Residents of Villa Vie Odyssey — which remains stuck in Cambodia — have been informed the cruise ship is now under control of its lender, according to a message sent to residents and obtained by CBS News. The ship will soon be moved from Cambodia to Singapore, where it could eventually be auctioned off, according…
As greater scrutiny is falling on online sports betting companies for the way they offer extravagant perks to customers who are losing large sums of money, there is another question emerging about this fast-growing industry: how the companies treat their biggest winners. States and state lawmakers have raised questions about a practice called “limiting” —…
Airbnb is updating its rules to shield visitors from onerous cleaning tasks it says could negatively impact their stay. The new policy, announced this week, prevents hosts from asking guests to strip beds, start a load of laundry and other household chores Airbnb says “require significant effort or time” and would typically be performed by…
Who has oversight of a car that flies, hovers or otherwise defies gravity? We asked Department of Transportation officials, and the answer isn’t readily clear. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Roadster Rocket, which he called a “flying car” equipped with “ultra high-pressure air tanks” — describing it as “what happens when…
Millions of seniors are receiving $90 deposits from the Social Security Administration this week, prompting some to question the source of the money. The checks are tied to the Trump administration’s announcement that it would send checks to about 20 million Medicare enrollees to lower healthcare costs. President Trump on Friday announced that the administration would…
President Trump is sending checks to millions of Medicare and Affordable Care Act enrollees, with the White House describing the efforts as helping to “lower costs” for seniors and families. But experts say the payments may do little to offset rapidly rising healthcare expenses. On Friday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration…
The Trump administration said it will start sending refund checks on Wednesday to Affordable Care Act enrollees across the U.S. who it says were “overcharged” by the Biden administration. Nearly 1 million Americans across 30 states will receive the $500 checks, along with a letter from President Trump. “For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you…
The claim window is now open for an Apple settlement announced earlier this year, giving certain iPhone users the chance to get up to $95. Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims that it misled customers about Siri’s Apple Intelligence features. Customers who were part of the class action lawsuit said they purchased iPhones…
When Meta agreed last month to pay states $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to address claims that its platforms are addictive, attorney Jennifer Hoekstra already had her eyes set on the next frontier in the consumer backlash to Big Tech — sports betting. Hoekstra, a Florida attorney whose firm was involved in…
Count Binface may have come up short in the by-election against Nigel Farage, but don’t throw his popularity in the trash just yet. The candidate wearing a garbage can on his head just won over a quarter of the votes in a contest against one of Britain’s most famous politicians. The longtime satirical candidate had…
