Small business spotlight: 8 LGBTQ-owned businesses to buy from this Pride Month and beyond
8 LGBTQ-owned businesses — including Boy Smells, Diaspora Co. Flipstik, and CTOAN — that deserve your support during Pride and every other month. It's June, which means we're celebrating Pride while commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.....»»
Ally dealer pass-through, SmartAuction programs boomed in 2023
Ally's pass-through and SmartAuction businesses together generated $161 million in revenue for the major national auto lender last year, and the company expects they'll improve this performance to an approximately $190 million combined in 2024, accor.....»»
Addressing LGBTQ+ disparities in STEM and higher education: Making the invisible visible
In May, the National Science Foundation announced plans to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual exit survey of all individuals who will receive a research doctorate from U.S. institu.....»»
Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft is vaulting into Dead by Daylight next month
Behaviour Interactive announced that its newest survivor will be Lara Croft, who has a lot of experience going up against the supernatural......»»
Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse
AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use. Enlarge / Someone just asked what it would look like if their girlfriend was a Smurf. Better add another rack of servers! (credit: Getty Images) Late last.....»»
Is generative AI really going to “wreak havoc” on the power grid?
AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use. Enlarge / Someone just asked what it would look like if their girlfriend was a Smurf. Better add another rack of servers! (credit: Getty Images) Late last.....»»
China makes history by returning the first sample from far side of the moon
The Chang'e 6 mission landed on the moon's far side earlier this month, from where it collected a sample which was returned to Earth today, Tuesday June 25......»»
Netflix games is getting one of 2023’s best hidden gems and more
Netflix is adding a bunch of games to its service this month, including Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit, the latest cozy indie from Spry Fox......»»
CDK tells dealers DMS outage won"t be resolved before June 30
CDK also told dealers in the June 25 note if they needed "to make alternate plans for your month-end financial close process, you should do so.” .....»»
More competition in banking, less information—research reveals the impacts on potential borrowers
A new study conducted by Filippo De Marco of Bocconi University, Milan, and Silvio Petriconi of the Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis reveals that competition among banks.....»»
The dark side of loan guarantee programs for SMEs
There is always a downside. Even for loan guarantee programs for small businesses, launched during financial crises to stave off the drying up of credit, particularly likely in periods of recession. It turns out these programs also have negative effe.....»»
Major dealership groups redefine business as usual as CDK"s DMS outage reaches 7th day; concern rises for U.S. sales
The CDK disruption adds to general hesitancy to buy big-ticket items like vehicles because consumers now may believe it would be inconvenient to try, a Cox Automotive economist said......»»
Major dealership groups redefine business as usual as CDK"s DMS outage reaches 7th day
Auto retailers grapple with slowdowns but pursue business as usual with workarounds in place. CDK Global has contracts with five of the six top public dealership groups:.....»»
Major dealer groups redefine business as usual as CDK"s DMS outage reaches 7th day
Auto retailers grapple with slowdowns but pursue business as usual with workarounds in place. CDK Global has contracts with five of the six top public dealership groups:.....»»
Pooping on the Moon Is a Messy Business
If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management......»»
Apple Found to be in Violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act
The European Commission keeps a closer watch on Apple's business policies. The post Apple Found to be in Violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act appeared first on Phandroid. Apple’s ongoing showdown with the European Union an.....»»
Another year, another price increase for Paramount+
Paramount+ is increasing its subscription rates by as much as $2 a month for one tier in its second rate hike in about a year......»»
Lithia, AutoNation, Group 1 report impacts of CDK cyberattacks as crisis lingers into 6th day
Lithia, AutoNation and Group 1 said they are facing disruptions but took immediate steps to minimize the impact once they were notified. They said their dealerships are conducting business as usual......»»
How eSIM Technology is Streamlining Business Operations For Remote Workers
Job market experts call the last few years the sunrise of remote work. Professionals are mastering both new specialties and professions that have changed their format to online due to the changing global situation. The rapid growth of new technologic.....»»
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population—not a doomed, overpopulated island
Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new research study my colleagues and I conducted has s.....»»
Mystery of massive aurora in Arctic skies in December 2022 solved by astronomers
A small team of astronomers affiliated with several institutions in Japan, working with a pair of colleagues in the U.S., has solved the mystery of the unusually smooth aurora that appeared in the Arctic sky in December of 2022......»»