July 2023

On Monday, Domino’s announced a partnership with Uber Eats and Postmates, posing a major change for the company. In the past, Domino’s had avoided using third-party delivery apps in the U.S. and required customers to order directly through them. However, by the end of the year, customers should be able to access Domino’s full menu on Uber Eats and Postmates. After the announcement, shares of Domino’s impressively...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk debuted his brand new company, xAI. The goal of the company is to “understand the true nature of the universe,” according to its website. The website also states that people will be able to meet the team as well as ask questions on Friday during a Twitter Spaces chat. The team is made up of alumni from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft...

On Tuesday, news broke that Federal regulators discovered that Bank of America has violated various consumer financial protection laws including double-dipping on fees, opening fake accounts and more. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has now ordered Bank of America to pay more than $100 million to customers as well as $90 million in penalties. Additionally, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has also charged...

Patients who have been prescribed the popular weight loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s injection Wegovy have experienced their total health-care costs soar, even after they stop taking the medication. According to an analysis from Prime Therapeutics, the annual health-care cost for patients before they were prescribed a weight loss drug was $12,371 on average. The analysis then revealed that the average cost of health-care increased to...

Air travel passengers are going to need to pack a lot of patience this summer and the rest of the year. Industry experts are predicting the solution to flight delays and cancellations is nowhere in sight. The airline industry has faced many problems recently and some of this is due to air traffic controller staffing issues. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is working to...

Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, has raised concerns about the high caffeine content of the popular energy drink, Prime. He has called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate the drink and claims it is being marketed to children as “one of the summer’s hottest beverages for kids.” Schumer explained that one can of a Prime Energy drink contains double the caffeine of a...

Food delivery platforms are taking their grievances with New York City’s new minimum wage law to court. DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats have sued the city, making the claim that the new law hurts delivery workers more than helping them. “DoorDash and Grubhub filed a suit jointly to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, while Uber — the parent company of Uber Eats...

Meta launched the new app, Threads, last week which gained 30 million users in less than 24 hours. The app interface reportedly looks a lot like Twitter and was created to provide a place where people can have real-time public conversations. Threads requires users to have an Instagram account in order to sign up, but is more comparable to Twitter with its buttons to like, repost,...

Major League Pickleball is introducing new leadership as Julio DePietro and Bruce Popko step up. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America and the professional level has appointed new leaders as a way to capitalize on the growth. “The additions of Julio and Bruce signify another landmark step forward in the evolution of Major League Pickleball,” said the founder of Major League Pickleball, Steve Kuhn. DePietro...

The Fourth of July is a holiday that people spend celebrating the United States, but this year, the iconic ice cream brand, Ben & Jerry’s, decided to take to Twitter to warn consumers about the “essential truth about the nation’s birth.” A tweet from the company’s official Twitter account declared the country was “founded on stolen land” and citizens need to “commit to returning it.” The...