Amazon Prime Day is a great time to buy a new media streamer or a smart TV, with steep discounts on video hardware. Most of the streamers use Amazon’s Fire TV system, including the Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Cube, but there’s also deals to be had on rival Roku devices. Meanwhile, the TVs include Amazon’s Fire TV Edition televisions […]
Jeffrey Epstein spent his first Thanksgiving out of jail as he had many others before that: dining with one of America’s wealthiest and best-connected families, new documents reviewed by Business Insider revealed. In 2009, the financier — and newly registered sex offender — went to a large Thanksgiving celebration at the Palm Beach, Florida, home […]
The London Metropolitan Police and officials at Heathrow Airport are investigating a security lapse that somehow allowed a 12-year-old boy to board a British Airways flight without a ticket. The boy ultimately was identified as an unauthorized passenger after he arrived on the Los Angeles-bound plane and a crew member asked to see his boarding […]
Introduction If you’re reading this, you probably already know what an Instant Pot is, but just in case you don’t, here’s a brief introduction. The Instant Pot is an “all-in-one” kitchen gadget that promises to replace a rice cooker, a yogurt maker and a slow cooker; it also lets you sauté and steam foods. But […]
Amazon Prime Day 2019 is finally here–the two-day shopping extravaganza began Monday and it is set to run for a full 48 hours, making it the longest-running Prime Day since the event was first held in 2015. With tens of thousands of deals across every category, Prime Day has become a full-blown event akin to […]
Prime Day, Amazon’s biggest shopping event, is here, and now one-day shipping is the norm for tens of millions of items available during Amazon’s Prime Day event, which runs from July 15 to July 16. To succeed at this rapid delivery, Amazon spends tens of billions of dollars every year and employs 250,000 workers in […]
Symantec and Broadcom have ceased deal negotiations, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. The people familiar with the matter added that Symantec would not accept less than $28 a share. Symantec had surged earlier this month following after it was revealed that Broadcom was in advanced talks to acquire the security software vendor. Faber had reported […]
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Facebook – Facebook is reportedly close to settling with the Federal Trade Commission by paying a $5 billion fine. The Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a probe of Facebook’s privacy practices. Amazon.com – Amazon.com has kicked off its fifth annual “Prime Day,” which this year […]
The constant ping of messages that keep us plugged into work chatter might be doing more harm than good. We feel we must respond – it is about work, after all. But always being switched on means we never have the chance to think deeply. And that is a problem for companies that want to […]
