PHOTOS: A mysterious self-driving Toyota with a stealth paint job was spotted...
Self-driving cars are running wild in the streets of San Francisco. Residents of the city are likely to encounter a robo-car prototype at any moment. Uber, GM, and Google spinoff Waymo are the...
View ArticleTrump declares a state of emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US...
With Hurricane Irma’s possible landfall on the United States approaching, President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands on Tuesday. According...
View Article2 of the top officials in Trump’s cabinet gave vastly different statements on...
Two of President Donald Trump’s top administration officials provided vastly different statements in announcing his decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – known as DACA – in six...
View ArticleOne of Obamacare’s biggest nightmares is back
Optima – a Virginia-based health insurer – will exit a slew of Obamacare exchanges in the state for 2018, the company announced Wednesday. The insurer said it would leave many rural areas of the...
View ArticleHurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever measured, is slamming...
Hurricane Irma has slammed into several Caribbean islands as a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm. The National Hurricane Center’s projected path shows Irma arriving in South Florida over the...
View Article5 ways to get a flight out during an emergency — if you’ve got the cash or...
For many travelers, getting a flight out of an airport in Florida as Hurricane Irma bears down will be practically impossible. Major airlines are canceling flights prior to the Category 5 storm making...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg invited 3 ‘Dreamers’ to his Silicon Valley home and...
Tomás Evangelista’s status as undocumented immigrant thwarted his dream to join the military and made it hard for him to find a job. Now he’s trying to help other Dreamers like him – immigrants...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines is capping all of its flights out of Florida at $99 as...
American Airlines is going to great lengths to help as many people as possible escape Hurricane Irma. The company said Wednesday that it will offer tickets out of Florida for $99 as the hurricane...
View ArticleApple’s iPhone 8 may cost as much as $999 — and there’s a smarter way to buy it
Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program allows you to pay over two years or upgrade after at least 12 payments. Only 12% of iPhone owners purchase their phone directly from Apple. If you wouldn’t buy a laptop...
View ArticleOne chart shows Apple dominating the smartwatch market
Rumors are swirling that Apple plans to unveil a new Apple Watch alongside the iPhone 8 next week, and competitors in the wearable market tried to get a step ahead this week by unveiling new devices...
View ArticleThe inside story of how a $12 billion deal for a revolutionary cancer...
One of the most attention-catching biotech deals of the year slotted into place after a fateful July meeting that didn’t directly have to do with either company, a new filing shows. In August, Gilead...
View ArticleLarry Ellison won’t get paid any more equity unless he gets Oracle’s stock up...
If Oracle CTO and renowned billionaire Larry Ellison wants to get any wealthier, he’s going to have to do right by shareholders. The company just revealed a new, 100% performance-based equity package...
View ArticleThe Marlins and Nationals played in a nearly empty stadium in Miami with...
The Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals squared off in a nearly empty Marlins Park on Wednesday as Hurricane Irma bears down on south Florida. State officials have already issued evacuation orders...
View ArticleA federal appeals court just dealt another blow to Trump’s travel ban
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its travel ban against the grandparents and extended relatives of...
View ArticleSamsung holds a narrow lead over Sony in the virtual reality race
Virtual reality headsets have yet to live up to the initial hype. Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion, leading Mark Zuckerberg to proclaim, “we believe this kind of immersive, augmented...
View ArticleCortana vs. Elo — The computers have made their picks for Week 1 of the NFL
The NFL season is back and it is time to make picks and everybody could always use a little help. Below we take a look at two popular systems used to pick NFL games – Cortana, Microsoft’s digital...
View Article‘Preposterous and insulting’: Cardinal fires back at Steve Bannon’s...
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, fired back at Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, following Bannon’s suggestion that the Catholic Church was...
View ArticleHere’s how much paid leave new mothers and fathers get in 11 different countries
The Trump administration earlier this year included a plan for paid parental leave in its 2018 budget proposal, with a stated goal of offering eligible workers six weeks of leave. The proposal was a...
View ArticleChart shows how much the New England Patriots have dominated the NFL
The 2017 NFL season is here and like many of the previous 16, the New England Patriots are overwhelmingly considered the best team in the league. Since Tom Brady became the Patriots’ starting...
View ArticleAll 5 former living presidents are teaming up to raise money for hurricane...
All five living former US presidents are teaming up to urge people to donate to the recovery and relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The “One America Appeal,” as it’s called, will launch...
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