Tesla and Consumer Reports have a sordid history of squabbling over car reviews, and that’s not about to stop just because the Model 3 is on the road. CR has stopped short of recommending the Model 3 following a handful of complaints, most notably braking. The publication found that the EV only came close to […]
Migraine sufferers across the U.S. have their eyes on a newly approved drug that’s offering hope for reducing the frequency of monthly migraine attacks. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aimovig for the preventive treatment of migraines in adults with episodic or chronic migraines. Episodic migraine is when symptoms occur up to […]
Early risers on the US East Coast might get a bit of a show tomorrow morning: private space company Orbital ATK will launch its Antares rocket with a Cygnus spacecraft at 4:39 AM EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission is the company’s ninth flight for NASA, and is headed to the […]
Starbucks bathrooms are now open to all — no purchase necessary. The company informed US employees on Friday that people can gather in their cafes and patios even if they don’t buy drinks, and that store bathrooms are available to everyone. “Any person who enters our spaces, including patios, cafes and restrooms, regardless of whether […]
On Saturday night Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a few announcements via Twitter about new options for the Tesla Model 3. Specifically, the CEO said that in July the Model 3 would be available with options for a dual-motor and all-wheel drive. On a normal Model 3, that addition will come at a cost of […]
The FDA has approved the first in a new class of migraine drugs that aim to fight painful migraine headaches before they start. Erenumab (Aimovig) is the first of four new migraine drugs in the pipeline that target calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a molecule that’s produced in nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord. […]
Astronomers have made the most distant ever detection of oxygen. They observed it in a galaxy of stars that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. But what is really fascinating is that this oxygen can only have been produced in an even older group of stars that would have dispersed it when […]
U.S. grocery delivery company Instacart suffered a new setback on Thursday when Kroger Co (KR.N), one of its major U.S. customers, announced a partnership with British automated online grocery service Ocado Group Plc (OCDO.L). Kroger’s deal with Ocado – coming less than a year after Amazon.com (AMZN.O) bought key Instacart partner Whole Foods – puts […]
PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) has agreed to acquire iZettle, one of Europe’s best known financial technology startups, for $2.2 billion, the companies said on Thursday. The deal will enable PayPal to expand its presence in in-store payments globally, and will mark the largest-ever acquisition by the San Jose, California- based company. iZettle is best known […]
Kermit the Frog used to sing that it wasn’t easy being green, but that isn’t the case for some real-life lizards. They apparently find being green so easy that even their blood is green. A study published Tuesday suggests seems that this lime-green blood has evolved independently several times in lizards. Scientists are now trying […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, — At a media teleconference before the first flight of the Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk outlined some of the various upgrades to the Falcon 9 on the Block 5 version and revealed that, sometime next year, the company plans to launch, recover, re-fuel and […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon Prime members will soon get 10% off some sale items at Whole Foods supermarkets along with discounts on selected popular items. The program launches in Florida Wednesday and will extend nationwide this summer. To get the deals, Prime members will need to download the Whole Foods app on their phone and […]
