WESLACO – A Rio Grande Valley mother says she’s careful when preparing dinner for her two sons. Maria Contreras says in her house, the boys first eat dinner and then they get to drink juice. She says with an increase in cases of children with diabetes, she opts to do some things a certain way. […]

  “The visit was kept a secret due to security issues,” a relative said on condition of anonymity after Yousafzai was greeted at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad by government and security officials. She was taken to a hotel under high security, the relative said. Yousafzai will reunite with all of her family in […]

The world’s leading travel brand expands its content offering to voice.  Lonely Planet, the world’s best-loved travel authority, has now made its award-winning travel content available via voice devices. Launching on the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, travelers can now ask Lonely Planet to help them plan their trip without lifting a finger.  Travelers can access Lonely Planet’s expert advice and […]

Nintendo is advising owners of its Switch console to stick with the company’s own docking station for the gaming device and beware of third-party alternatives. Since the Switch’s launch a year ago, a number of companies have produced docks that plug into televisions and let you play on a big screen. Some are smaller and […]

Scientists have discovered 13,000-year-old footprints of a two adults and a child off the Pacific coast of Canada, suggesting that humans used a coastal route to move from Asia to North America during the last ice age. Previous research suggests that, during the last ice age (which ended around 11,700 years ago), humans moved into the Americas from Asia across what was then a land […]

Facebook says it’s going to stop using data from third-party data providers like Experian and Acxiom. Facebook is going to limit how much data it makes available to advertisers buying hyper-targeted ads on the social network. More specifically, Facebook says it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators — companies like Experian and Acxiom — to help supplement […]

Switzerland has become a global hub for cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology they are built on, with investors flocking to the wealthy Alpine nation to get in on the virtual action. The country’s largest city, Zurich, set up its first bitcoin ATM four years ago, while the Swiss national rail company has since 2016 provided the possibility […]

According to estimates, calculated by Bloomberg, the top ten cryptocurrency exchanges are bringing in as much as $3 million per day in profit. Considering that cryptocurrency did not even exist until 2009, profit at that level is absolutely astonishing compared to the historical development of other industries. It is easy enough to understand how cryptocurrency exchanges […]

VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses. Families hoping for news outside the police station were dispersed with tear gas and authorities did not give information until late into […]

The creation of a Chinese “International Blockchain Investment Development Center” announced earlier this month has been cancelled due to the legal technicalities of setting up branch offices, according to a document published on the Investment Association of China’s (IAC) website yesterday, March 27. The document, stamped March 23, writes that social organizations cannot “set up […]