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...
The Paranthropus boisei, a species of an ancient bipedal hominid that roamed around the Earth 2.4 until 1.4 million years ago, could be responsible for passing off the first case of genital herpes to humans.
Between 3 and 1.4 million years ago, genital herpes from African apes infected our human...
YouTube has blocked users their ability to link out to external sites in their end cards. Many YouTube users use end cards to link to further monetize their video content. For example, YouTubers could sell merchandise and Patreon pages where fans can donate money to support their projects.
YouTube Partner...
Whole Foods Market, which was acquired by Amazon who bought for $13.7 billion in June, warned customers on Thursday that hackers stole credit card information from several of its stores. The hack affected Whole Foods’ taprooms and restaurants, not stores’ primary checkout lines, the company announced in a statement.
The...
IKEA has signed an agreement to acquire the tech company TaskRabbit.
On Thursday, IKEA Group announced they had signed an agreement to acquire 100% of TaskRabbit, an on-demand services company. Operating out of the United States, TaskRabbit will continue to serve as an independent company and will continue to provide...
Senate Intelligence Committee investigators are planning to ask Twitter representatives today whether misinformation spread by Russian accounts were made into real news stores and were targeting Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton, and whether or not the social network took steps to stop the spread of false news.
According to Politico, Hillary...
African Americans, Hispanics and individuals without a college degree saw the largest gains in wealth since 2013, the Federal Reserve revealed on Wednesday. That said, the improvements did little to eliminate the inequality gap.
The share of America’s income held by the top 1% of households reached 24% in...
Facebook is currently under pressure from the U.S. government to provide detailed information surrounding the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. But it is not the only social networking company that could have played a role in the promotion of propaganda during the U.S. election. According...
Last week in a letter Sen. Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar urged their constituents to support a bill that will regulate campaign ads running on social networks like Facebook. A draft of the bill may hit Congress as early as Tuesday, according to Gizmodo.
Gizmodo reports the bill was...
Over the weekend, Showtime websites were reportedly found to be running a script that allows the websites to mine visitors’ extra CPU power for the cryptocurrency.
Users on Twitter pointed out that the afflicted sites including showtime.com and showtimeanytime.com were mining for the cryptocurrency, but the script has since...
The tweets in your timeline are going to get a bit longer. Twitter announced on today that the company has started testing 280-character tweets, increasing the previous character limit, to help users share their thoughts and ideas.
“Our research shows us that the character limit is a major cause...
The CEO of Equifax has suddenly retired after a major data breach that left over 100 million people affected.
Richard Smith is the CEO and chairman of Equifax. On Tuesday, he retired following a data breach at the credit-reporting service that affected the private information of 143 million people,...
Twitter has responded to critics who claim the social network has given President Donald Trump a pass on his inflammatory tweets.
On Monday, a company spokesman said that it takes into account “newsworthiness” and public interest when deciding whether or not a particular tweet violates the company’s rules for...
A group of hackers connected to Russia’s military intelligence unit, the GRU, started creating fake Facebook accounts to boost stolen emails as early as June 2016, according to a new report by the Washington Post.
The report comes weeks after Facebook announced that fake accounts linked to Russia were...
YouTube is releasing a new tool called Director Mix, which will make it easier for advertisers and marketers to create hundreds of variations of video ads.
The video-streaming company is on a mission to capture advertisers and create more relevant ads that are tailored to a certain viewer’s profile.
While it...
Uber is willing to make a deal to ensure their ability to license and operate in London.
Tom Elvidge told the Sunday Times they are willing to make concessions. "While we haven't been asked to make any changes, we'd like to know what we can do.”
Elvidge added, “That requires a...
NASA’s Langley Research Center built a new state-of-the-art research facility in Hampton, Virginia and named the complex after Katherine Johnson, the NASA engineer, and star of the book and Oscar-nominated feature film Hidden Figures.
“You want my honest answer? I think they’re crazy,” Katherine Johnson said when she heard...
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and University College London analyzed data on more than 10,000 children born in 2000 to 2001 and found nearly 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 10 boys are depressed by the age of 14.
As part of the Millennium Cohort Study,...
A robot dentist has completed the first implants without human touch. The robot has completed the very first successful autonomous implant surgery by fitting two new teeth into a woman’s mouth. While medical staff was present during the operation, they did not play a major role in the implant...
CVS announced a limit on all opioid prescriptions to a week supply. As a result, the major retail giant will be the first to do so following the outbreak of the opioid epidemic.
CVS Caremark, the company’s pharmacy benefits manager, is using their management program to limit opioid prescriptions to...
As Republicans mount an effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is making sure it is not easy for people to sign up for health insurance.
Last Friday, the administration announced that healthcare.gov, the website many Americans use to sign up for health insurance through...
