The head-spinning, mouth-drying, bone-crushing fatigue of jet lag is enough to make anyone think twice about changing time zones. But sometimes, traveling is worth the suffering — or, it’s just unavoidable. So we quizzed Stanford sleep expert Jamie Zeitzer about how to minimize the misery of jet lag. The body operates on a biological schedule […]

Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals surged more than 44 percent Tuesday morning, after the drugmaker announced positive results for a treatment for a rare lung disease. The experimental drug Ralinepag met its primary Phase 2 program goal to show a meaningful improvement in the conditions of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Patients who used the drug […]

Amazon customers are shopping at “record levels” worldwide this Prime Day, Amazon said Tuesday morning. The 30-hour event had only just begun, and at 4 am ET Amazon said that millions of Prime members globally had already shopped the website for bargains and so-called lightning deals. In the U.S., the Amazon Echo is the best-selling […]

Louis Vuitton just announced a range of “Tamour Horizon” smartwatches that run on Google’s Android Wear software. It’s the most recent luxury brand to launch a smartwatch running Google’s software. Others, such as Tag Heuer and Montblanc also sell high-end smartwatches. Each Louis Vuitton watch features a watchface with the company’s branding, as well as […]

The future of food is coming fast. With Amazon picking up Whole Foods and meal kit services like Blue Apron going public, we are thrust into a quickly changing food system where on demand service is revolutionizing how and what we eat. It’s a time of even faster food, easy as the touch of a […]

“Be bold,” says Padmasree Warrior, the CEO of driverless electric vehicle start-up NIO U.S. That’s one bit of advice she would give to young people just getting started in their careers. Before running the U.S. division of the global premium auto company aiming to compete in the same space as Elon Musk’s Tesla, Warrior was […]

Financial technology (fintech) has felt the impact of Brexit, the election of President Donald Trump and a perceived direction towards protectionism, Western Union’s partnerships lead has said. Christina Hamilton, head of partnerships and international expansion at the global payments and transfers company, said that protectionism and a populist surge against globalization was a serious concern […]

Japan’s Toyota has just announced itself on the Israeli start-up scene, confirming on Tuesday that it has led an early-stage funding round in Israel’s Intuition Robotics. Toyota Research Institute, TRI, the automaker’s initiative in artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and home robotics, has a treasure chest of $1 billion and says it has led a $14 […]

Deutsche Bank said Tuesday it’s that bullish about the Apple iPhone 8. It’s a stark contrast to many other banks that have suggested Apple is about to sell record numbers of iPhones in an upcoming “supercycle” of upgrades. Firms such as Credit Suisse, Citi and Instinet have all referred to the so-called supercycle that will […]

Ethereum’s price slipped below $200 for the first time since May 30, continuing its fall for a second consecutive session on Tuesday. In the afternoon trade, one ether token hit an inter-day low of $192.22, according to industry and price tracking website Coinmarketcap, which takes into account the price on several exchanges. The cryptocurrency has […]