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You might not have to brave crowded stores to get your child’s back-to-school gear. Uber Eats now offers deliveries of office and school supplies from roughly 900 Office Depot and OfficeMax stores across the US. If you need a flurry of binders and pencils for your little one’s classes, you can have them delivered during… Continue reading Uber Eats no delivery office and school supplies

Ride-hailing giant Uber is shutting down its free loyalty program, Uber Rewards, so it can focus on its subscription-based Uber One membership. Uber first launched the rewards program in 2018 as a sort of frequent flyer scheme that allowed riders to earn points for every dollar spent on rides or Uber Eats deliveries. Those points… Continue reading Uber to sunset free loyalty program in favor of subscription membership

Uber is discontinuing its free loyalty program. On a support page spotted by The Verge, the company said it would shut down Uber Rewards on November 1st. Users have until the end of August to earn points, with the final day to redeem rewards falling on October 31st. Announced in 2018, Uber Rewards gave customers… Continue reading Uber is shutting down its free rewards program this fall

the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs runs some interesting technology programs, but it’s not known for being a flexible or nimble organization. And when it comes to electronic medical records, the VA has had a slow but high-stakes drama playing out for years.  The department’s records platform, VistA, first instituted in the late 1970s, is… Continue reading Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

Many of us have been there: You fire up the Zoom app as you rush to join a meeting you’re already late for, and you’re hit with a prompt to download updates. If something like this has happened to you, you’re enrolled in Zoom’s automatic update feature.  Launched in its current form in November 2021… Continue reading Zoom’s Auto-Update Feature Came With Hidden Risks on Mac

Beth Baker, a running coach in Seattle, Washington, ranks surfaces hierarchically: Concrete is the worst, followed by asphalt. Running on hard-packed dirt is ideal, since it’s got just enough give to lessen the blows against your poor knees. On surfaces softer than that, it gets tricky. Running in sand is easier on the body in… Continue reading Want to Run on the Beach? Start With the Right Shoes