Month: July 2019

Google has a solution for the creaking inefficiencies of modern healthcare: push notifications. No, not those annoying reminders to practice your Arabic lesson on Duolingo or subscribe to a new Lyft deal. Google is betting its alerts can save your life. The company is building an artificial-intelligence-driven system that promises to give doctors an early

Every year, people as young as 17 accrue tens of thousands of dollars in debt in order to get an education. Students assume massive risk, with no guarantee of success. At $1.6 trillion, student debt is the second-highest consumer debt category, behind only mortgage debt; the national total for student loan debt is higher than that of both

As open source software grows more popular, and important, developers face an existential question: How to make money from something you give away for free? The Open Source Initiative standards body says an open source license must allow users to view the underlying source code, modify it, and share it as they see fit. Independent

An employee of General Electric works on a gas turbine at the GE plant in Belfort, France. Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images General Electric reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were slightly better than Wall Street expected. GE shares rose 1.6% in premarket trading from its previous close of $10.52 a share. Expectations vs. results:

Last year, Maine utility regulators made it easier for municipal-owned high-speed internet providers to string cables along utility poles. That might not sound like a big deal, but utility pole access is a surprisingly contentious issue. Broadband providers have long complained that it can take months or years to gain access to utility poles controlled

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 18, 2014 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday: Procter & Gamble — Shares of Procter & Gamble jumped 4.4% to a record high on better-than-expected quarterly numbers

The call came on January 2. It was early enough in the morning that Natalie Levy probably shouldn’t have been awake—she had recently left a high-stress job at a private-equity firm in San Francisco, and was determined to relax a bit—but her dog had woken her up. It was her sister on the line. “When’s

Starbucks was able to engineer a top- and bottom-line beat in its latest quarter report thanks to the moves that tech veteran and CEO Kevin Johnson made to line up customers up for coffee, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. The ubiquitous coffee chain saw it stock price surge to surge to near $100 after raising its

U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower Monday morning, as market participants braced for a likely cut in interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. At around 03:15 a.m. ET, Dow futures dipped 28 points, indicating a negative open of more than 43 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were

A new walkway runs between Buildings 40 and 41 at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft For Microsoft to maintain its trillion-dollar valuation, keeping employees happy is crucial. That’s especially true around Seattle, home to Amazon, big Google and Apple operations and a burgeoning start-up scene. With talent in such high demand, Microsoft is in

2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible Source: Corvette Little more than a week after the splashy introduction of the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, General Motors has put out a “teaser” video that shows what it has in store next for the two-seater often called “America’s sports car.” Over the next several years, GM officials told CNBC at

A mobile phone open to the web site of credit bureau Equifax, with text on the website reading ‘Equifax Cybersecurity Incident’, providing steps for consumers to take following a security breach in 2017 that affected 143 million Americans. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images I may have banked $125 Friday by taking less

The Justice Department Friday cleared T-Mobile’s long-delayed $26.5 billion merger with Sprint, a deal that critics say will reduce competition for wireless service and lead to higher prices. To win approval, the companies agreed to sell assets to Dish intended to help the company, which now provides satellite TV service, launch a new wireless carrier.

Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios If you were to ask someone to name one of the main characters from the movie “Avatar,” odds are they wouldn’t be able to. That’s the risk Disney has undertaken in continuing James Cameron’s vision of four more “Avatar” films. While “Avatar” made its way to the top of the

I sometimes think that if you could look in the safe behind Jeff Bezos’ desk, instead of the sports almanac from Back to the Future you’d find an Encyclopedia of Retail, written in maybe 1985. There would be Post-It notes on every page, and every one of those notes would have been turned into a

Zuora: “No. I want you to hold for now. It’s in the penalty box … because they missed the quarter so badly last time that I just think that you have to wait a full quarter to see if they can get it together. The subscription economy is good, but their business is not.” Lithia

Apple said Thursday that it will spend $1 billion to buy most of Intel’s business that makes modems for smart­phones—the crucial chips that connect devices to cell net­works and Wi-Fi. The deal gives the iPhone maker new power to customize and control the technology inside its mobile devices at a time when the industry is

Kids love YouTube. They love the pinging of the xylophones in the upbeat “Thank you song” on CoCoMelon, a channel with more than 53 million subscribers that plays animated nursery rhymes. They love watching other kids open and test toys, as they do on Ryan ToysReview (subscriber count: 20,749,585). And they love the Baby Shark

Filmmaker Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning documentary Citizenfour centers on the pale, calm face of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden holed up in a plain Hong Kong hotel room. Her latest star is even more impassive—an aluminum tear gas grenade—but seen amid surreal pulsating color. Poitras’ 10-minute short Triple Chaser is named for that tear gas

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA in 2004. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images Victoria’s Secret owner, L Brands, has hired outside counsel to review the company’s relationship with accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.

The FTC took a shot at Mark Zuckerberg, actor Rutger Hauer died, and the comforts of in-game drudgery. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s Headlines The FTC wants more privacy, less Zuckerberg at Facebook

MARK ZUCKERBERG’S NAME doesn’t appear anywhere in the 50-page complaint brought against Facebook by the US government Wednesday as it settled charges the company deceived millions of Americans over how it used and shared their personal information. But make no mistake: The Federal Trade Commission is not happy with how Zuckerberg has been running his

In this May 2, 2019, file photo Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown, center, watches as his company’s stock begins to trade following its IPO at Nasdaq in New York. Mark Lennihan | AP Investor enthusiasm for Beyond Meat is rubbing off on the companies selling its vegan meat products. Beyond’s stock price is now eight

The titans of social media are trapped, and we’re all suffering for it. As free services, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube monetize you by keeping you engaged, so they can show you more ads. The services are designed to exploit our brain chemistry, flashing us notifications and giving us one more hit of algorithm-recommended video. If

A pair of 1972 Nike running shoes became the most expensive sneakers ever sold at auction, fetching $475,500 at Sotheby’s. The sneakers were purchased by Canadian entrepreneur Miles Nadal, and were part of a collection of 100 of the rarest sneakers ever made that was being sold by Sotheby’s and sneaker marketplace Stadium Goods. While

When 17-year-old Emma Logan wants to make plans with her friends, she turns to Snapchat. “At this point it’s just the easiest way to contact everyone,” she wrote via text. “I use it if I’m trying to get them to respond.” All her friends have Snapchat, and they all check it more frequently than they

European stocks are set to open higher Tuesday morning, while the pound dipped amid worries that Britain’s new prime minister could lead the country into a no-deal exit from the European Union. The FTSE 100 is seen 25 points higher at 7,539, the CAC is expected to open up around 26 points at 5,593, while

Charging an electric car Mario Gutiérrez. | Moment | Getty Images The U.K. government has announced £80 million ($99.7 million) of investment to develop the “next generation of electric vehicles” and, potentially, hybrid aircraft. Authorities said Monday that the funding would, among other things, help to reduce carbon emissions from industries including transport, construction and

French company Idemia’s algorithms scan faces by the million. The company’s facial recognition software serves police in the US, Australia, and France. Idemia software checks the faces of some cruise ship passengers landing in the US against Customs and Border Protection records. In 2017, a top FBI official told Congress that a facial recognition system

Chris Hemsworth and director Taika Waititi of Marvel Studios’ ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California. Alberto E. Rodriguez | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images A decade ago, moviegoers were introduced to Tony Stark. He was