Delta Air Lines, one of the world’s largest carriers, and retail giant Sears announced that payment information belonging to hundreds of thousands of their customers may have been compromised through an online chat service. The service, operated by San Jose tech company [24]7.ai, was compromised between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, and information from customers […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday that the United States would consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on the Chinese, escalating a potentially damaging trade dispute with Beijing. Mr. Trump said in a statement that he was responding to “unfair retaliation” by China, which published a list on Wednesday of $50 billion in […]
Spring is in the air, which unfortunately for many of us means sneezing, itchy eyes, congestion and other symptoms associated with seasonal allergic reactions, aka, hay fever. According to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, roughly 7.8 percent of adults suffer from hay fever. Outside of clinical treatments (which may take years to […]
A swarm of thousands of black holes may surround the giant black hole at the heart of our galaxy, a new study finds. At the hearts of most, if not all, galaxies are supermassive black holes with masses that are millions to billions of times that of the sun. For example, at the center of […]
Cambridge Analytica is refuting a report by Facebook today that said Cambridge Analytica improperly attained data on up to 87 million users. Instead, it claims it only “licensed data for no more than 30 million people” from Dr. Aleksandr Kogan’s research company Global Science Research. It also claims none of this data was used in […]
A total of 11.8 million Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2018, a drop of just 400,000 from the previous year despite widespread predictions that enrollment would plummet amid political and insurance industry turbulence surrounding the law. The final figures, released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, show […]
After an exciting last weekend in orbit, China’s first space station Tiangong 1 (Chinese for “celestial palace”) reentered Earth’s atmosphere early Monday morning on April 2nd at 00:16 Universal Time, give or take a minute, over the South Pacific. The United States Strategic Command’s Joint Space Operations Center lists the reentry as occurring over latitude […]
Fears of a trade war between the United States and China just escalated again. The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of about 1,300 Chinese exports that could be targeted for tariffs. The United States plans to apply the tariffs to about $50 billion worth of goods to punish China for its theft of […]
Shares of Spotify Technology SA ended up 12.9 percent on their first day of trade on the New York Stock Exchange, a smooth debut that could pave the way for other companies looking to go public without the aid of Wall Street underwriters. Spotify shares opened at $165.90, up nearly 26 percent from a reference […]
Looking to feel good or increase your energy during your workout? What you eat before you head to the gym could make all the difference. Coach and celebrity trainer Harry Hanson says eating the wrong foods right before getting your sweat on can drag you down. “You don’t want to eat anything that’s going to sit in […]
Paleontologists digging in Montana have hit the dinosaur jackpot. They’ve uncovered what appears to be an elementary-school-age Tyrannosaurus rex, they announced Thursday (March 29). The researchers found the fearsome beast’s remains in Montana’s famous Hell Creek formation, a rocky expanse chock-full of dinosaur-age fossils. Despite the site’s rich assemblage, the past 100 years have yielded […]
More than $7 billion in toy sales will be reallocated throughout the industry after Toys R Us finalizes its liquidation sale and closes 700-plus stores, including several in the St. Louis area. Local toy retailers and specialty shops are hoping some of that money trickles into their cash registers. “There is definitely an opportunity for […]
