As a crisis unfurled at Google over an employee memo that argued biological factors helped explain the shortage of female engineers and leaders in Silicon Valley, some of the most pointed critiques of the company’s handing of the issue were posted to its own message boards. Memegen, an internal forum that uses images overlaid with […]
Read moreInvestment in space start-ups continues to soar, buoyed by the exploits of highly visible space concerns, like SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. But it’s the terabytes of data streaming to Earth daily from a new generation of smaller, less-expensive satellites — thousands of which are slated to join the roughly 1,500 satellites already in […]
Read moreHeavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio died from stomach cancer in 2010. Fast forward seven years, and fans will be able to catch him on tour. While the singer himself will not personally return to the stage, his hologram will soon embark on the “Dio Returns” world tour. The idea — part of a trend […]
Read moreNorth Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new U.N. sanctions and to fight against the United States in the current geopolitical tension between Pyongyang and Washington. Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s official newspaper, said the volunteers had offered to join […]
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The world’s second-largest economy has been deploying disruptive technology that could strengthen its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea. Late last month, Beijing dropped a dozen underwater drones, also known as unmanned underwater vehicles, in an unspecified location in the international waterway to carry out “scientific observations,” state-run media outlet Xinhua reported. The torpedo-shaped […]
Read moreJim Cramer has always had the notion that excessive prudence can be one of the most reckless strategies of all. If too much money is invested in safe, risk-free U.S. Treasury bonds, that basically insures a very low return on an investment. So, for those who want to grow their capital, stocks are the only […]
Read morePeople are blaming this week’s market sell-off on rising tensions with North Korea, but it has “nothing to do with North Korea,” Canaccord Genuity’s chief market strategist Tony Dwyer said. “This is all about a market looking for an excuse to sell off with a ‘natural, normal and healthy correction,’ which is only that way […]
Read moreUnless you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth, accruing wealth does not come easily, which is why Jim Cramer is so passionate about helping investors find a viable financial strategy. “Thanks to the magic of compounding, the earlier in your life you start investing in the market, the bigger your long-term gains […]
Read moreImagining the future of blockchain technology is like trying to imagine Google and Facebook on the day the first web browser came out, said Hadley Stern, senior vice president at Fidelity Labs. Stern is responsible for running Fidelity’s bitcoin, blockchain and digital currency incubator. His research team has been experimenting with bitcoin because he said […]
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Third Point’s Dan Loeb sold out of Snap shares in the second quarter, one quarter after buying the social media stock, according to a regulatory filing Friday. Snap’s shares have lost half their value since the initial public offering in March but they did get a temporary 21.5 percent bump up in May after first […]
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