Affirm’s pay-over-time option comes to Canada through Amazon

You no longer need to live in the US to use Affirm's buy-now-pay-later services for much of your online shopping. Affirm is expanding to Canada through a partnership with Amazon. Spend $ 50 or more at Amazon.ca and you can choose Affirm's pay-over-time option at checkout to split the bill into monthly payments. As in […]

The Handmaid’s Tale’s Yvonne Strahovski on Serena’s Crushing Regret, That Secret Phone and Why Canada Might Not Be an Option

RELATED STORIES Warning: This post contains spoilers from Season 3, Episode 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale. It seems that Serena Joy Waterford’s stint as a member of The Handmaid’s Tale‘s resistance has come to an abrupt halt. Was she caught aiding June? Did she lose yet another appendage to Gilead’s draconian punitive system? Nope: In […]

Denis Suarez CONFIRMED by Arsenal as Barcelona agree loan deal with option to buy

The Spanish midfielder, 25, has moved on loan until the rest of the season with an option to make it permanent in the summer. Barca actually confirmed the deal on their website yesterday but were forced to remove their announcement after it was revealed the finer details were yet to be finalised. But that has […]

Report: Cheaper, disc-free Xbox One option coming next year

Psht, who needs ’em? (credit: Squirmelia) Microsoft is planning to release a disc-free version of the Xbox One as early as next spring, according to an unsourced report from author Brad Sams of Thurrott.com (who has been reliable with early Xbox-related information in the past). The report suggests the disc-free version of the system would […]

Tesla Places Pointless ‘Self-Driving’ Option On Hiatus

Tesla Motors is abandoning the “fully self-driving” purchasing option on all of its vehicles. The option debuted in 2016 as a way to ensure your new car would be future-proofed and able to incorporate autonomous features. But those upgrades never really came — leaving customers who spent $ 8,000 angry enough to file a class-action lawsuit […]

Tesla shelves the full self-driving option you couldn’t use

Ever since Tesla hinted at its autonomous future, there’s been a “Full Self-Driving Capability” checkbox on the order page for its cars — spend several grand and your car would one day steer itself. It has yet to materialize, though, and now Tesla has removed the option from its site. You can still order it […]

Saudi Arabia using the ‘oil weapon option’ could cause prices to soar to $150

AP Photo/Anis Belghoul There is increasing evidence Saudi Arabia was behind the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident who has been a critic of the crown prince.   After the US threatened sanctions against Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich country seemed to hint at its ability to hit back through the energy market.  Analysts see a […]

Tech firms to SEC: We want the option to pay non-employee workers in equity

Enlarge (credit: Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) In recent weeks, both Uber and Airbnb have sent formal letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking the regulatory agency to expand efforts that would allow drivers and hosts to also be paid in company shares. Exactly how this would work in practice remains unclear. The […]