Watch out for a clever Touch ID Scam hitting App Store
ONE OF THE joys of Touch ID is how seamlessly it works. It rarely takes more than an instant to unlock your iPhone or approve a purchase. But recently a handful of scam apps have turned that ease of use against anyone unlucky enough to download them. In separately reported incidents, apps posing as health […]
AT&T makes it more expensive to cancel DirecTV or Internet service
AT&T will start charging customers for the full month after they cancel TV or Internet service, ending its customer-friendly practice of providing a prorated credit for the final month. Even if you cancel on the first day of a new billing period, you’ll be charged for the full month and service will continue for the […]
Xiaomi surges past Apple in global wearables shipped as the market grows overall
2018 seems on track to be a big year for wearables as global shipments rose 21.7% in Q3, according to a report by industry research firm IDC. But that growth happened in regions outside the US as the American region’s expansion dipped 0.4%, indicating a split in user appetites as different markets become saturated, the […]
Artificial intelligence tracks biological age at every level and rewinds the aging clock
Monday, December 3, Rockville, MD – Insilico Medicine, one of the leaders in artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development, digital medicine, and aging research announced today the publication of its recent paper titled “Artificial Intelligence for Aging and Longevity Research: Recent Advances and Perspectives” in Ageing Research Reviews, one of the highest-impact journals in […]
Faux Canada Goose $5 iron-on patches are used by scammers to fake $1,000 coats
Fake versions of the coveted patch can be found on eBay Canada Goose got its feathers in a ruffle after a cheeky vendor on eBay started selling $5 iron-on patches that mimicked the famous logo on the company’s $1,000 coats. “Like many world-leading brands, our success has led to our products being copied by counterfeiters,” […]
Construction spending falls as public works edge out home building
All the data confirms: no relief for house-hunters The numbers: Construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual $1.309 billion in October, 0.1% lower than a revised September spending pace of $1.311 billion, the Commerce Department said Monday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had forecast a 0.3% monthly increase. What happened: Any strength in October came […]
Ford’s restructuring could slash more jobs than GM’s, Morgan Stanley says
Ford Motor Co.’s restructuring would be “more extensive” than GM’s and could involve laying off tens of thousands of employees around the world, analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note Monday. The analysts used Ford’s planned expenses as part of their calculations and compared them to General Motors Co’s expenses in the latter’s planned […]
December historically is the most wonderful time of the year for stocks
Since 1950, no other month has posted a higher average return than December Stocks kicked off the first trading day of December with gusto, helping investors to usher in the month on a festive note and sparking hopes for a so-called Santa rally. “Although the well-known Santa Claus rally is technically the last five days […]
Scheer: more cash for cops
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising more money for police to combat gun and gang violence and says he will audit Canadian jail programs to make sure inmates are ready to rejoin society when their sentences are up. Scheer released the third and final part of his public-safety policy Monday. He said he has heard […]
‘Astounded’ by space
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques boarded the International Space Station Monday afternoon, declaring himself “astounded” by the journey and excited for the discoveries ahead of him. After the hatch opened at 2:37 p.m. Eastern, Saint-Jacques and his two crewmates floated in from the docked Soyuz capsule, embracing the astronauts who have been at the space station […]