Star Critic of Big Tech Has Side Gig Working for Amazon, Apple
(Bloomberg) — Fiona Scott Morton is widely recognized as a top antitrust expert, known for her warnings that American tech giants are stifling competition and innovation. Yet Scott Morton, a Yale University economist and former Justice Department…
Tech Profit Juggernaut Gets First Big Test in Week of Reversals
(Bloomberg) — The stay-at-home trade just got kicked to the curb. At least for a week, anyway. Down 5.5%, the Fang bloc — Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. — suffered its worst drop since…
Elk return to strip mining sites, and more
1. United States Elk have returned to Kentucky, providing an economic boost to 16 counties of coal country. Elk were once common in the western part of the state, but development pushed away many native game species by the 20th century. In eastern…
Stock market news live updates:Dow, S&P close out 3rd straight week of gains; Netflix suffers after earnings
Stocks closed out Friday’s session mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting modest gains while the Dow fell. The S&P 500 health-care sector ETF (XLV) rose to a record high. The S&P 500 and Dow each posted weekly advances for a third…
Assistant of tech entrepreneur found decapitated in luxury condo charged with murder
Police said the body of 33-year-old Fahim Saleh was found dismembered and decapitated in a grisly murder at his swanky Manhattan apartment this week: Instagram The executive assistant of the tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in…
‘Step Up’ Creator Holly Sorensen Mourns Naya Rivera, Shares Stories Of “One Of The Coolest And Most Beautiful People We Will Ever Know”
Click here to read the full article. Four days after Naya Rivera’s body was found in Lake Piru, her family, friends and fans are still reeling from the sudden loss. When Rivera took the fateful July 8 boat trip with her young son, she was preparing to go…
Man makes see-through masks to help deaf communicate
When Asli Knowles saw Dr. Brian Travers’ clear masks on Instagram she had to have one. Knowles works at a grocery store and wanted people to see her face. And, she wanted to communicate with deaf and hard of hearing customers without risking their…
The Hifiman Deva are premium $300 headphones that happen to come with Bluetooth
For most of my years being an audio enthusiast, there was one truth held by the wider community to be self-evident: Bluetooth headphones sucked. Slowly but surely, however, things started to change. Bluetooth protocols got better. Battery life improved.…
Oil Market Tightens, But Second Wave Looms
Bullish data from the EIA and promises from OPEC+ to eradicate under-compliance boosted oil markets, but fears of a second wave of COVID-19 cases are keeping a cap on oil prices. For Global Energy Alert members there are now two new free reports…
Jalen Stroman knows expectations will be high with Hokies, but earning his own rep apart from big brother is a goal
All of the trips his little brother made to Blacksburg just to hang out. All of the subtle nudges he gave his younger sibling about what could be learned at Virginia Tech. All of the Tech games they watched together. Greg Stroman stayed out of his…