4 ways to revive your tomato plants this August – help wilted plants bounce back and save your harvests And save your harvests! Ideal Home · Aug 20
Hertfordshire Police Is Asking Retailers To Remove 'Butt Face Chester Cheeks' Toy From Shelves: Here's Why Hertfordshire Police Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards urges toy retailers to withdraw 'Butt Face Chester Cheeks,' citing concerns over child safety and inappropriate behaviour normalisation. International Business Times UK · Aug 20
8 Plants To Prune In August To Keep Late-Summer Flowers Blooming and Your Yard Looking Fresh A few well-judged cuts now will stop the back yard becoming a botanical game of Jenga Homes & Gardens · Aug 20
Ladoos, pedas sold as Ayodhya Ram Mandir Prasad found fake: Consumer body fines Amazon for misleading ads; says devotees' religious sentiments exploited Ladoos, pedas, and other sweets sold on Amazon as Ayodhya Ram Mandir Prasad without any temple authorisation have landed the e-commerce giant with a Rs 1 lakh penalty from India's Central Consumer Protection Authority. The CCPA found that Amazon's platform lent legitimacy to the misleading listings and that the listings… The Economic Times · Aug 20
7 Ways To Help Monarch Butterflies In August – What Your Garden Needs To Support This Rare, Migratory Species Learn the best plants and features to add to your yard Homes & Gardens · Aug 20
Amazon isn't giving up on Jeff Bezos' drone deliveries dream—and after 13 years of turbulence, the momentum is finally shifting The e-commerce giant announced it is expanding drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of this year, a sixfold increase from its current capabilities. Fortune · Aug 19
Unionized Delivery Drivers Vs. Deliveries Across the country, the Teamsters union is at war with companies trying to ship more things to your door for less money. Reason · Aug 19
Fortune 500 companies got billions in tariff refunds. Here's who's giving customers a cut—and who isn't Giants like Amazon, Target and Nike are profiting most from the Supreme Court's tariff ruling without committing to passing savings on to shoppers Fortune · Aug 19
Amazon's wanton destruction of rare books is a betrayal of the brand's origins Fahrenheit 451 isn't a great look for the "Earth's biggest bookstore". Creative Bloq · Aug 19
The New Grand Tour Is Here. Watch The First Trailer James Engelsman, Thomas Holland, and Francis Bourgeois take over the Amazon series with fast cars, wild challenges, and plenty of chaos. Motor1 · Aug 19
‘Sounds weird, tastes incredible’: the best seltzers for summertime refreshment, tested Low-cal, crisp and fruity, these are our expert’s favourite non-alcoholic and hard seltzer cans to pop in your bag this summer The Guardian - UK · Aug 19
Amazon Employees Are Literally Cutting the Bindings off Rare Books All Day Long to Train Language Models Amazon is reportedly destroying thousands of rare books at a secretive Las Vegas warehouse to digitally scan their pages and quietly train its artificial intelligence language models. International Business Times UK · Aug 19
Amazon set to expand drone delivery of lightweight packages to 500 US cities Amazon's plan would expand its drone delivery operation more than sixfold nationwide into hundreds of new communities, including the Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland and Boise metro areas. The drones will primarily fly in the suburbs well away from skyscrapers and major airports that could cause problems. The Economic Times · Aug 19
How Ukraine’s strikes on Russian warehouses became a problem in Kyrgyzstan Ukraine’s campaign to target Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries has had impacts far beyond the Russian federation. For Russia, Wildberries is comparable to Amazon, accounting for about 50% of the country’s online retail market. But its market place is used by manufacturers as far afield as Central Asia. The Conversation · Aug 19
The Economic Times · Aug 19 MacKenzie Scott, who sold almost 75% of her Amazon stake, has donated more than Elon Musk, Larry Page and Jeff Bezos combined MacKenzie Scott has reached an extraordinary milestone as the third-largest philanthropist in history, contributing a staggering $26.4 billion in just under seven years. Notably, she made headlines with a groundbreaking $7.2 billion donation in 2025 alone. By offering unrestricted grants to more than 2,500 organizations, she has distributed over 40%…
The Independent UK · Aug 19 Seven things Jeff Bezos should know about Liverpool now that he’s buying into the club COMMENT: The Amazon founder is part of a consortium that has just purchased a 38 per cent stake in Liverpool Football Club. Here’s what the Bezos couple can expect if they make a trip to Anfield, says local Katie Rosseinsky
The Independent UK · Aug 19 Amazon announces ambitious drone delivery expansion targeting 1 million deliveries this year IN FULL
Reason · Aug 19 Routledge Handbook of Classical Liberalism Available for Free on Amazon Kindle It is edited by Richard Epstein, Mario Rizzo, and Liya Palagashvili. I am one of the contributors.
MarketBeat · Aug 19 The Pre-IPO Playbook: How to Cash in on Anthropic Before the Bell Anthropic's revenue run rate topped $65 billion after a confidential S-1 filing, and investors can gain indirect exposure via partners like Salesforce, Amazon, Alphabet, SAP, Zoom, and Broadcom.
GamesRadar · Aug 19 Lexar has unveiled its new Thor Ultra Gen 5 drives with lightning-fast 11,000 MB/s read speeds are coming to the US The Lexar Thor Ultra line-up of Gen 5 drives with speedy 11,000 MB/s read speeds will soon be available across the pond.
The Guardian - US · Aug 19 From pillow speakers to acoustic headbands, five weird sleep products our writers have tested Whether you’re having difficulty falling asleep or looking for a deeper rest, this pillow, eye mask and other products are tried and tested by our staff
Ideal Home · Aug 19 Experts told me how to fix my leggy houseplants – it's a simple method that encourages healthy growth, and I've got free plants in the process And I've got free plants in the process
Bored Panda · Aug 19 Ex-MIL Wants Gift Back From Ex-DIL, Woman Refuses After Remembering Her Own “Missing” Necklace A couple got divorced. Three years later, she gets an e-mail from her ex-mother-in-law. In it, she asked for a leather bag back, claiming it was a family heirloom — and the woman refused to give it back. The full story is in the article.
Fortune · Aug 19 Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation The Rivian spinoff just raised $150 million to build autonomous vehicles for moving people and packages—not just pedalers.
MarketBeat · Aug 19 Amazon Plugs $18B Into the Southern Power Grid Amazon raised its northwest Louisiana data center investment 50% to about $18 billion, funding its own utility and water infrastructure as AWS demand and analyst price targets stay strong.