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Trump Media Company Appoints New CEO After Major Stock Decline

Quick Summary: Trump Media Company Appoints New CEO After Major Stock Decline Trump Media & Technology Group has replaced CEO Devin Nunes after a major stock decline The stock...

SpaceX nears deal with Cursor for $60 Billion Acquisition

Quick Summary: SpaceX nears deal with Cursor for $60 Billion Acquisition SpaceX is in...

Best Buy appoints Jason Bonfig as CEO to Drive Growth Strategy

Quick Summary: Best Buy appoints Jason Bonfig as CEO to Drive Growth Strategy Best...

P&C policyholders prefer AI tools but Distrust AI Decision

Quick Summary: P&C policyholders prefer AI tools but Distrust AI Decision P&C policyholders are...

Dyson travel-size Supersonic hairdryer Offers Global – Ready High Performance

Quick Summary: Dyson travel-size Supersonic hairdryer Offers Global - Ready High Performance Dyson has...

Waymo: What’s Next for Google’s Self Driving Car Company?

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 Launches Waymo, Google’s Self-Driving Car Company

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...

After Rumors of Problems, Apple AirPods Are Finally Here

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....

If Teens Are Not Doing Drugs, Then What Are They Doing?

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...

Microsoft Plans to Bring Virtual Assistants to Home Appliances

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...

Nearly 20% of Americans Use Psychiatric Drugs Every Year

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...

Instagram Live is Finally Here

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...

Bill Gates Announces $1B Clean Energy Fund, Days Before Trump’s Tech Summit

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...

Conflict of Interest Questions May Lead to Shake Up at Facebook

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...

Fans May Soon Be Able to Bring Guns to Stadiums

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 Casting Director Says Alt-Right Casting Call Was “Altered”

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...

Trump Calls Russia Hack ‘Ridiculous’

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...

Does Amazon Go Point to A Jobless Future?

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 Vocal Cords to Talk, Lack the Brain Power

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...

Scientists Discover a 255-Million Year Old Tumor

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...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg May Have His Eyes on Politics

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...

Google’s Pixel Phone Gaining Share in Pre-Holiday Sales

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...

Toys Accused of Spying on Children

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...

Why Netflix Might Be in Trouble

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...

Memory and Fear Affected By Breathing Rhythm, Study Says

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...

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