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2021

Amazon Prime Day approaches, warm up your wallet

Very few people don’t shop at Amazon at least occasionally. Some perhaps more than they should – or more than the significant other wishes.  Good news, Amazon Pime Day is coming. You have a little time to make up your mind, the announcement just came out but the big moment takes place over two days – June 21-22.  Amazon promises

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Amazon Industrial Athlete

Have you ever heard of an Industrial Athlete? Well, that is what Amazon is referring to its employees in a leaked pamphlet that seriously attempts to make Amazon warehouse workers think they are training for some competition that happens daily. I am not sure what idiot came up with that slogan, obviously, one that does not work on the warehouse

Swatch Launches Space Collection

Swatch has launched a five-watch space collection inspired by NASA and the exploration of space. On sale today in Swatch stores and from 8 June on-line, the watches feature the famous "worm" NASA logo. These are going to be hot. The collection consists of two different model sets. The first set of three watches are Big Bold watches with Bioceramic

OpenSUSE Drops Leap 15.3

OpenSUSE has dropped an update to its Linux distro, Leap 15.3, eleven months after the previous release. This new release includes updates to the desktop environments KDE, Gnome, Xfce and Sway; new packages for education, research and health; artificial intelligence packages; improvements to containers and virtualisation. The team at OpenSUSE has been working hard behind the scenes as well. Leap

D.C. Attorney General Sues Amazon on Antitrust Grounds

Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Karl A. Racine, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com seeking to end its anticompetitive practices that have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice across the entire online retail market. Amazon has used its dominant position in the online retail market to win at all costs. It maximizes profits at the

Get Your Game On With OnePlus and Google Stadia

OnePlus have partnered with Google's Stadia and consequently their latest smartphones will come with a free Chromecast Ultra and a Stadia controller. Stadia is Google's cloud-based gaming platform and offers instant gameplay without lengthy downloads. OnePlus has a history of gaming promotions with PUBG and Fortnite taking advantage of fast smartphones and high refresh rates. I think the Bhangra Boogie

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Google Data Caps on June 1st

Google data caps are coming on June 1st make sure you are prepared and get a Google One account if needed. Lots of updates from my Hawaii trip.. I will be back in the Michigan studio a week from Monday. But being that is labor day there may be no show till Thursday. Become an Insider today to get access