The U.S. government inserted itself into the technology industry’s biggest potential takeover, postponing a key shareholder vote on grounds that the deal could endanger the country’s technological prowess and, in turn, national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., an interagency group chaired by the Treasury Department that can recommend the president block […]
Readers of a certain age will recall, and perhaps still find themselves singing from time to time, the song “He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother.” The sad, simple reality of modern life, though, is that our brother is probably both — and quite possibly diabetic as well. So, too, our sisters, and selves — and […]
NASA’s InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California to begin final preparations for a launch this May. The spacecraft was shipped from Lockheed Martin Space, Denver and arrived at Vandenberg. The launch period for InSight opens May 5th and continues through June 8th. InSight will be the first mission to […]
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Las Vegas Uber and Lyft drivers have differing reactions to a new national study claiming rideshare drivers make minimum wage or lower. The MIT study found that on average, rideshare drivers made around $3.37 per hour, and 74 percent earned less than minimum wage. Drivers in Las Vegas had mixed reaction to […]
Denim will always be a staple in the fashion world and whilst the iconic name in Levi’s has grown slightly tired amongst today’s staunch competition, there’s no denying that the brand is ahead of the game when it comes to innovation. The American company recently revealed a new digitising technique which employs lasers to achieve […]
Zachary Rapp wakes up most mornings at the crack of dawn, goes for a run, sips black coffee while ripping through emails, and then steps into a freezing cold shower. It’s a routine designed to reduce the stress of juggling three different health and biotech start-ups for 18 hours a day. Rapp is part of […]
It’s easy to see quite a few scientific theories as relying on a decision as to when something began. The universe, for example. We’ve heard a lot about the Big Bang. It’s the moment when something impossibly tiny began to grow over the next billions of years to become the universe that we know (at […]
President Trump’s announcement that he planned to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum delighted some blue-collar industries he had championed. “Enthusiastic and gratified are probably understatements,” said Michael A. Bless, the president of Century Aluminum. Behemoth steel buyers like Boeing and General Motors weren’t as pleased. Their shares fell on the news, and […]
An avalanche at Mammoth Mountain early Saturday forced the closure of the popular ski area and triggered search and rescue efforts, officials said. There were no reports of serious injuries or missing people, but emergency crews were activated, officials said. The ski patrol was conducting avalanche hazard mitigation work when the avalanche occurred about 10:15 […]
Flu has been shown the door in the United States. Illness activity peaked and began to decline during the eighth week of the year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly surveillance report indicated Friday. Just 5% of people who visited their doctors did so while complaining of flu-like illness, down from 6.4% […]
After noticing the telltale signs of guano streaks on satellite imagery, an international team of researchers set out to count the number of penguins on Antarctica’s aptly named Danger Islands. They found a previously undetected supercolony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins—a surprising result, given how poorly these aquatic birds are doing just 100 miles […]
Delta Air Lines Inc. showed no signs Friday of backing away from a decision to cancel fare discounts for the National Rifle Assn., despite a retaliatory move by Georgia state leaders that deprived the airline of a significant tax break. Atlanta-based Delta released an internal memo that Chief Executive Ed Bastian sent to employees that […]
