You may be able to take home a 55-inch 4K TV for under $300 By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs September 27, 2017 Holiday shoppers will find big savings in electronics this year, according to predictions by holiday shopping site BestBlackFriday.com. The company, which has covered the season’s biggest shopping day for the last eight years, […]
Banks noticed pattern of fraudulent use of cards linked to the fast food chain By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs September 27, 2017 Fast food giant SONIC has suffered a breach of its payment systems according to IT security blog KrebsOnSecurity. With more than 3,500 U.S. locations, the breach could be a significant one, but its […]
The change is meant to alleviate cramming By Christopher Maynard of ConsumerAffairs September 27, 2017 Avid Twitter users frequently employ creative edits to get their tweets under the maximum character limit, but that might not be so difficult in the near future. Twitterannounced on Tuesday that it would be testing an expanded character count for […]
Contract interest rates were mixed By James Limbach of ConsumerAffairs September 27, 2017 Another decline — the second in a row — for mortgage applications. The Mortgage Bankers Associations latest weekly survey shows a slight decline 0.5 percent during the week ending September 22. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index was up 3 percent from a […]
Researchers say each instance of binge drinking lowers a graduates chance of employment By Christopher Maynard of ConsumerAffairs September 27, 2017 A new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology finds that college graduates who binge drink multiple times per month are less likely to be hired. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Cornell […]
After years of pushing bright yellow pricey vacuum cleaners, Dyson says it’s now working on a new set of wheels — and these won’t fit in your hall closet. Founder James Dyson sent an email to employees this week announcing a plan to clean up the air we breathe — instead of your dirty living […]