Transpo/ Tech / The airline canceled over 9,000 flights across the US, far more than other carriers, as its point-to-point system left planes and crews out of place. Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,600 flights on Tuesday.Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Southwest Airlines has left thousands of travelers stranded at airports throughout the… Continue reading Southwest cancels thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded across the US
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Tesla used car prices are finally dropping
Tesla used car prices are finally starting to drop. It’s good for the affordability of Tesla vehicles, but it will put pressure on the company’s new car demand. Over the last few years, as Tesla increased its new car prices, Tesla used car prices have also been rising fast. Earlier this year, used Model Y… Continue reading Tesla used car prices are finally dropping
Workers at Blizzard support studio Proletariat aim to unionize
The campaign involves all non-management workers. On Tuesday, workers at Proletariat, the Boston-based studio Blizzard bought earlier this year to support World of Warcraft development, announced they recently filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Proletariat is the third Activision Blizzard studio to announce a union drive in 2022, but… Continue reading Workers at Blizzard support studio Proletariat aim to unionize
The best Nintendo Switch OLED accessories for 2023
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing. It’s been a year and change since the… Continue reading The best Nintendo Switch OLED accessories for 2023
Razzmatazz review: A delightful (and delightfully pink) drum machine
Earlier this year 1010music released the Lemondrop and Fireball, two surprisingly full-featured synths in unbelievably tiny packages. The company’s Nanobox lineup covers a lot of ground between those two instruments, but neither was particularly well suited to handling drums. So the company took the same core hardware, put a percussion-focused FM engine in it, along… Continue reading Razzmatazz review: A delightful (and delightfully pink) drum machine
LG teases a smaller smartphone camera module with true optical telephoto zoom
It says this would reduce the size of a smartphone camera bump. LG may not make smartphones anymore, but it’s still building components for them. The company’s LG Innotek arm just unveiled a periscope-style true optical zoom camera module with a 4-9 times telephoto range. That would allow smartphone cameras to retain full image quality… Continue reading LG teases a smaller smartphone camera module with true optical telephoto zoom
LG’s new minimalistic appliances have upgradeable features and fewer controls
Upgradeable, to an extent. LG’s latest upgraded appliances, including washing machines, refrigerators, ovens and a dishwasher, feature, well, less. It’s taking a more minimalist approach in 2023 with less showy profiles, colors and, seemingly, controls. While we’re not getting a close-up look at all the dials and buttons yet, the appliances look restrained compared to… Continue reading LG’s new minimalistic appliances have upgradeable features and fewer controls
The predatory prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
/ A new law, which would allow the FCC to regulate the price of phone calls from prison, just needs President Joe Biden’s signature. The average price of a 15-minute phone call from jail is around $3.Photo by Michael Reichel/picture alliance via Getty Images A new rule allowing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the… Continue reading The predatory prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
Garuda Indonesia hopes to resume trading shares after $80m sukukTrading of Garuda’s shares has been suspended after its $500m sukuk default in June la…
Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to issue around $80 million in Islamic bonds or sukuk this week, a move that will pave the way for its shares to be traded again on the Jakarta stock exchange, the company said on Tuesday. Trading of Garuda‘s shares has been suspended since the airline defaulted on its $500 million sukuk in… Continue reading Garuda Indonesia hopes to resume trading shares after $80m sukukTrading of Garuda’s shares has been suspended after its $500m sukuk default in June la…
Indian regulator PFRDA proposes to bring gig workers into pension fold
India‘s pension fund regulator has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90% of the overall workforce into the pension fold, its chairman told Reuters. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), which manages over $102 billion in assets, has proposed that workers at food and cab aggregators be… Continue reading Indian regulator PFRDA proposes to bring gig workers into pension fold