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  • Ellen DeGeneres Reveals How Former Girlfriend’s Tragic Death Impacted Her Career

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    Ellen DeGeneres is opening up about one of the most tragic losses in her life. During an interview on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast on Tuesday (March 13), the 60-year-old TV host opened up about her time before making it big in TV, when she used to struggle to make ends meet in New Orleans […]

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  • 42% of iPhone owners are planning to buy a new iPhone this year

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    With the release of the iPhone X last year, Apple in one fell swoop completely transformed the iOS user experience. In addition to a number of new iOS gestures, Apple with the iPhone X implemented a facial recognition scheme and completely did away with the home button, a mainstay of the iPhone user experience since […]

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  • A Solar Storm Could Give the U.S. a Rare Glimpse of the Northern Lights Tomorrow

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    On Monday, NASA announced a category G1 geomagnetic storm would hit earth sometime between March 14 and 15. While the idea of a massive solar storm hurtling toward Earth at thousands of miles per second sounds scary, there’s really no need to worry. In fact, all you need to be concerned about is if you’ll be in […]

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  • China sovereign fund exits Blackstone investment after 11 years

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    HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp (CIC) has sold its equity holding in Blackstone Group LP (BX.N), the U.S. private equity firm said in a filing, ending an 11-year investment. The original agreement with Beijing Wonderful Investments – the legal entity set up by CIC to invest in Blackstone – […]

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  • London Block Exchange Gives Users Access to the Faster Payments Service

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    The FPS is used by banks in the UK for same-day clearance. Today, London-based cryptocurrency exchange platform London Block Exchange (LBX) confirmed that it will offer its clients on-shore accounts and access to the Faster Payments Service (FPS). In the UK, the FPS is a payment-clearing scheme for electronic sterling payments, an initiative taken by […]

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  • ​Clifford Sarkin Appointed to Millennium BlockChain (MBLC) Board of Advisors

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    Millennium BlockChain Inc. (OTC: MBLC) is pleased to announce that Clifford Sarkin has joined the Company’s board of advisors. Sarkin is a strategic advisor to technology leaders of major blockchain and cryptocurrency projects. An attorney and seasoned executive, Sarkin has deep expertise in emerging technologies, corporate law, transactions, M&A, private equity and venture capital. Sarkin […]

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  • May Plots to Punish Russia as Crisis Over Poisoned Spy Deepens

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    U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will set out how she aims to retaliate against Russia over the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter, deepening tensions between Vladimir Putin and the West. May will meet with her national security and intelligence chiefs Wednesday to assess whether Russia has given a credible answer […]

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  • What Happens When Moms Design A Lactation Room

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    Three Perkins+Will designers conceptualize the pumping room of their dreams. The Affordable Care Act requires that most employers provide a private space for new mothers to pump milk–that’s not just a bathroom stall. But in the eight years since the law came into effect, some companies have decided to interpret it by designating closets, shower […]

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  • The evolution of tattoo culture in America

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    Tattooed people have long been viewed as strange or societal outliers. The overarching American ideology demotes tattoos to low class symbols, and often keeps high-level, high-paying jobs out of a tattooed person’s reach. There is a persisting notion that tattooed people are less educated, less refined and more aggressive than “regular” people—or even involved in […]

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  • Jeep Expected to Confirm Mini-Renegade SUV

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    Jeep global boss Mike Manley spoke to reporters from motoring.com.au at the Geneva Motor Show about the possibility of Jeep releasing a new SUV, smaller than the Renegade. “I have to say that one has moved on reasonably significantly,” he said. “You will probably have to wait until our big event in June when we […]

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