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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...
Following in the social media giant's parent company Facebook, Instagram launches Instagram Live to the world on Monday.
As companies compete for millennials' attention, more and more social media apps are turning to Live video features in order to embrace the moment and time users spend on the app. Snapchat...
Multi-Billionaire and Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates has gathered a group of his fellow billionaire friends to create a new generation of clean energy technology.
On Sunday night, Bill Gates announced he is launching the Breakthrough Energy Ventures Fund, which will invest up to $1 billion in clean energy technology.
"Our goal...
As executives at Facebook will attest to, not all news is good news. The company has been pinned as public enemy number one due to its role in disseminating fake news and on Monday, the U.K. newspaper The Guardian ran a story entitled ‘2016: the year Facebook became the...
Washington state lawmakers are considering passing a bill that will allow sports fans to bring guns to a stadium.
On average, there are around 91 different people killed by guns, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, an amendment to the Washington state code...
Cadillac started this weekend off in the middle of a PR crisis after a casting call went viral on social media looking for "Alt-right" Neo Nazis.
According to a casting call, the notice said the casting company The Cast Station was looking for "any and all real alt-right thinkers/believers." The...
In an extensive interview with Fox News, President-elect Donald Trump called the CIA report, which claim Russian hackers rigged the election, "ridiculous".
Hacking is becoming more and more commonplace. HPE's Business of Hacking report found hackers are becoming more organized and functioning like a legitimate business with their goal to...
While the announcement of a retail concept without a checkout counter set the tech world abuzz; others were asking how this development would impact the labor market in the future. According to author and technologist, Martin Ford, Amazon Go ‘as not about reducing labor costs’. In fact, the concept...
Monkeys have the physiology to talk but lack the brain to do it, according to a new study. Researchers examined how monkeys moved their their vocal chords with X-rays, to understand how monkeys communicate. Scientists compared those results to what it would sound like if monkeys could talk and...
On Thursday, University of Washington researchers discovered the earliest known evidence of a tumor. More specifically, a 255-million year old compound odontoma, a type of tumor found in growing in the gums, inside of a prehistoric mammal.
The tumor was discovered in the lower-jaw of a gorgonopsid, a predecessor to...
Earlier this year Facebook's board of directors was sued after investors claimed that they were not working in their favor. The lawsuit stems from the fact that the Facebook's board of directors allowed the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to sell a majority of his shares but, still maintain majority control and...
Sales of Google’s latest smartphone, Pixel, kicked off well in pre-holiday sales following the phone's release in October. All told, both Pixel models accounted for roughly 0.5% of phone sales in the U.S. for the period ending on October 31. While the sales data does not sound impressive when compared...
My Friend Cayla dolls and I-Que Intelligent Robot toys are recording children and putting them at risk, according to a consumer watchdog group.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) teamed up with the Commercial Free Childhood, the Center for Digital Democracy and the Consumers Union to file a complaint with...
The stock market is currently on a high which we have not seen since the dot-com days of the 1990’s. Dow 20,000 is no longer out of the realm of possibility – currently at 19,664 – and the exuberance on Wall Street is palpable.
However, Netflix may end up left...
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered the way people breathe has an impact on their memory and fear response. And it all depends on whether you are inhaling or exhaling through your nose.
Published in the "Journal of Neuroscience" lead author and professor of neurology, Jay Gottfried, discovered individuals were able to remember something...
Paleontologists have discovered a feathered dinosaur tail inside a piece of amber.
While, this is not the first time scientists have discovered dinosaur feathers, this dinosaur tail is in incredible condition. The discovery was reported in the journal of "Current Biology" and illustrates the details of dinosaur feathers and how dinosaurs evolved...
On Tuesday, Google's virtual reality headset, Google Daydream, announced a new set of applications available on the VR platform. The announcement, which was posted on the company's website, revealed the launch of HBO Now, Lego games, NextVR and several other virtual reality applications. Google also announced Netflix will soon become available...
On Tuesday, Apple posted a response to battery issues related to the iPhone 6S which have gained much attention amongst social media users in China over the past month. The statement which was posted on the company’s customer support page relegated the issue to a ‘small number of customers’.
However,...
The Food and Drug Administration approves new trials for Ecstasy as a treatment for PTSD.
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration agreed to new trials for Ecstasy as relief for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients.
The Food and Drug Administration gave approval on Tuesday for a large-scale, Phase 3 clinical...
Someone renamed Donald Trump's midtown Manhattan building to "Dump Trump" on Google Maps.
Last week, Google Maps announced new features that will allow users to determine how busy a place is in real time. In addition, Google Maps added a new feature called "Areas of Interest". On the Maps application...
A Massachusetts General Hospital study found that mice that drank aspartame-sweetened water gained weight.
Researchers found that mice that drank artificially sweetened water blocked a crucial stomach enzyme making the mice more likely to gain weight and develop diabetes.
Researchers explained the enzyme IAP - intestinal alkaline phosphatase - is crucial to preventing...
