How to Keep Your Fridge Food Safe When Your Power is Out

How to Keep Your Fridge Food Safe When Your Power is Out

One of the most devastating hurricanes we’ve seen (possibly the worst in a century) rampaged through Florida recently and left millions without power. Natural disasters like hurricanes and tornados are unpredictable and dangerous, but they almost always mean losing the electricity in your home, at least temporarily. If that happens, what happens to the food in … Read more

Elon Musk’s X further squeezes developers with apparent new API fees on top of $42,000 monthly payment

Elon Musk’s X further squeezes developers with apparent new API fees on top of ,000 monthly payment

Elon Musk’s X appears to be adding yet another fee for third party apps, according to an affected app developer. After acquiring then-Twitter, Musk made big sweeping changes to the platform’s API, which allows third-party developers to integrate X into their platforms. The biggest change? Charging thousands of dollars just to access X’s API, which … Read more

Scout Motors mounts an electric comeback with new SUV and truck concepts

Scout Motors mounts an electric comeback with new SUV and truck concepts

Decades ago, Scout Motors helped introduce America to the “sport utility vehicle,” a quirky new automobile that would eventually come to dominate our roads. The brand went bust in 1980 — but now, it’s back, and it’s all-electric. Scout, which is now an independent company under the Volkswagen Group, introduced its first new-concept vehicles today: … Read more

VW spinoff Scout reveals its EV vision and it includes a model with a gas-powered generator

VW spinoff Scout reveals its EV vision and it includes a model with a gas-powered generator

Scout Motors, the Volkswagen Group spinoff, unveiled Thursday two EVs it hopes will hook American customers with modern-meets-rugged styling that downplays digital and embraces the mechanical. The catch? The company will also offer variants to its all-electric Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra Truck that will come equipped with a built-in gas-powered generator using a system … Read more

Want Hulu or Disney Plus for free? Try Google Play Points

Want Hulu or Disney Plus for free? Try Google Play Points

TL;DR Google Play Points users who are at least Gold tier can get free Disney Plus and Hulu subscriptions as a perk. Depending on your Points level, you can get six, nine, or twelve months of access. The offer is only for new users of these streaming services. If you’re the kind of Android user … Read more

Amazon To Shut Down Speedy Brick-and-Mortar Delivery Service

Amazon To Shut Down Speedy Brick-and-Mortar Delivery Service

Amazon is shutting down its Amazon Today service, which provided same-day delivery from mall and brick-and-mortar retailers. The program will mostly wind down by December 2, 2024, with select partners fulfilling orders until January 2025. CNBC reports: A small amount of employees will be laid off and provided with severance, while others will be transitioned … Read more

Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

“Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.” That two-line comment, submitted by major Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, accompanied a patch that removed about a dozen names from the kernle’s MAINTAINERS file. “Some entries” notably had either Russian names or .ru email … Read more