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Some Buc-ee’s customers are complaining of pain at the pump—and it’s not the surge in gas prices that’s to blame, but rather the chain’s pay-at-the-pump policy.While it’s common practice for gas stations to require customers paying for gas with cash to prepay with a cashier, Buc-ee’s instituted a new policy in March that affects customers paying with credit or debit cards. Customers paying with credit or debit cards are now required to pay at the pump, and can no longer pay at the register, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman. The new policy is intended to speed up transactions and…
After years of building a traditional business centered on helping people get out of the house and find fun stuff to do, John Peterson, the CEO of The Nudge, just launched an agentic AI version of its “planner friend.” This new AI agent, which is now live across dozens of U.S. markets, proactively plans, recommends, and books things to do in your city, informed by your likes and dislikes, plans others are making locally and chats from other users. “Once you sign up, you start receiving texts directly on your phone a couple of times per week – each ‘nudge’ includes…
Published April 8, 2026 12:30PMPortable power stations have come a long way in the past several years. Since I started using power stations for camping nearly a decade ago, the technology has advanced so much. Now, I’m convinced that anyone building a camper van or overland rig is better off with one of these all-in-one units than a traditional camper van or RV electrical setup—a complicated system of standalone batteries, inverters, converter chargers, solar charge controllers, breakers, and wiring. A modern portable power station combines all of that into one unit, and is a much simpler solution for most people.Over…
As a teenager, my Sony Walkman was my most treasured possession. It was a portal to another world that let me consume music in industrial quantities. By the early 1990s, it wasn’t new—Sony invented it in the late ’70s—yetit still held incredible power. Sony sold more than 220 million units globally.When one died, often from overuse, I’d use a birthday or Christmas present to upgrade it, usually with a trip to an electronics store with my Dad. Those places felt mythical.That feeling came flooding back when I visited a big-box electronics store with my kids. Retail is under pressure as…
Eva Longoria is a human force of nature. The actor and creator has starred in a million things like Desperate Housewives and Only Murders in the Building, and produced and directed a ton, including Flamin’ Hot, the biopic about the creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. And beyond entertainment, she’s built an incredible business empire spanning tequila, a production company, and multiple soccer teams. But for all the success she has personally achieved, Eva’s true passion is empowering others to win. Her work to create business pipelines for Latinas was recognized with a cover story of Entrepreneur magazine’s 100 Women of…
From search and rescue to animal welfare, nonprofits do heroic work to serve their communities. Defender believes they deserve a hero’s reward—an unstoppable SUV and $30,000 in funding.Published April 8, 2026 11:25AMThe best way to strengthen any community? Support the deeply held, shared values that connect us. Those values—from veterans support to animal welfare—are at the heart of what mission-driven nonprofits do, and why the Defender Service Awards presented by Chase exists. Now in its sixth year, the Defender Service Awards honors organizations doing this heroic work, and rewards them with a capable vehicle and funding to expand and improve…
Getting a seat at the Masters is notoriously difficult, with tickets to the golf tournament only available to the public through an online lottery that has to be entered a year in advance. But the Masters may have an even more exclusive offering than attendance: a limited edition garden gnome potentially worth thousands of dollars.In 2016, Augusta National, the Georgia golf course that hosts the Masters every year, released the first gnome of what is now a coveted set of ten. Each year, the gnome sports a different outfit. Sometimes it’s a golfer, sporting a set of clubs and a…
The most famous dead person to ever wear sunglasses just might be Bernie Lomax. Until now. Because the namesake for the 1989 hit comedy Weekend at Bernie’s was a fictional character, but you dear reader, you are very real. Liquid Death just announced its newest collab, this time with sunglasses brand Pit Viper, to make what its calling “Sunglasses for Dead People.” According to Liquid Death, 87% of people who have near-death experiences report seeing a blinding bright light. That’s not an exact science, but the canned water brand isn’t letting that get in the way of a good bit. Available…
Published April 8, 2026 09:14AMIt felt like off-roading on another planet. Crumbly black cinders crunched beneath my tires, as I explored an otherworldly region of volcanic cones and craters. The overlapping 4×4 tracks and scattered stands of pine trees were the most familiar terrestrial features. It was a warm June evening, seven years ago, at the Cinder Hills OHV Area in Northern Arizona. I’d spent the past 17 days rowing rapids on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, including our final night floating out under the stars. Now I was too tired to drive back to my seasonal base…
Greece is moving forward with a social media ban for children under the age of 15, becoming the latest country to restrict young teens from using such online platforms.On Wednesday, April 8, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans to restrict social media use by age starting on January 1, 2027, Reuters reports.In a video announcement directed to Greece’s young people, the prime minister cited concerns such as trouble sleeping, increasing anxiety, and social media platforms’ addictive designs. In the video, Mitsotakis also pointed to factors such as children not allowing their minds to rest, feeling constant comparisons, and spending long…