Another week, another record high for gas prices. And there seems to be no immediate relief in sight. The average price for regular unleaded gas surged by a quarter in the past week to a record $4.86 on Monday, AAA said. That’s up 59 cents more than a month ago, and $1.81 more than a year ago. “After a blistering week of gas prices jumping in nearly every town, city, state and area possible, more bad news is on the horizon,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy…. Source link

At Psy’s summer shows, audiences sing and dance while getting sprayed with water.Getty Images Psy’s famously water-drenched concerts are set to return, with each show needing 300 tons of water. The pop star has been criticized for his shows’ water requirements amid South Korea’s drought. According to reports, South Korea is facing a shortage of water for agricultural and industrial use. K-pop superstar Psy has been criticized for requiring 300 tons of water at each of his upcoming summer… Source link

Ten years have passed since Google introduced the Penguin algorithm and took a stronger stance on manipulative link-building practices. The algorithm has had a number of updates and has become a real-time part of the core Google algorithm, and as a result, penalties have become less common, but still exist both in partial and site-wide format.  Screenshot by author, May 2022 For the most part, Google claims to ignore a lot of poor-quality links online, but is still alert and monitoring for… Source link

Kyle RittenhouseSean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Images On Saturday, Kyle Rittenhouse said he was attending Texas A&M University. After the university said he was not enrolled, Rittenhouse said he would be attending Blinn College. Rittenhouse said he would use the college as a “feeder school” to attend Texas A&M in 2023. Kyle Rittenhouse tweeted Monday that he would be attending Blinn College after Texas A&M University contradicted his claim that he would be attending the university this year. On a… Source link

Fighting is a mind game for Jiri Prochazka, the UFC’s No. 2-ranked light heavyweight contender who throws strikes as if he’s a character in a video game. Prochazka, challenges Glover Teixeira on Saturday in the main event of UFC 275 in Singapore for the light heavyweight title, is one of only three men to end a fight in the UFC with a spinning back elbow. He finished Dominick Reyes in the second round on May 1 at Apex with precisely that move. It was shockingly quick and amazingly brutal… Source link

Justine Lindsay made NFL history last week after she earned her spot on the TopCats. Lindsay announced on Instagram that she made the Carolina Panthers’ cheerleading squad for next season, which makes her the first openly transgender cheerleader in NFL history. Lindsay actually came out to her teammates and most of the people in her life when she published that post. “I was so scared,” Lindsay told BuzzFeed News about sending that post to Instagram. “There’s just some things you… Source link

After several Illinois residents received checks in the mail following a Facebook settlement, more are now expected as part of a new Google settlement. It all stems from the same Illinois law. The lawsuits against Google and Facebook claimed the companies violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Neither company has admitted wrongdoing in the cases, but settlements led to checks for many residents. Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act prohibits private sector… Source link

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While large tech companies are currently feeling the heat from regulators and Congress, over a century ago, the trustbusters had their sights on Big Oil. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Big Oil was John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust. By 1904, the monopoly controlled 91% of the U.S. oil market and 85% of final sales. But it was in the early wildcat days of 1863 that Rockefeller first founded the company that would become synonymous with “black gold.” Through a web of… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. reiterated that it will hold Elon Musk accountable to the terms of his proposed $44 billion takeover offer after the billionaire again threatened to pull out of the deal over the issue of bots. Most Read from Bloomberg In a securities filing on Monday, Musk said he believes Twitter is breaching their agreement by not meeting his demands for more information about spam and fake accounts. Last month, Musk said he wouldn’t proceed with his offer unless the social… Source link