Mark Zuckerberg Lost $15.1 Billion in 5 Minutes This Morning
(Bloomberg) — For many of the world’s richest people, losing $15.1 billion in five minutes would be a wipeout. For Mark Zuckerberg, it’s just about …
IQ Scores Are Falling Due to Environmental Factors, Study Finds
IQ scores are on a decline, reversing a trend that saw scores rising at a steady rate during the 20th century, according to a new …
Snapchat’s New Spectacles Can Do One Important Thing the Old Version Couldn’t
Snap Inc. is determined to make its camera-equipped sunglasses a hit. The company is launching an updated version of its Snapchat-connected Spectacles that offers several …
Nikki Haley Questions U.S. Participation in the Winter Olympics Amid Tensions With North Korea
Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has called American attendance at South Korean winter games into question, citing escalating tension with North …
Elon Musk Might Take Tesla Private in a Move That Values the Company at $82 Billion
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk said he’s considering taking Tesla Inc. private in a radical step that would ease pressure on the money-losing automaker. The announcement, …
A Chinese Space Lab is Going to Fall to Earth — And Nobody Knows Where It Will Land
Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 (or “heavenly palace”) is set to fall back to Earth some time at the end of March or beginning of April. …
The True History of America’s Private Prison Industry
Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion private prison corporation now known as CoreCivic, Terrell Don Hutto ran a cotton plantation the …
Almost 80% of U.K. Companies Pay Women Less Than Men
More than 10,000 employers in the United Kingdom publicly reported their gender pay gap data Wednesday as a result of a 2017 regulation aimed at …
3 Things I Learned After One Month With Apple’s HomePod
Apple may have gotten a head start on virtual assistants when Siri arrived on the iPhone 4s back in 2011. But rivals Amazon and Google …
WhatsApp Fights Fake News With Message Forwarding Restrictions
In the latest case of social media privacy and security limitations, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has announced it will restrict the number of times an …