Why you can’t yet withdraw that stimulus payment sitting in your bank account
Some Americans are seeing their stimulus checks pending in their bank accounts, and they’re complaining about banks holding their stimulus…
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Wall Street is already eyeing Biden’s next trillion-dollar spending plan
Stimulus checks from President Joe Biden’s huge relief package, enacted last week, are just making their way out the door. But Wall Street is…
Continue Reading Here’s what Covid vaccines are worth to Big Pharma
The various Covid-19 vaccines currently being distributed around the globe have the potential to end the worst pandemic in a century. They also will…
Continue Reading Elon Musk has a new title at Tesla. He’s the ‘Technoking’
Elon Musk is not your typical CEO. Now he has a new title to prove it. In a filing with his least favorite regulator, the Securities and Exchange…
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Xiaomi wins temporary reprieve from US ban on American investment
Xiaomi has won at least a temporary reprieve from a US ban on Americans investing in the Chinese smartphone maker. The Trump-era ban was halted…
Continue Reading Redlined US homes face higher flood risks from climate change, new study finds
Americans of color who were once forced to purchase houses in less-desirable neighborhoods are now in greater danger of losing their homes to…
Continue Reading SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites. Their goal is to blanket the planet in high-speed broadband
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched Sunday morning, sending 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Falcon 9 took off from the 39 launch pad…
Continue Reading UK broadcast of Oprah’s Meghan and Harry interview had a huge 11 million viewers
Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attracted a blockbuster audience when it was broadcast in…
Continue Reading Does the UK media have a racism problem? These journalists think so
Prominent journalists in the United Kingdom have dismissed claims by one of their own industry bodies that the British press does not have a problem…
Continue Reading Tesla removed some drivers from its self-driving test for not paying attention
Tesla has expanded its “full self-driving” software to roughly 2,000 Tesla owners, but some drivers were revoked access for not paying…
Continue Reading Americans bought guns in record numbers in 2020 during a year of unrest — and the surge is continuing
Gun sales in the United States reached a record level last year, with the biggest increases in background checks for firearms overlapping with months…
Continue Reading Here’s why your stimulus payment may still be pending
WASHINGTON, DC — Some Americans are seeing their stimulus checks pending in their bank accounts, and they’re complaining about banks…
Continue Reading We bought an NFT. Here’s what we learned
As headlines about people bidding eye-watering sums on GIFs of Pop Tart cats, the first-ever tweet, a Kings of Leon album and other NFTs piled up…
Continue Reading Prices will rise because of stimulus, but that won’t last, Janet Yellen says
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she didn’t think inflation posed a significant risk now that the Biden administration’s covid relief…
Continue Reading Wireless companies shelled out billions of dollars to fix this 5G problem
Excitement around 5G, and its promise of lightning fast download speeds and huge data capacity, has ratcheted up since the first 5G-enabled iPhone…
Continue Reading Jerome Powell can’t take his eyes off the job market
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has made it very clear that unlike some investors, he’s not stressed out about a potential rise in…
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NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk
Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr. spent their Saturday conducting a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk,…
Continue Reading Bitcoin tops the $60,000 mark
Bitcoin prices continue to skyrocket. The cryptocurrency surpassed $60,000 on Saturday to hit a new high, just a few weeks after it topped $50,000.…
Continue Reading After 118 years, a female member of the Ford family is set to join the automakers’ board
Alexandra Ford English is about to be the first female member of the Ford family elected to the board of the automaker that the men in her family…
Continue Reading White House warns organizations have ‘hours, not days’ to fix vulnerabilities as Microsoft Exchange attacks increase
The Biden administration warned Friday that organizations face enormous risks from the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that…
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How this year of working on Zoom has affected your brain
We have passed a year since the initial Covid-19 shutdowns. That means a year of working from home, business casual from the waist up, and staring at…
Continue Reading Associated Press calls for release of journalist detained in Myanmar
The Associated Press has demanded the release of a journalist detained and charged “for simply doing his job” while covering violent…
Continue Reading Two women facing charges for allegedly harassing Uber driver in mask dispute
When Subhakar Khadka immigrated to California seven years ago, he had his sights set on a simple life with simple goals: Earn a living so that his…
Continue Reading Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is pregnant, likely delaying her criminal trial
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed biotech company Theranos, is pregnant — a new development that could once again delay the start date of…
Continue Reading Bezos declines invitation from Sanders to testify before Senate Budget Committee
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will not be testifying before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, according Mike Casca, a spokesman for Senator Bernie…
Continue Reading Google and Microsoft are in a public feud
Google and Microsoft openly sparred on Friday as the latter prepared to testify at a Congressional hearing focusing on Big Tech’s impact on…
Continue Reading After Biden stimulus, US economic growth could rival China’s for the first time in decades
For decades, China’s economy has grown much faster than America’s. That trend is likely to be broken in 2021 as the US recovery from the…
Continue Reading Sanders invites Bezos to testify before Senate Budget Committee
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has been asked to testify before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, in a hearing focused on income…
Continue Reading Vaccines and stimulus boost US consumer sentiment
American consumers are growing more confident as the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel becomes brighter. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines,…
Continue Reading The pandemic made these cereals cool again
When the pandemic hit, something astonishing happened in the cereal aisle: It cleared out. Beloved brands like Grape-Nuts were suddenly out of stock.…
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