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The International Maritime Organization may approve a new carbon tax on shipping.
The Trump administration argues the carbon tax will harm trade and cost jobs.
Australian businessman...
Germany could charge Facebook €500,000 for every fake news story.
Earlier this week, Facebook announced a four point plan on how to stop fake news from going viral on the social network. But, Germany government officials do not seem that impressed.
Germany announced a law that would charge a fine of €500,000...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers are reporting a drastic increase in the number of illicit drug overdoses death.
In the "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report", scientists reported a rise a 300% increase in the number of drug overdose deaths from 1999 to 2014. The cause of...
Twitter announces a major update to the Vine app, calling it "Vine Camera"
Several weeks ago, Twitter made a shocking announcement, the end of the video social networking app Vine. As the company announced plans to cut 9% of their workforce, Vine was one of the first products to go. In...
On Thursday, Nintendo released "Super Mario Run".
The newest spin-off in the "Super Mario Bros." franchise is supposed to be one of the biggest mobile games of the year. Analysts predicted that the company will earn $100 million in the next few weeks. However, by Friday Nintendo's stock price dropped nearly 8%.
What is...
The latest victim of the massive hack which compromised the information of more than 1 billion users may be Yahoo itself. According to sources with knowledge of ongoing negotiations between Verizon and Yahoo, the two companies are at odds with how to reprice their deal.
Some sources have intimated that...
McDonald's partners with UberEATS to deliver food in Orlando, Miami, and Tampa.
Whether you are traveling across the interstate or visiting a shopping mall, you are pretty much guaranteed to spot a McDonald's fast food restaurant.
Now, McDonald's is working on making it even easier to order a Big Mac, large...
Researchers have discovered what caused the "zombie" outbreak, which affected 30 people in New York City.
But, what appears to be an emerging problem manufactured in China and affecting the inner city, synthetic cannabinoids is on the rise across America.
What happened in the NYC 'Zombie' outbreak?
On July 12th, several dozen people were found walking...
As Russian hacks continue to make headlines across the country, President Barack Obama promises to respond to the cyberattacks.
In an interview with NPR, President Obama says America needs and will to take action against Russia for the hacks. In addition, Obama explained that he spoke directly with Russia's president...
On Thursday, Facebook announced a new plan to tackle fake news on the social media network.
How is Facebook going to stop fake news?
Now, Facebook is working on a new strategy to tackle Fake news. Facebook's Adam Mosseri outlined four primary objectives to handle fake news, which include:
Making it easier for Facebook...
NASA scientists argue that the lack of time to prepare for an asteroid or comet collision could leave Earth open to an 'extinction level' event.
The odds of an asteroid or comet colliding into Earth is highly unlikely. Approximately, every 60 million years there is a chance of a major...
While tech billionaires meet with President-elect Donald Trump, hundreds of tech workers vow to never build a Muslim registry system.
The CEOs of several large-cap tech companies were in New York on Wednesday to meet with the President-Elect. According to sources, the meeting was cordial with both sides seeking to strike...
On Wednesday, Yahoo announced more than 1 billion accounts were hacked.
Whether it be the Russia hacks controversy that is now circling around Washington D.C. Or, the Adult Friend Finder hack that compromised over 400 million accounts. Hacking attacks on major companies are now becoming more and more commonplace.
Last September, Yahoo...
Amazon announces Prime Air - a drone delivery service.
On Wednesday, Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, announced on Twitter that the company had made their first drone delivery to an Amazon shopper in England. What was the first Amazon drone delivery through Prime Air? An Amazon Fire streaming device and popcorn. The...
New study suggests viruses are deadlier to men than women.
Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species has changed the world of science since its first publication in 1859. In the book, Darwin argues that evolution of animals is based around natural selection, fitness, and genetics.
Now a study by researchers, Francisco Úbeda and Vincent...
As part of a broader strategy to realign the company’s operations, Google announced on Tuesday that it would spin off the company’s self-driving car unit. The new company will be called Waymo and the move is viewed as a signal that the underlying technology has moved beyond the development...
Google spins off and launches Waymo, Google's self-driving car company.
After 2 million miles of self-driving and years of testing, Google is taking their self-driving car project out of development and into the hands of car companies. Starting Tuesday, as a company under the Google umbrella, Waymo will take their...
Apple releases wireless headphones Apple AirPods to the public on Tuesday.
After rumors that Apple's AirPods would not be available until after Christmas, Apple announced the launch and sale of AirPods. This comes after one of Apple's biggest technological disrupts, the removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone 7....
American teens using less drugs, smoking fewer cigarettes and drinking less alcohol, which begs the question - what are teens doing instead?
In 1999, 1 out of 20 high school sophomores tried cocaine. Seventeen years later, cocaine use is down to only 1.3 percent of 10th graders. But cocaine use is not...
On Monday, Microsoft announced it is working on offering its Cortana virtual assistant to a slew of consumer-focused Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The move will bring the world of the Jetsons one step closer to reality and was announced at the company’s WinHEC conference which was held in...
Psychiatric drug use is on the rise, study reports.
When Kanye West was hospitalized for a psychiatric medical breakdown, mental illness was placed in the forefront as millions of Americans watched, via social media, the mental breakdown of of the biggest entertainers of 2016. And while we will not know what...
