Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a veteran Illinois Democrat, is taking the charge to Congress to correct the damage caused by a Supreme Court ruling that allows payday lenders to get off the hook to defraud customers. | AP Pictures WASHINGTON – Well, it didn’t take long. A week after the United States Supreme Court unanimously awarded […]
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Supreme Court weakened key consumer protections with ruling in favor of payday loan companies / APs WASHINGTON (PAI) —One of the shadiest parts of the business world, payday lenders, won a big victory in the United States Supreme Court. The same is true for the rest of the business class, as judges removed a federal […]
When Cobi was 23, he had a steady job, but it wasn’t earning enough money to save and move to his mother’s on the West Side of Chicago. He planned to supplement his income with additional work. To do this, he needed to buy a laptop and a camera, but he didn’t have the money […]
Through Michael Ormsbee, PhD, Florida State University Edited by Kate Findley and proofread by Angela Shoemaker, The Great Courses Daily Do you find it difficult to lose body fat or gain muscle? You’re not alone: it can be difficult to maintain body composition goals over time. According to Professor Ormsbee, however, it is not impossible. […]
Plex-Earth, a platform for AutoCAD that brings together many aerial and satellite imagery vendors under one roof, announced that it has extended its offering to BricsCAD to inform intelligent engineering with imagery and data from recent, historic and high quality land. By leveraging the power of high-end imagery from vendors such as Maxar, Airbus, Nearmap, […]
anchor Enscape 3.0 Image courtesy of Enscape The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) has published a 65-page document containing a wealth of tools, tips, and resources for architecture students. The “Digital resourcesThe tool was compiled by the AIAS Design and Technology Working Group and is described as “a tool to optimize your design workflow […]
OpenSCAD is a fantastic free tool for 3D modeling, but it’s much less intuitive to use for non-programmers than mouse-driven programs like Tinkercad. As powerful as it may be, the learning curve is quite steep. OpenSCAD’s clickable cheat sheet and manual are still useful, but they really are more of a reference than anything else. […]
The Nvidia GeForce Experience tool has just received a major new feature that allows you to quickly optimize settings in creative applications, such as DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator, and AutoCAD. In the same way that Nvidia GeForce Experience checks if you’re using the best settings in your games to maximize your graphics card […]
Aurigo software announced the next step of integration with Autodesk to streamline the capital planning process for public agencies and private owners – one year after forging a strategic alliance to deliver a range of cloud-based solutions. Aurigo’s Masterworks platform will now connect to many Autodesk design tools, including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, and Revit. […]
NEW YORK–(COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE: FVRR), the company that is changing the way the world works together, today released its third Small Business Needs Index. The index analyzes data from millions of searches performed on the platform. The services small businesses look for and the search terms they use allow the market […]
It’s hard to say if I found my career in engineering or if it actually found me. I have always loved math and science and the opportunity they provide to see things in a new and different way. Mathematics allows you to learn problem-solving skills and to use creativity to find different solutions to the […]
An artificial intelligence-driven exchange-traded fund correctly predicted Tesla’s price movements and recently shared its most recent portfolio additions and subtractions with MarketWatch. The fund is the Qraft AI-Enhanced US Large Cap Momentum ETF, traded under the name AMOM AMOM, + 0.56% on the New York Stock Exchange since May 2019. The ETF has generated total […]
Payday lenders want to lure people of color into endless cycles of high interest debt. Traditional banks prefer whites as customers. At least that’s what the university researchers concluded after reviewing the advertising and marketing materials for both industries. In a soon-to-be-published article, researchers at the University of Houston set out to understand why blacks […]
AutoCAD, the computer-aided design (CAD) software developed by Autodesk, has become the standard for 2D and 3D modeling for almost a decade. More than 100 million people today use software developed by Autodesk, such as Revit, Maya and Fusion 360. However, the company’s most popular product, AutoCAD, has become the benchmark for modeling in industries […]
Samsung’s PENUP app was preinstalled on many of the company’s Galaxy phones and tablets with S Pen styluses, but the app never had the extended functionality of more common drawing / art apps like SketchBook. ‘AutoDesk or Krita. This is finally changing, because Samsung PENUP has received an important update. Samsung PENUP version 3.6.00.15 includes […]
BOSTON–(COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the release of the new LayoutFAST software tool with an improved user interface, automation features of the configuration and design – bringing more speed, efficiency and accuracy to building information modeling (BIM) and electrical design. Building on […]
New Today, third-party developers have continued to release new airports and reveal new benefits for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Published on April 2, 2021 Giuseppe Nelva Home ” New ” Microsoft Flight Simulator – Launch of Lviv and Olaya Herrera airports; Aalborg announced; Osaka and Miramar get new screenshots Today, third-party developers have continued to release […]