When Lexus unveiled the RX 350 and 450h Black Line last year, the Japanese automaker allocated 750 units (RX 350) and 250 units (RX 450h) for United States buyers. But for 2022, Lexus is ramping up production for the RX Black Line models due to popular demand. The 2022 RX 350 and RX 450h Black Line is now limited to … Continue reading
After ITV News found that Amazon in the UK was destroying brand new returned stock rather than re-selling it, the company has announced changes in how it deals with returned and unsold products. In a statement, the Amazon says that it is launching two programs for businesses that use the retail giant’s infrastructure. These programs: FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon) Grade and Resell, as well as FBA Liquidations, will enable third party sellers to list returned stock on their product pages.
With the former, when a product is returned to Amazon, the company will evaluate its condition and then re-list it as as used product. Amazon added that sellers can set the price based on the grades Amazon hands out, and can control much of the process themselves. FBA Liquidations, meanwhile, lets sellers ship returned or overstocked product to wholesalers straight from Amazon’s logistics depots. They can connect with Amazon’s bulk resale partners and try to, in the words of the company’s corporate parlance, “recover a portion of their inventory cost.”
The announcement comes shortly after the controversial report from ITV News, which claimed that truckloads of brand new products were marked for destruction. One anonymous tipster told reporters at the time that the process did not spare even premium products like MacBook units and, despite what’s going on right now, sealed COVID face masks. As The Hill explained, the consequences of that report have raised hackles in the UK, with Labour MPs demanding an explanation for the evidence presented. At the time, Amazon said that “no items are sent to landfill,” but as a last resort, some are sent to “energy recovery.”
Libby Johnson McKee, director of Amazon Returns, ReCommerce and Sustainability, said that the new initiatives are one example of how Amazon is trying to “ensure that products sold on Amazon […] go to good use and don’t become waste.” McKee added that the policies will help reduce costs and help companies who use Amazon’s fulfillment platform will be able to grow their businesses. FBA Grade and Resell is available in the UK now, with other European nations coming online across next year. FBA Liquidations, meanwhile, is available in the US and other European nations, but is coming to the UK in August.
Walter Isaacson, the author behind the 2011 Steve Jobs biography published shortly after his death, is currently writing Elon Musk’s life story. Fox Business reported back in June that the famous writer was in talks with Musk about the possibility of writing a book on him. The author was reportedly yet to make a decision back then, but now Musk has confirmed on Twitter than Isaacson is writing his biography covering his work on Tesla, SpaceX and his “general goings on.”
If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2021
As CNET notes, there’s already an official published biography on the entrepreneur entitled Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future. It was written by Ashlee Vance and was published in 2015. Since then, though, Tesla has launched the Model 3, which became the world’s best-selling electric car. It was also only later in 2015 that SpaceX first achieved the successful landing and recovery of a rocket’s first stage. In 2017, the private space company made history when it successfully relaunched its reusable Falcon 9 rocket for the first time. Four years later, SpaceX launched four astronauts to the ISS on a Dragon capsule used in a previous mission on top of a reused Falcon 9 booster.
Isaacson’s Jobs biography was adapted by Aaron Sorkin into a film starring Michael Fassbender and directed by Danny Boyle. He also wrote biographies on Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and American biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who’s known for her work in CRISPR gene editing. While he didn’t respond to Musk’s announcement, he has been retweeting SpaceX-related content since June.
Big changes are coming to Google Drive, and they affect the way that you share, back up, and manage files from your computer. If you use Google’s cloud file storage system, here’s everything you need to know about the most recent upgrades—and what you need to do about them.
If you’ve ever been to college, you know that secondhand textbooks are a life (and wallet) saver. This is because for some reason, not only are college fees crazy expensive, but so are textbooks. Plus sometimes lecturers don’t always fully utilize them, meaning that there are some textbooks you’re required to own but are used a handful of times.
However, there is some good news on that front. If you’re a parent or someone starting or are in the midst of going to college, Pearson has announced a new subscription service called Pearson Plus. For those unfamiliar, Pearson is one of the biggest publishers when it comes to textbooks, and Pearson Plus basically lets college students pay a monthly subscription fee to gain access to textbooks.
There are various plans available, such as the $9.99 a month plan that lets you access one textbook at a time, or $14.99 a month for access to the entire library of textbooks. In addition to textbooks, the subscription will also unlock other features like study aids such as flashcards and annotations.
That being said, whether or not this will work out cheaper for you as a student will depend. If you’re lucky enough to get free hand-me-downs from a sibling or a friend, or are able to buy textbooks secondhand at dirt cheap prices, then maybe this isn’t for you.
You Can Now Purchase A Subscription For College Textbooks
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With Apple kind of kicking off the trend with the notch design, many are looking forward to the day Apple will figure out how to do away with it. However, in the meantime it appears that some of Apple’s competitors have figured out their own way, such is the case with Oppo who has recently unveiled their latest attempt at sticking a camera under the display of a phone.
One of the problems of putting a camera under the display of the phone, not just the glass covering it, is how do you take photos with the front camera without the display getting in the way? Obviously putting it under the display means more layers which in turn could lead to fuzzy photos or distorted images.
According to Oppo, their latest breakthrough manages to deal with some of those concerns. “This new under-screen camera solution solves many technical and manufacturing-related challenges that have plagued under-screen camera technology since the beginning of its development. Breakthroughs include resolving issues such as inconsistent display quality in the screen area above the under-screen camera, poor image quality caused by obstruction of the camera by the screen, as well as issues with product reliability and lifespan.”
The company has also shared a sample photo taken by the front-facing camera and we have to say that at least from what we can tell at a glance, you wouldn’t be able to tell that it was different from any other front-facing camera.
The company doesn’t mention when they will debut this technology in their smartphones, but if this is the quality we can expect, it certainly looks very promising and we can’t wait to try it out for ourselves.
Oppo Shows Off Its Under-Display Camera Technology
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The host city has been under a state of emergency since mid-July.
Infections rose nearly 85% last week from the week before as the delta variant spreads.
Snapchat’s Stories feature has to be one of the most “borrowed” features we’ve seen. Instagram has managed to copy the feature to great success, although Twitter had less success with Fleets. Now it looks like TikTok wants in on the action as well and appear to be testing a Stories-like feature of their own.
The feature was initially discovered by Matt Navarra who shared his findings on Twitter, but TikTok later confirmed this to be true in a statement made to The Verge where they said, “We’re always thinking about new ways to bring value to our community and enrich the TikTok experience. Currently we’re experimenting with ways to give creators additional formats to bring their creative ideas to life for the TikTok community.”
Introducing TikTok Stories ✨🔥
Plot twist!
h/t @amanfirdaus pic.twitter.com/gvQMzixYtS
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 4, 2021
That being said, we are curious as to what the point might be for TikTok Stories. TikTok already focuses on creators posting and sharing short-ish clips on their profile, so Stories seem like just another version of it. However, it might be possible that TikTok envisions how Instagram creators use Stories, which would be to share information that they don’t want cluttering up their main profile.
There is no word on when TikTok’s Stories will be available to all users or if it will be as successful as Snapchat and Instagram’s implementation, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
TikTok Testing Out Snapchat-Like Stories Feature
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The Olympic champion held up a note for his grandfather, Larry, who died shortly before the athlete left for Tokyo.
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