A drone delivered an organ to a transplant patient for the first time
The groundbreaking project could make it possible to save thousands of lives. For the first time, a drone has delivered a kidney to a transplant patient who had waited eight years for a donor. The organ was carried on a short, 10 minute, 2.7 mile test flight from Baltimore’s St. Agnes Hospital to the University […]
Instagram is testing more tools to combat bullying
It will nudge aggressive commenters and offer an away mode for sensitive times. At the F8 conference today, Facebook announced it’s working on more tools to stop and prevent bullying. The changes will include things like nudges — if you make an aggressive comment, Instagram will warn you to tone it down a bit. The […]
Firefox virtual reality web browser comes to SteamVR this summer
Surf the web in between VR gaming sessions. Mozilla’s Firefox Reality browser has been available through a number of platform-specific VR portals, but it’ll soon be available in a relatively neutral form. The developer has revealed that it’s working with Valve to bring Firefox Reality to SteamVR sometime this summer. You’ll install it through a […]
NASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years
An Oregon-based company falsified aluminum certification tests for nearly two decades. When the launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory and Glory missions failed in 2009 and 2011, the agency said it was because their launch vehicle malfunctioned. The clamshell structure (called fairing) encapsulating the satellites as they traveled aboard Orbital ATK’s Taurus XL rocket failed to separate […]
Stocks to Watch: Wake-Up Call for Owens & Minor, Inc. (OMI), McKesson Corporation (MCK)
The price of Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE:OMI) went down by $-0.11 now trading at $3.41. Their shares witnessed a 4.6% increase from the 52-week low price of $3.26 they recorded on 2019-04-25. Even though it is still -461.88% behind the $19.16 high touched on 2018-08-06. The last few days have been good for the […]
Stocks to Watch: Eyes on Flowserve Corporation (FLS), Yeti Holdings, Inc. (YETI)
The price of Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) went down by $-0.56 now trading at $49.03. Their shares witnessed a 36.65% increase from the 52-week low price of $35.88 they recorded on 2018-12-24. Even though it is still -15.97% behind the $56.86 high touched on 2018-09-19. The last few days have been rough for the stock, as […]
Stocks to Watch: Aleafia Health Inc. – Ordinary Shares (OTCQX:ALEAF) Down -2.62%
At close of market on Monday, Aleafia Health Inc. – Ordinary Shares (OTCQX:ALEAF) stock finished trading at -2.62%, bringing the stock price to $1.17 on the OTCQX Marketplace. The stock price saw a low of $1.12 and a high of $1.25. The company’s stock was traded 914 times with a total of 790,679 shares traded. […]
Stocks to Watch: Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI) Down -14.29%
At close of market on Monday, Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI) stock finished trading at -14.29%, bringing the stock price to $0.06 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $0.06 and a high of $0.07. The company’s stock was traded 467 times with a total of 8,199,443 shares traded. Prometic […]
‘Temporary’ oil solution
The head of Canada’s largest railway says ferrying crude remains a lucrative, albeit temporary solution to Canada’s pipeline quandary. “The role of the rail industry is a recent role and probably a temporary role. We’re not here to replace pipelines; we’re here to be a compliment for a period of time,” Canadian National Railway Co. […]
Shopify shares soar after tech company pivots to a profit
Shopify Inc.’s share price jumped in Tuesday trading after the company beat earnings expectations and boosted its full-year forecast. Shares in the Ottawa-based online shopping platform closed up $22.71, or 8.9 per cent, at $325.75 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The boost came after the company, which reports in U.S. dollars, said it had adjusted […]