Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are expecting their second child. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg says his wife Priscilla Chan is pregnant with a girl. The couple already has a 1-year-old daughter. In his post, Zuckerberg writes that he’s happy his first daughter, Max, …
your ad hereTop 5 Songs for Week Ending March 11
We’re coming on strong with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 11, 2017. Last week, if you recall, we had a big new entry in fourth place. Well, THIS week, we have a big new entry in fourth …
your ad hereWhat the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works
If the tech industry is drawing one lesson from the latest WikiLeaks disclosures, it’s that data-scrambling encryption works, and the industry should use more of it. Documents purportedly outlining a massive CIA surveillance program suggest that CIA agents must go to great lengths to circumvent encryption they can’t break. …
your ad hereResearchers: Fast Radio Bursts Could Power Alien Spaceships
Extremely brief but powerful radio bursts coming from billions of light years away could be evidence of an advanced alien civilization, according to a new paper. Fast radio bursts, which are “millisecond-long flashes of radio emission” could be “leakage” from “planet-sized transmitters” that power alien spaceships over incredible distances. “Fast …
your ad hereSouth African Taxi Drivers Hold Airport Protest Against Uber
South African taxi drivers on Friday blocked roads around Johannesburg’s main international airport to protest against ride-hailing company Uber, causing some passengers to miss their flights. The protest by drivers with metered cabs, who say Uber unfairly siphons business from them, caused morning traffic jams on two highways near O.R. …
your ad hereUS Unemployment Drops Slightly; Economy Gains 235K Jobs
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 235,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percent to 4.7 percent. Friday’s report from the Labor Department was stronger than most economists expected. Some experts say it takes around 100,000 jobs a month to accommodate new entrants …
your ad hereFebruary Jobs Report: More Solid Growth Expected
U.S. employers are thought to have hired at a brisk pace in February, and the unemployment rate is expected to stay low, a result that would provide further evidence of a consistently solid job market. Economists have forecast a job gain of 186,000 and a decline of one-tenth of …
your ad hereAlleged CIA Hacking Techniques Lay Out Online Vulnerability
If this week’s WikiLeaks document dump is genuine, it includes a CIA list of the many and varied ways the electronic device in your hand, in your car, and in your home can be used to hack your life. It’s simply more proof that, “it’s not a matter of if …
your ad hereNew Generation of Hackable Internet Devices May Always Be Listening
It’s not a matter of “if” you’ll be hacked, but “when” you’ll be hacked. That may be every security expert’s favorite quote, and unfortunately they say it’s true. A Wikileaks dump of alleged CIA documents that includes electronic hacking techniques makes it abundantly clear that no one is safe. The …
your ad hereGambia Girl Gets Grin Back, Once Melon-Sized Tumor Is Gone
Twelve-year-old Janet Sylva of Gambia wants to be a doctor when she grows up, she says with a broad grin — one that surgeons in New York gave back to her after removing from her mouth one of the largest tumors they’d ever seen. The 6-pound benign tumor was …
your ad hereKid Approved Protection Against Air Pollution
Air pollution takes the lives of more than half a million young children every year, according to the World Health Organization. An entrepreneur in London has come up pollution-busting face masks to protect kids from toxic air. …
your ad hereUS Solar Soared in 2016, But Investors Still Leery
New U.S. solar installations nearly doubled last year, but slowing demand for both residential and large-scale systems, falling panel prices and concerns about looming federal tax reform are still dampening investor appetite for the sector. Solar installations soared 97 percent to 14.8 gigawatts in 2016, according to a report released …
your ad hereMonitoring Droughts’ Movements Would Aid Vulnerable Areas, Researchers Say
It’s a major natural disaster that slowly grows in one place and then moves across a region, gaining intensity and size. As it spreads, it destroys land, ruins agriculture and tears apart communities, and it can kill people. It’s a drought. Researchers are just beginning to view droughts as this …
your ad hereBehind NYC’s ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue Are 2 Corporate Giants
A bronze of a little girl defiantly facing Wall Street’s Charging Bull didn’t appear suddenly or spontaneously in the middle of the night in Manhattan’s financial district. It took months of intricate planning by two corporate giants to install “Fearless Girl” under the veil of darkness in time for Wednesday’s …
your ad hereChile Trade Head: Paths Open to New Pacific Trade Pact, Post-TPP
Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile next week, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal, Chile’s head of international trade told Reuters. Representatives from the 12 countries that formed the TPP, plus China and …
your ad hereRomania’s Health Care Exodus
Sonia Papiu started her first year of residency as a psychiatrist in the Romanian city of Cluj in January, but she plans to move abroad within the year, seeking better learning opportunities and hospital conditions. She will not be alone. “I don’t think any of my colleagues are planning to …
your ad hereColossus Probably Depicting Ramses II Found in Egypt
Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a massive eight-meter statue submerged in ground water in a Cairo slum that they say probably depicts revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. The discovery, hailed by the Antiquities Ministry as one of the most important ever, …
your ad hereApple’s Siri Learns Shanghainese as Voice Assistants Race to Cover Languages
With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft and now Alphabet’s Google all offering electronic assistants to take your commands. Siri is the oldest of the bunch, and researchers including Oren Etzioni, chief executive officer of the Allen …
your ad hereSolar Energy Station to Power Hawaiian Island
One of Hawaii’s islands may soon be powered by solar energy, at least during the night. In the biggest project since it acquired the solar cell giant SolarCity, the Tesla company will build a 13-megawatt solar farm on the island of Kauai, covering more than 44 acres (18 hectares). The …
your ad hereA buggy ride through Big Cypress National Preserve
Ever wonder what it’s like to ride on a swamp buggy? Just hop on board with national parks traveler Mikah Meyer and his friends as they explore the swamplands at Old Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida. …
your ad hereDoctors Tie Zika Virus to Heart Problems in Some Adults
For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults. The evidence so far is only in eight people in Venezuela, and is not enough to prove a link. It’s also too soon to know how often this might be happening. …
your ad hereOil Bulls Blink After Months of Attempts to Boost Crude Prices
Oil bulls trying to push the crude market higher finally waved the white flag Wednesday, triggering the biggest rout in a year on concerns that stubbornly high inventory levels would persist despite supply cuts. Prices had been locked in the tightest trading range in over a decade as traders and …
your ad hereIt Might Be Possible to Grow Potatoes on Mars
When humans finally land on Mars one of the first dishes made of locally grown vegetables may be the universally popular French fries. Researchers from the International Potato Center and the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru, say potatoes could grow in Martian soil, if they are given …
your ad hereNigeria’s Rice Boom Raises Output but Old Problems Persist
Nigerian Abdulhakim Mohammed has just graduated in architecture but, like many people ranging from unemployed locals to foreign investors and Africa’s richest man, he has decided the future lies in rice farming. The reason is that domestic rice prices have more than doubled in the last two years due to …
your ad hereIran’s Khamenei: Economic Progress Limited Despite Lifted Sanctions
Iran’s supreme leader criticized the country’s slow pace of economic recovery on Thursday despite the lifting of sanctions and called on President Hassan Rouhani’s government to champion greater self-sufficiency, state TV reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s criticism comes ahead of Iran’s presidential election in May, when the pragmatist president is expected …
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