Google settles with contractor over alleged racial discrimination
As much as Google talks about being inclusive of other cultures, it might have some more work to do. The Guardian has learned that Google recently settled a racial discrimination claim from a British contractor who collected shopping mall WiFi data for the Maps team in Europe. Allegedly, the company withdrew an offer for a […]
Whoa. A Pair Of Genetically Edited Babies Might Have Been Successfully Born In China
A Chinese scientist is claiming to have helped create the world’s first genetically edited babies after a couple gave birth earlier this month to two twin girls whose DNA was engineered to have the capability to thwart off HIV and AIDS. Jiankui He, the lead researcher, and a team of scientists at the Southern University […]
Google just found malware apps hiding in the Play store that were downloaded over 500,000 times
Google has taken swift action after it was discovered that more than a dozen apps that install malware on user devices were found in the Google Play store. The company has yanked the 13 Android apps, which included car and truck driving simulations as well as a couple that actually got featured in the store’s […]
Black Holes, Quantum Systems, Superconductors and Planck’s Constant are Related
Researchers from the CNRS and Université de Sherbrooke, have discovered a universal law for the electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors. They exposed superconductors to an intense magnetic field to weaken superconductivity and reveal underlying properties. They measured the variations of electrical resistivity up to -263 °C, and developed a predictive model that can be applied […]
Dow rises 300 points after global markets, crude oil rally
Cyber Monday shopping in focus Stock rose at the start of trade, following the worst Thanksgiving-week performance in seven years, as oil prices and global equities rally, and as U.S. shoppers begin to take advantage of deals offered by retailers on Cyber Monday. How are the benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.57% […]
Gold edges higher as dollar weakens
Gold futures traded higher Monday, as positive developments in Europe weighed on the dollar, providing a runway higher for bullion. Gold for December delivery GCZ8, +0.06% trading on Comex rose 0.2% at $1,225.30 an ounce, after registering a weekly climb of less than 0.1% on Friday. The British pound GBPUSD, +0.3361% and the euro EURUSD, […]
Family separations at border started months earlier than announced
Thousands more children may have been detained, ‘60 Minutes’ finds President Donald Trump’s policy to separate children from their migrant parents at the U.S. border began nine months earlier than the White House acknowledged and could have resulted in more families being broken up than the administration admitted, according to a report on Sunday. The […]
Cyber Monday set to be biggest U.S. online shopping day in history
The online shopping holiday is expected to generate $7.8 billion in sales this year American consumers are about to click their way into the record books. Cyber Monday is expected to generate $7.8 billion in sales, up nearly 18% on last year, which would make it the biggest online shopping day in the U.S., according […]
Record holiday box office
Movie sequels are having their own Thanksgiving feast at the box office and fueling record industry-wide grosses for the long weekend. “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Creed II” took the top two spots on the North American charts, beat the openings for the original films and helped the five-day Thanksgiving box office totals cross the […]
Oilpatch buybacks good biz
Canadian oil and gas companies finding little love in the stock market are repurchasing their neglected shares, driving a rise in share buybacks that’s already reached a record high this year. Using scarce dollars to buy your own stock instead of investing to grow the business may seem wasteful to some, but observers say it […]