Amazon to Discontinue Prime Try Before You Buy Program

Amazon is phasing out its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which allowed Prime members to try clothes before paying for them, due to low usage and increased adoption of new AI-powered features. The service will shut down on January 31st, according to an email statement from Amazon spokesperson Maxine Tagay. The decision comes after … Read more

Congestion Pricing in NYC Shows Promise After One Week

Preliminary data from New York City’s congestion pricing program suggests it is working, with improved traffic volume and travel times. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said Monday that the country’s first such plan has reduced traffic by 7.5% in Manhattan’s central business district, with a daily average of 475,000 to 560,000 vehicles compared to a … Read more

Lebanon’s Top Judge Named Next Prime Minister in Surprise Move

Lebanon’s top judge, Nawaf Salam, has been named the country’s new prime minister after a surprise move by President Joseph Aoun. The appointment marks the end of a two-year stalemate and brings an end to the caretaker cabinet. Salam, a Sunni Muslim, is seen as a reformist and was endorsed by a majority of lawmakers … Read more

AI Chip Stocks Plunge Amid US Export Restrictions

Several AI chip stocks are experiencing significant sell-offs following the announcement of new export restrictions on advanced chips used for artificial intelligence. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) have seen their shares drop by 2.4%, 3.4%, and 4.8%, respectively. The US government’s decision to limit the export … Read more

Aviatrix Controller RCE Exploitation Hits Cloud Environments

A critical code execution vulnerability in the Aviatrix Controller has been exploited in the wild, allowing threat actors to mine cryptocurrency and deploy backdoors. The CVE-2024-50603 vulnerability affects Aviatrix Controller versions before 7.1.4191 and 7.2.x before 7.2.4996. According to Wiz Research, around 3% of cloud enterprise environments have Aviatrix Controller deployed, but 65% of these … Read more

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Dead Star Teeters on Edge of Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered a “daredevil” white dwarf star that may be the closest known object to a supermassive black hole, 1ES 1927+654. The MIT team used the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope to witness this phenomenon, which suggests that objects like white dwarfs can live very close to an event horizon for an extended period. The white … Read more

Ben Affleck’s Home Visited by FBI Agents Amid L.A. Wildfires

Ben Affleck’s home in Brentwood, California was visited by FBI agents over the weekend while he evacuated due to the Los Angeles wildfires. The incident occurred after a private drone collided with a firefighting aircraft called the “super scooper,” damaging it. The FBI agents were investigating an incident, but sources confirm that Ben is not … Read more

Wild-Card Weekend Answers NFL’s Tough Questions

NFL teams faced numerous questions heading into wild-card weekend, and answers were plentiful. The most lethal 1-2 punch in football proved to be Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. Baltimore dominated Pittsburgh, with the Ravens’ ground game proving almost unstoppable despite Zay Flowers’ absence. Lamar Jackson added 81 yards to Derrick Henry’s 186 yards on the … Read more