Quick Summary: Can’t Save US Airlines From Iran War Fuel Shock US Record demand
U.S. airlines are seeing record passenger demand despite rising costs
The conflict involving Iran has...
A Missouri appeals court has tossed out a $72 million award in a woman’s lawsuit that claimed talcum powder and other Johnson & Johnson products added to her cancer, according to CBS news.
On Tuesday, the Missouri Eastern District court ruled that Missouri was not the correct jurisdiction for the...
Within the next few months, China’s 8.5-ton space laboratory will crash into Earth. But, no one knows where it will hit.
According to reports, Tiangong 1, in Chinese translates to “Heavenly Palace,” is China’s first space lab. China launched Tiangong1 in 2011, and the laboratory worked as a prototype for...
Bitcoin’s valuation has surpassed $5,000 for the first time on Thursday. The value of Bitcoin has jumped 8% on the day as investors gain more confidence in the cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin is the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency. Since the start of 2017, the value of the cryptocurrency has increased...
Amazon is about to go on a hiring spree. The e-commerce giant plans to add more than 120,000 workers for the upcoming holiday shopping season. On Thursday, the company announces it will hire positions in its fulfillment centers, customer service sites, and sorting facilities. While many of the jobs...
Facebook is calling for U.S. lawmakers to let the world see the ads linked to Russian accounts and advertised during the 2016 election. The social network is also willing to explain the ad targeting to the public as well.
Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook’s chief operating officer. On Thursday, she announced...
PornHub receives 80 million visitors a day, but the website may have been hacked. According to Independent, Pornhub was hacked. The news outlet reports a secret advertisement has been running on the site for more than a year. The ad would infiltrate a user's computer and then have their device...
China’s Alibaba is investing $15 billion into a network of research groups with a mission to challenge Silicon Valley’s dominance in technology.
Alibaba announced on Wednesday that the investment would be used to create research labs over the next three years around the world. The goal of the $15 billion...
Facebook users have experienced an outage Wednesday morning. Users report being unable to use the website and other users report the website’s functionality such as the “post” box was not working.
The outage of the network was tracked by the website Down Detector, where users continue to report issues with...
Statues of Confederate soldiers and leaders is still a hot-button issue in many Southern states, cities, and community. Some groups support the monuments saying the Civil War is not about slavery and should be honored to recognize previous historical figures.
John Oliver had something to say to those groups....
McDonald’s faced the wrath of Rick and Morty fans when the fast-food chained didn’t provide enough Szechuan McNugget sauce on Saturday.
On Saturday, October 7th, several McDonald’s locations across the U.S. gave away Szechuan Sauce, in response to an episode and outcry from fans of the Adult Swim cartoon....
Google has discovered Russians spent thousands of dollars on advertisements on YouTube, Gmail and other Google advertising to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a new report by Reuters.
On Monday, Reuters revealed that Russian operatives purchased advertisements to influence the 2016 Presidential election. In the report,...
Dove deleted a “three-second video clip” from their Facebook page and admitted on Saturday that the company had “missed the mark in thoughtfully representing women of color” in an ad for body wash.
Consumers had reacted angrily to images of a black woman removing a brown shirt and appearing to...
Reddit is one of the most visited websites in the world. Last week, The Hill reported the message board website hired their first federal lobbyists.
The federal disclosure filings indicate Reddit hired the Franklin Square Group in July to lobby on behalf of “Internet issues, including net neutrality and liability...
On Tuesday, Yahoo issued a statement disclosing that upon further investigation of the 2013 breach the company believes all of its three billion accounts were impacted, not 1 billion liked previously thought. The revelation of 3 billion breached accounts means everyone who had a Yahoo account, and all the...
Last month, Polly became a hit on Snapchat with over 20 million answerers. The feature allowed for users to add multiple-choice polls onto their Snapchat. Instagram is following in their footsteps with their polling feature within Stories. Now just like adding a sticker, users can add a two-answer poll...
Senator Elizabeth Warren said it is time for the Wells Fargo & Co. CEO to get fired.
The Wells Fargo account fraud scandal is an ongoing controversy surrounding the creation of millions of fraudulent accounts on behalf of Wells Fargo clients without their consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined...
On Monday, Facebook announced it had given Congress thousands of advertisements linked to Russian influence operations in the United States. Facebook also announced their tightening of ad policies to make sure election impact is harder to achieve on the social network.
Facebook confirmed that it discovered the ad sales earlier...
Facebook is reportedly testing facial recognition as a way of securing accounts more efficiently.
Facebook confirmed the testing to TechCrunch saying, "We are testing a new feature for people who want to quickly and easily verify account ownership during the account recovery process. This optional feature is available only on...
Following the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history, Uber and Lyft have changed their prices in Las Vegas so people can exit the area without being charged outrageous fees.
The news comes after ride services have been criticized in the past for price gouging following a disaster.
According to a...
As of Sunday, October 1, a new French law is in place. It states any models in commercial photography who have been made to appear thinner or thicker by image processing software has to include a statement declaring the image was retouched. Anyone who opts out of this law...
