Over a third of online Black Friday purchases came from phones

If you spent Black Friday hunting for deals on your smartphone, you’re not the only one. Adobe analysts have determined that just over a third (33.5 percent) of online Black Friday sales were completed on smartphones — a large uptick from 29.1 percent just one year earlier. People were willing to splurge, too. There was […]

New York law asks for ‘social media audits’ before gun purchases

If state lawmakers get their way, New Yorkers wanting to buy a handgun might need to hand over their social media passwords and search history for a government ‘audit’ first. A proposal by Brooklyn-based state Senator Kevin Parker and Borough President Eric Adams, both Democrats, would have the state government reviewing one year of Google, […]

15 travel purchases that made my experience with international travel a lot less stressful

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. International travel, from a distance, can seem like one big graph — replete with peaks and valleys. The peaks are almost exclusively confined to the trip, and the deep valleys […]

‘Destiny 2: Forsaken’ purchases now include earlier add-ons

Destiny 2: Forsaken is a significant improvement to a game that had a rough start, but it also had a rude surprise for newcomers: it didn’t include the two expansions from the original game, making you pay twice just to catch up with people who had been there since the beginning. That won’t be an […]

House of Fraser returns: How to return purchases now House of Fraser is in administration

House of Fraser could be facing permanent closure, with hopes for investors dashed this morning. The company released a statement revealing that “discussions with interested investors and its main secured creditors have not concluded in a solvent solution.” Facing financial difficulties, the brand needs to secure funding by 20th August, in time for its £15 […]

13 home organization purchases that we swear by for our own apartments

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. An ongoing plague of domestic bliss is simply not being organized.  The more things we acquire, the more storage space we need so we have somewhere to put […]

15 travel purchases that made my experience with international travel a lot less stressful

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. International travel, from a distance, can seem like one big graph — replete with peaks and valleys. The peaks are almost exclusively confined to the trip, and the deep valleys […]

Valve removes game purchases from Steam Link’s iOS beta

Apple and Valve have been at an impasse for weeks over the release of Steam Link for iOS, but it looks like they might be closer to an arrangement… if not necessarily the one you’d hope for. TouchArcade has discovered that the latest beta test for Steam Link’s iOS edition removes purchasing from within the […]

Saudi Arabia threatens ‘military action’ if Qatar purchases Russian S-400 systems – report

Saudi Arabia has reportedly threatened “military action” against Qatar should its neighbor acquire Russian S-400 missile defense systems, according to Le Monde, citing a letter from King Salman to the French presidency. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt, among other Gulf states, cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing it of […]

US Banks and Credit Card Companies Are Reportedly Looking Into Monitoring Gun Purchases

Credit Card Companies Look Into Monitoring Gun Purchases Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]