Sticker shock is fueling consumer anger in auto showrooms. A New Jersey auto dealer is selling a new Ford Bronco for a staggering 43 percent above the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, as inflation reaches historic levels and auto inventory shortages wreak havoc on consumer wallets. “We are going to be like Cuba soon,” said one … Read more
It’s Saturday, and hopefully that means you get a chance for some R-and-R-and-D: rest, relaxation, and deals. We’ve pooled together some great tech deals to help with those first two parts. When it comes to relaxing, what puts your mind at-ease more than some twitch-response PC games? If that describes you, you might like this … Read more
MoviePass is set to return this summer after being swooped up and resuscitated by its original co-founder Stacy Spikes. During a launch presentation on Thursday, Spikes took the stage in New York to hype the relaunch of his embattled movie ticket subscription service. There was plenty of fanfare and, somewhat bizarrely, references to Web3 technology. … Read more
Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner of the United States after winning the mixed snowboard cross on Saturday.Credit…Marco Bertorello/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Lindsey Jacobellis had gone 16 years in search of the Olympic gold medal that she squandered back in 2006, when she fell just before the finish line. Now she has two. The second … Read more
An artist’s impression of the planets in the solar system, not to scale. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Tea solar system contains eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, all of which circle the sun due to its intense gravitational pull. But is this the maximum number of planets that can orbit the … Read more
Saturday AM Update: Two major studios this weekend took a bold swing and decided to go after the challenged older female demo over Valentine’s Day weekend in a continued pandemic, and while the results were in line with projections, they wouldn’t be anything to brag about in a pre -pandemic marketplace. It’s also the hardest … Read more
The wave of massive mergers in the video game industry has provoked some questions none of us ever expected to ask. Will Destiny stay on PCs now that Bungie is a Sony studio? Is World of Warcraft about to be ported to consoles? What lies ahead for Electronic Arts? Is that the next domino to … Read more
Over the years, the Super Bowl has become nothing short of a household holiday. And, with any holiday celebration, tasty food is a must. Thankfully, knowing just how many people are going to want to focus all their attention on the big game (as opposed to, you know, cooking full meals), many restaurants and pizza … Read more
A woman’s incurable cancer was dismissed by docs as a stomach ache for three years. Laura Gilmore Anderson was eventually diagnosed with Neuroendocrine, a rare form of the disease that started in her pancreas. Laura, 34, had repeatedly been to the GP complaining of stomach issues — fearing it could be affecting her and her … Read more
On Saturday at the 2022 Winter Olympics, snowboardcross legend Lindsey Jacobellis won another gold — this time in the new event of mixed snowboardcross with teammate Nick Baumgartner. Jacobellis, at 36 was already the oldest American woman to win Olympic gold when she won it three days ago, while Baumgartner, 40, becomes the first snowboarder … Read more