For now, it seems like all the changes to Twitter are playing out in real-time on the platform itself.  On Tuesday, Elon Musk tweeted that it would be changing the verification method for accounts and that it would be rolled up into its “Twitter Blue” service at a cost of $8 per month.  When verification first started, it was an attempt to combat misinformation.  Heather Kelly, tech reporter at The Washington Post, joins us for why it could soon cost you for the blue checkmark on your profile.

 

Next, as the holiday shopping season starts to heat up, be sure to check out retailers’ return policies.  Over the pandemic, shoppers have become accustomed to very generous return and shipping policies, but that is changing.  Major retailers are shortening their return windows and even adding restocking fees in some cases.  Returns have increased in costs to these companies to the tune of $761 billion.  Rachel Wolfe, consumer trends reporter at the WSJ, joins us for why it’s getting harder to return unwanted items.

 

Finally, as doctors continue to look for solutions to address the shortage of organs for transplant, they are increasingly looking to pigs as a possibility.  To that end, we are learning more about David Bennett, who earlier this year received a heart transplant from a pig. While he only lasted three months with the pig heart, researchers found out that the heart took longer to generate a heartbeat than typical humans or pigs.  Amy Dockser Marcus, health and science reporter at the WSJ, joins us for what to know.

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