Let’s talk about creative uses for pallets for a minute. Google the phrase, and you’ll find ideas ranging from coffee tables to planters and patio swings. All very creative. You may even have one at your home. But none are nearly as creative as the original use for pallets—moving unit […]
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Work-from-home boom is a bust for big office furniture makers
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – America’s biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic. For decades, producers like Herman Miller Inc and Steelcase Inc focused on selling through their own dealers to companies that bought ergonomic chairs and desks by the truckload […]
How Republicans plan to counter Democrats’ big week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies are hoping to use the Democratic National Convention to advance their monthslong efforts to frame Joe Biden as a captive of the party’s far-left wing — a message that has so far this year failed to gain traction. As the president travels […]
The algorithms that make big decisions about your life
student protesting Thousands of students in England are angry about the controversial use of an algorithm to determine this year’s GCSE and A-level results. They were unable to sit exams because of lockdown, so the algorithm used data about schools’ results in previous years to determine grades. It meant about […]
Big-Box Chains to Make Big Gains, Off-Price Could Fall Victim to COVID-19
It’s a big earnings week for retail. Four of the country’s largest nationwide chains — big-boxes Walmart and Target, department store Kohl’s and off-pricer TJX — are set to report second-quarter financial results over the course of the next few days. (Alibaba and Foot Locker also report earnings on Thursday […]
Why Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Represents a Big Piracy Risk Around the World
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Tenet” is charting a new course for blockbusters during the pandemic by opening in foreign territories before it lands in the U.S. However, many of the factors that make “Tenet” the milestone film in the cinema industry’s post-coronavirus road to recovery are simultaneously elements that expose […]
After Big Ten postponement, Ohio State QB Justin Fields creates online petition to advocate for a fall season
Justin Fields has resorted to creating an internet petition to advocate to play football this fall. The Ohio State quarterback created a petition on MoveOn.org directed to Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and school presidents and athletic directors in the conference under the #WeWantToPlay hashtag. The Big Ten was the […]
Trying to Make It Big Online? Getting Signed Isn’t Everything
Tianna Singer, a TIkTok influencer, in Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 2020. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times) This spring, Marcus Olin moved into a sprawling mansion in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles with seven other TikTok creators. His bedroom overlooked downtown Los Angeles, and waking up to the view […]
Millions set to see ‘big savings’ as price cap lowered
Energy bills will fall by around £84 in October for millions after the energy regulator lowered the price cap because of cheaper gas wholesale prices. Ofgem has cut the default price cap to £1,042, its lowest level since the cap was introduced in January 2019. The pre-payment meter cap will […]
Questions being raised after Kodak’s stock has a big moment
Eastman Kodak’s potentially lucrative deal to help the U.S. government make more generic drugs domestically is threatening to turn into a regulatory headache for the fallen photography giant. Kodak’s depressed stock price surged last week before the company announced its plans to work with the President Donald Trump’s administration in […]
A postcard from Melbourne, where residents are breaking the draconian lockdown to buy Big Macs
The Australian state of Victoria has made face masks mandatory whenever people leave their home – getty Six weeks can feel like a long time. Just ask Melbourne. Here, time has taken a Beckettian turn and what had been planned as a six-week Stage 3 lockdown is now feeling more […]
How Big Tech Surged in the Coronavirus Era
The U.S. economy’s free fall may be nauseating for some sectors, but for the four tech giants that posted earnings results on Thursday, the past three months have been more like a thrill ride. The day after taking tough questions from the House Judiciary Committee on whether they’ve become too […]
Twitter accuses rivals of ‘killing competition’ as US Democrats suggest they may ‘break up’ Big Tech
In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Twitter shares rose Monday, March 2, 2020, following reports an activist investor took a stake in the social media service and plans to push […]
Did high-profile hearing strengthen case for breaking up Big Tech?
The calls to break up Big Tech are not going away. If anything, they may be growing more serious. That was the bottom line for some antitrust lawyers and other technology industry analysts who watched members of Congress spend five and a half hours Wednesday grilling major tech CEOs about […]
Everything that happened at the Big Tech antitrust hearing
Everything that happened at the Big Tech antitrust hearing There was yelling. There was butt-kissing. There was Jeff Bezos forgetting to take himself off mute. Another congressional hearing where members of congress get to blast tech CEOs with questions – some crucial, some nonsense – is in the books. As […]
Lawmakers pummel Big Tech CEOs at US antitrust hearing
Washington (AFP) – Big Tech executives faced an onslaught of criticism from US lawmakers Wednesday at a high-stakes antitrust hearing which could lay the groundwork for tougher regulation and legal actions against the major internet platforms. CEOs Tim Cook of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and […]
Online Big 12 media day to feature coaches only
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Big 12 will hold its football media day online Monday with only the conference’s 10 head coaches available. The coronavirus pandemic forced all major college conferences to cancel their traditional in-person football media days […]
Girding for grilling, Big Tech CEOs stress American roots, values
Washington (AFP) – Big Tech’s top executives underscored their firms’ American roots and values Wednesday as they faced a grilling in Congress over their extraordinary economic power and influence. The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google offered an upbeat assessment of the tech landscape as they prepared for an […]
Biased Big Tech algorithms limit our lives and choices. Stop the online discrimination.
The leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have some serious explaining to do about bias and discrimination when they appear Wednesday at an antitrust hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. The abuse of trust by the platform-based companies we rely on most has largely flown under the radar as a […]
How Big Tech Antitrust Hearing May Help Consumers
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When the CEOs of the nation’s four biggest tech firms appear before lawmakers on Wednesday to defend their business practices, the fallout is likely to stretch well beyond Silicon Valley. In fact, it may affect your digital future. Amazon’s […]