By Natalie DeCoste A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives has endorsed a report that recommends raising the gas tax to pay for infrastructure spending. The report comes from 58 lawmakers in the House, 29 Republicans, and 29 Democrats, known as the Problem Solvers Caucus. The report is titled "Rebuilding America's Future" and includes [...]
By Natalie DeCoste Streaming lovers were hit with more price increases as the cost of Disney+ rose last week. The company increased the cost of its streaming service on April 23 by only one dollar, raising it from $6.99 to $7.99. Disney initially announced the price increase in December. The increase will also impact the company's [...]
By Natalie DeCoste In a report released Wednesday, Yahoo!News said it uncovered a program that tracks and collects Americans' social media posts run by the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service. Yahoo revealed that the Post Office undertook a covert surveillance program called Internet Covert Operations Program or iCOP. The operation, which the Post Office [...]
By Natalie DeCoste Netflix may have had a boom in subscriptions during the pandemic, but that surge is coming to an end. The service is experiencing a slowdown in new subscriptions after the company suffered a year of production delays which caused it to put out fewer shows. The company currently has 208 million subscribers worldwide, up from 204 [...]
By Natalie DeCoste The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s eviction moratorium, ordering debt collectors to inform tenants about their rights if they have been unable to pay rent during the pandemic. The new rule requires that debt collectors provide written notice to tenants of [...]
By Natalie DeCoste The owner of online newspaper MailOnline, commonly known as the Daily Mail in the UK, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Google. The lawsuit alleges that Google’s power over selling online ad space means that newspapers see little of the revenue produced by their content. Allegedly, the way that Google controls its [...]
By Natalie DeCoste Venmo is capitalizing on the cryptocurrency craze and is now offering its customers a service to buy and sell different digital coins. The service will allow Venmo's customers to buy four kinds of cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. The move is a significant step in the movement toward making cryptocurrencies more [...]
By Natalie DeCoste After years of helping people put carbon emissions into the atmosphere, some oil companies are turning their sights to putting the carbon back in the ground. Major oil companies like Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell are pushing carbon capture technology as the world starts valuing companies who display concern for the [...]
By Natalie DeCoste What started as a joke is now becoming a successful cryptocurrency as Dogecoin’s value skyrocketed last week. Dogecoin is a digital cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Unlike Bitcoin, the product started as a joke based on the “Doge” meme, which rose to popularity in late 2013. The meme portrays a Shiba Inu dog with nonsensical [...]
By Natalie DeCoste Lyft announced the launch of a new healthcare service that will allow patients to receive free rides to and from medical appointments. The service is called Lyft Pass for Healthcare, and it will allow health care organizations or social services agencies to create a budget and set approved pickup and drop-off locations for [...]
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