains strong despite lingering recession fears......»»
Amazon"s popular $199 iPad deal ends soon
Amazon has issued a limited-time $199 iPad 9th Generation deal, and odds are it will end this Labor Day.Get Apple's iPad 9th Gen for just $199 for Labor Day.The $199 price on the iPad 9th Generation is the lowest on record, and with Amazon classifyin.....»»
Glacier flooding in Alaskan capital sets new record
In the early hours of August 6, a lake dammed by Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier burst through the ice, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in the Mendenhall Valley where many of the Alaskan capital's residents live. This outburst led to the larges.....»»
Five more dead in record-breaking outbreak linked to Boar’s Head meats
CDC implores consumers to check their fridges for the recalled meats. Enlarge / Listeria monocytogenes. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Five more people have died in a nationwide outbreak of Listeria infections linked to contamin.....»»
Chevrolet sees opportunity in industry"s biggest segment with redesigned Equinox
The compact crossover's fourth generation packs more technology into a truck-like profile, with an entry model that starts below $30,000 with shipping......»»
iPhone 16 will lead Apple to record high $400 billion revenues in 2024
Apple is now expected to exceed $400 billion in annual revenue in 2024, with this record high driven by all of its hardware such as the iPhone, plus another record high for Services.Renders of the iPhone 16 rangeIt's estimated that when Apple was inc.....»»
Amazon slashes Apple"s M3 iMac to $1,099, matching record low price
Labor Day Apple sales are heating up, with Amazon going all out with its latest M3 iMac 24-inch price drop. Pick up the all-in-one-desktop for just $1,099.99.Amazon has issued steep price cuts on iMacs.The month-end deal applies to Apple's standard M.....»»
What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña"s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season
The North Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for months, with surface temperatures at or near record highs. But cooling along the equator in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific may finally be starting to bring some relief, particularly for vul.....»»
The Plaud NotePin may be one of 2024’s most practical AI gadgets
Plaud NotePin will record and transcribe voice notes. It also offers summarization and automatic templates. Plus, you can wear it as a pin, necklace, or a band......»»
Netflix’s Terminator Zero pays homage to its gritty sci-fi roots while tackling 2024 fears of AI
Terminator Zero premiered its first two episodes at Anime NYC. It pays homage to the sci-fi roots of the Terminator series while still creating something new......»»
Apple"s 15-inch MacBook Air M3 is back down to $1,049 for Labor Day 2024
Labor Day sales have started early, with a fresh price drop on Apple's latest MacBook Air. Save $250 on the 15-inch M3 model.Grab record low prices on M3 MacBook Air models.Amazon's record low price on the M3 15-inch MacBook Air is back heading into.....»»
One big reason you may want to hold out for the iPhone 17
If you don’t upgrade every year, and were planning on buying an iPhone 16, a leaker with a solid track record has just given a potentially good reason to hold out for the iPhone 17 instead. According to their Weibo post, the iPhone 17 will get 1.....»»
AT&T 911 outage sees company fined $950k; yesterday’s outage now fixed
An AT&T 911 outage back in 2023 has seen the company fined almost a million dollars. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that the carrier not only failed to provide adequate backup coverage, but also didn’t let 911 centers know what h.....»»
International report confirms record-high global temperatures in 2023
Greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and the ocean, global sea level, and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2023, according to the 34th annual State of the Climate report......»»
Algorithm raises new questions about Cascadia earthquake record
The Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest has a history of producing powerful and destructive earthquakes that have sunk forests and spawned tsunamis that reached all the way to the shores of Japan......»»
Darwin"s fear was unjustified: Study suggests fossil record gaps not a major issue
Fossils are used to reconstruct evolutionary history, but not all animals and plants become fossils and many fossils are destroyed before we can find them (e.g., the rocks that contain the fossils are destroyed by erosion). As a result, the fossil re.....»»
Record-breaking drought in southern China linked to Eurasian warming and tropical sea surface temperature
Southern China experienced an extreme drought that persisted from summer to autumn in 2022, ranking as the most severe drought since 1980. The reason for the occurrence of this extreme drought event was investigated. It shows that both the Eurasian w.....»»
Nonprofits with investment income slower to recover from economic downturns, study shows
A recent study evaluates three decades of financial data from nonprofit organizations and finds that while the sector tends to bounce back quickly after periods of economic recession, some organizations bounce back more quickly than others. Specifica.....»»
Experiment sets new record in search for dark matter
Figuring out the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), have narrowe.....»»
Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania
Community scientists in Pennsylvania have reported multiple new species of bees never before found in the commonwealth through a monitoring program led by Penn State......»»
On wildfires, experts say the West needs to rethink its response
Wildfires and the pain they cause to people, property and the planet are here to stay. And if Western management practices don't change to anticipate more and more record fire years, that pain may spread and worsen......»»