Pro-Russian milbloggers and even Russian veterans have become more critical of the Kremlin following several major losses in Ukraine. A Russian veterans group is publicly calling for the Kremlin to declare war on Ukraine and…
SoulCycle launches wellness retreats, joining a $639 billion…
Trendy New York City-based cycling studio SoulCycle is now offering wellness retreats, Skift reported. The retreats will include activities like mindfulness exercises, breathing workshops, sessions with an acupuncturist and Reiki master, morning movement sessions, s'mores…
I drive for Uber and Lyft — heres…
And if your rating is somehow between 4.50 and 4.59, you are a bad passenger, and I will never, ever accept your ride request. Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock A passenger in this low rating range is likely…
Amazon pays truck drivers per day, ditching a…
Nearly all of America's 1.8 million truck drivers are paid on a per-mile basis. But Amazon, which has its eyes on becoming a transportation giant, is bucking that trend, according to interviews with truck drivers…
Here are Goldman Sachs top 10 market themes…
Richard Drew/AP Goldman Sachs strategists released a recent client note revealing what the firm thinks will be the main market themes for 2020. The bank sees growth stabilizing and, as a result, expects "decent risky…
TikTok denies suspending teen for protesting Chinas Uighur…
A teenager went viral for posting a series of videos on TikTok, ostensibly of her giving a eye makeup tutorial, while actually attacking China for over its mass oppression of Uighur Muslims. Shortly after the…
Microsoft engineer: Big Oil trying to use tech…
An anonymous Microsoft engineer has claimed that managers working on a major oil-extraction project called Tengizchevroil, or TCO, proposed using tech to spy on staff working in their oil fields. Writing in Logic Magazine, the…
Synchrony says Amazon email did not involve data…
Synchrony Financial said late Monday that a series of confusing emails it blasted to customers earlier in the day did not involve a data breach or fraudulent activity. The emails, which cited Amazon, raised widespread…
China loses ability to deny Uighur oppression with…
China has long denied its mass surveillance and prison-camp detention of the Uighur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang. But a series of classified government documents, leaked to The New York Times and the…