SpaceX's Unique Cargo Ship Just Returned From The International Space Station
A commercial spacecraft owned by California-based company Space Exploration Technologies splashed into the Pacific on Sunday after leaving the International Space Station five hours earlier.The cargo...
View ArticleWe'll Get A Crucial Update On The Housing Market This Week — Here's Your...
There's very little on the economic calendar this week.However, we will get new monthly reports on existing home sales and new home sales on Thursday and Friday, respectively.Those measures have been...
View Article14 Pinterest Projects That Failed Hilariously
Pinterest is largely an aspirational social network. People post and "pin" pictures that help them create the ideal version of different aspects of their lives. For that reason, the site is loaded with...
View ArticleAntidepressant Use Has Exploded Since 1988
Americans are swallowing antidepressants like Zoloft and Paxil at four times the rate they used to, according to the latest statistical report on the nation's health, released this week by the Centers...
View ArticlePRESENTING: The 100 Most Influential Tech Women On Twitter
There's been a lot of talk about how women are underrepresented in the tech world and the voice of tech tends to be more male-centric. Especially when it comes to the Twitter conversation, it can feel...
View ArticleAT&T Is Buying DirecTV In A Deal Valued At Nearly $50 Billion, $67 Billion...
AT&T announced today that it will buy DirecTV for $95 per share, in a deal valued at almost $50 billion ($48.5) and about $67 billion with debt. The deal isn't a surprise. The news leaked out last...
View ArticleAn $80 Million 'Dracula Castle' With A Secret Staircase Is On Sale For $80...
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View ArticleAmerica's Best City For Food Trucks Is Not New York
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View Article'The Internet Of Things' Will Change Everything About The Global Consumer...
The arrival of the Internet of Things marks a major watershed in the global consumer economy. Internet connections will be built in to a massive quantity of new products, from air conditioners to light...
View ArticleBMW Takes Its Car-Sharing Service To The Streets Of San Francisco
BMW's car-sharing service, called DriveNow, is adding 80 cars to its fleet in the Bay Area, and starting this month, it will offer street parking spots in the Mission District in San Francisco.That...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Is Raising $11 Billion More In Capital
Deutsche Bank plans to raise $11 billion in new capital, the Frankfurt-based megabank announced Sunday. The funding round comes amid concerns about the firm's capital levels, the paper notes. As the...
View ArticleCollege Speaker Calls Students Immature, Arrogant
HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) — A commencement speaker on Sunday blasted college students as "immature" and "arrogant" for protesting another speaker who then decided to withdraw.William Bowen, former president...
View ArticleYouTube Is Reportedly Buying Videogame-Streaming Startup Twitch For More Than...
YouTube has reached a deal to buy the popular videogame-streaming company, Twitch, for more than $1 billion, sources with knowledge of the agreement told Variety. Twitch is a video service that lets...
View ArticleAn Insurance Company Is Suing 200 Illinois Towns For Not Being Better...
An insurance company is suing nearly 200 Chicago-area towns for failing to do more to prevent damages it says are linked to climate change, Reuters' Mica Rosenberg reports.Farmers Insurance is asking...
View ArticleHere's What It Costs To Eat At The 15 Best Restaurants In The US
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View ArticleJapan Stocks Open Higher
Japan's Nikkei index opened higher Monday morning after the country reported larger-than expected-orders for core machines ahead of a recent sales tax increase.Receipts jumped 19.1% month-over-month...
View ArticleHere's Why Netflix And Google Are Building Out Their Own Content Distribution...
Internet service providers (ISPs) get a lot more attention than any of the other players in the streaming video pipeline. But there's another piece of the transit ecosystem that is becoming absolutely...
View ArticleHere's The Odd List Of Words China Bans Because Of Tiananmen Square
The 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre is this week, and China is taking extreme measures to make sure nobody commemorates the event.In 2012, China Digital Times identified more than 100...
View ArticleThe Shockingly Awful Living Conditions Of Construction Workers In Qatar...
There are 1.4 million migrant workers in Qatar — the tiny, oil-rich Arabian peninsula that won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.Many of these workers came from poor regions of southeast Asia, and...
View ArticleNew Jersey Mayor Punched In The Face By Elderly Man On Election Day
Welcome to the wild world of politics, Jersey style. Bogota, New Jersey Mayor Tito Jackson told PolitickerNJ he was attacked by an elderly gentleman named Sal Trotta, after voting in the local election...
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