What is the opposite of the Midas touch? Whatever that is, Donald Trump Jr. seems to have it. On Wednesday, an online firearms seller backed by the President’s favorite failson went public. It didn’t take long for the public to say, “No thanks.” On Wednesday, the company’s stock price took a significant hit by the end […]
The Absolute Worst Deals of July 2025’s Excessively Long Prime Day
At this point, Amazon’s July Prime Day should be called “Prime Week.” This latest manufactured shopping holiday is supposed to last for four days through Friday, July 11, exhausting our collective eyeballs with big red percentage stickers. If you weren’t tired of the number of tiring deals posts crowding the internet, Amazon’s extra-long shop-a-thon has […]
Amazon Now Has 1 Million Robots Steadily Pushing Humans Out
As Amazon warehouse employees have unionized and fought for better wages and working conditions, they’ve also increasingly watched their coworkers on the line become robots. According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, the e-commerce giant has officially deployed more than one million robots in warehouse facilities and fulfillment centers. By contrast, the […]
Good News! Jeff Bezos Is Married
Jeff Bezos is officially off the market. The Amazon founder married his fiancée, former TV anchor Lauren Sánchez, in a lavish ceremony on Friday, June 27, on the private island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, capping a multi-day spectacle of wealth, power, and controversy. Sánchez shared a radiant Instagram post of herself in […]
Amazon Wants Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Bond’ Movie as Soon as Possible
Now that we know a Denis Villeneuve-helmed Bond reboot is officially coming, there’s a very obvious next question: who’s gonna step into the role of 007? A new report from Variety suggests some of the top contenders, and the selection of actors in the running is fascinatingly mixed, at least in the sense that the […]
Amazon Preps Employees for Layoffs by Talking Up the Power of AI Agents
Amazon appears to be soft-launching its next round of layoffs. In a message to employees shared Tuesday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy talked highly of the company’s embrace of artificial intelligence tools across its company, and said that it will ultimately “reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains” over time. That is only […]
Trump’s Military Parade Will Be Brought to You by Big Tech
Donald Trump is finally getting the military parade that he’s always wanted, and Big Tech is helping to make it happen. Over the weekend, the Trump administration will host a “grand military parade” to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, the first of a number of events that will culminate in a pseudo-semiquincentennial celebration next […]
Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegal Data Use
It’s well known that the AI industry rests on shaky legal ground. Companies like OpenAI have built their multi-billion-dollar businesses on the backs of vast tranches of training data, much of which is sourced from copyrighted content. The creators of that content know they’re being ripped off and, more and more, it’s leading to lawsuits. […]
Gadgets Are Getting More Expensive, But Not Even Amazon Wants to Say ‘Tariffs’
U.S.-based consumers should have one expectation for the future: your tech will be more expensive. The most obvious culprit is Trump’s tariffs, and already prices for TVs, wearables, PC gear, gaming devices, chargers and many more product categories demand more from your wallet than they did a month ago. Companies have made radical changes in […]
White House Panics After Report Claims Amazon Will Display Tariff Prices
White House officials held a press conference Tuesday morning to talk about the economy, as Americans get extremely nervous about the tariffs on China that are starting to cause prices to rise. And while Trump’s goons put on a brave face, it was clear they’re in panic mode. In fact, one question about Amazon really […]