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This week, UPS announced its plans to hire more than 100,000 workers for the upcoming holiday season. “The company is seeking to fill full- and part-time seasonal positions around the nation and is primarily in need of seasonal delivery drivers, drivers with a commercial driver’s license and package handlers to help with the influx of packages that are shipped during the season,” Fox Business reported. The holiday...

Costco has partnered with Sesame, a direct-to-consumer healthcare marketplace that connects medical providers nationwide with consumers, to offer members online health checkups. This week, it was announced that Costco members have the ability to schedule online healthcare visits directly through their memberships. Available services can be found on Costco Pharmacy’s homepage and are available to Costco members in all 50 states. These include video prescription refill, virtual...

McDonald's is being sued once again after a customer was injured from the temperature of a product. One of the fast food chain’s locations in San Francisco is being accused of serving a dangerously hot cup of coffee with an improperly attached lid to Mable Childress, a McDonald’s customer. The temperature of the coffee mixed with the improperly placed lid led to Childress obtaining “severe burns” after...

Fortnite users are now able to claim their share of the $245 million settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission. The settlement covers allegations that the game’s parent company, Epic Games, “used deceptive tactics that drove users to make unwanted purchases in the multiplayer shooter game that became wildly popular with younger generations a few years ago,” according to CNN. There are more than 37 million potentially...

Clorox has reportedly faced a cyberattack that has resulted in wide-scale disruption of the company’s operations. The company reported on Monday that some products are now in a short supply due to the attack impacting production. The company detected unauthorized activity in some of its information technology systems last month, according to a regulatory filing. Although Clorox quickly took action and now believes the attack has been...

Earlier this year, Delta made updates to its entry requirements for its airport clubs, but now the airline has taken additional measures. Beginning on Jan. 1, customer status will be determined based on spending alone, instead of a combination of dollars spent with the carrier and flights. “We want customers to be able to receive status with activity beyond just air travel,” Dwight James, Delta’s senior vice...

Major League Pickleball (MLP) has reached an agreement with the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour after weeks of uncertainty. “As professional pickleball continues to rapidly grow, we could not be more excited to provide both players and fans with the clarity and consistency of a unified professional pickleball organization,” the founder of Major League Pickleball, Steve Kuhn, stated. According to CNBC, the merger agreement was announced back...

This week, at Apple’s September keynote event, the iPhone 15 was unveiled along with some other major updates. The new iPhone will come with several upgrades including a brighter screen, new camera system and a USB-C port. The iPhone 15 Pro is the lightest Pro model yet with a new A17 Pro chip and a titanium chassis. The upgrade to the USB-C port has been highly anticipated...

Lyft is introducing a new feature for women and nonbinary riders that gives them the ability to choose a preference to match with riders of the same gender. This feature was “highly requested” according to the ride-share company and now enables women and non-binary people to “feel that much more confident” while hailing a ride. The program is called “Women+ Connect” and will roll out in the...

Coca-Cola has released many limited-edition flavors over the past couple of years, often with a mystery flavor. The latest release might be the most exciting one yet. The new drink flavor, called Coca-Cola Y3000, is supposed to taste like the future and was reportedly created by artificial intelligence. According to CNN, Coca-Cola has been using its Creations platform, which is responsible for creating the limited edition flavors,...