Walt Disney’s (DIS) box office juggernaut “Black Panther” isn’t on the road to just ticket-sale riches. The film could also generate nearly $250 million in licensed merchandise sales in 2018 as companies look to cash in on the cultural phenomenon, according to The Licensing Letter, a trade publication. Though “Black Panther” merchandise sales are dwarfed […]

Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are officially out in India at a starting price of Rs 57,900 and Rs 64,900 for the base 64GB storage variants. Here’s a comparison of Galaxy S9 Plus vs iPhone X vs Google Pixel 2 XL. Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are officially out in India at a […]

Assuming you’re not mentioned anywhere in the Voyager 1 probe’s records in interstellar space, you have an opportunity to send your name into space a different way: on a probe around the sun. This summer, NASA will be launching their Parker Solar Probe to explore the outer atmosphere of the sun in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of our local star. It’s […]

TAKEOVERS Treasury warns on Qualcomm sale Broadcom’s hostile takeover attempt of Qualcomm could pose a national security risk because of Qualcomm’s leadership in developing critical semiconductor technology, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Qualcomm’s sale to Singapore-based Broadcom could hurt the chipmaker’s competitiveness by reducing research and development, which would threaten U.S. security, the Treasury […]

College students can feel the burning holes in their pockets throughout their time at a university. Sometimes it can seem like there are no means to accrue spending money, as what is earned quickly goes out the window to pay tuition, bills and living expenses. However, one avenue that has quickly gained popularity over the […]

Dirty Money for a Growing Digital Economy? The son of late rap artist Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Bar-Son James aka Young Dirty, is launching his own cryptocurrency called Dirty Coin (tix: ODB). Partnering with the entity of Ol’ Dirty and Link Media Partners, the token will be on the TAO blockchain network and traded on the […]

Asian stock markets are mixed on Wednesday amid cautious trades following news that White House chief     economic adviser Gary Cohn, an advocate for free trade, has resigned from the Trump administration. Cohn’s resignation stoked fears that Trump will go ahead with his plan to impose tariffs and risk a trade war. It also overshadowed easing […]

Good design has the power to transform healthcare, both inside and outside the hospital, according to Royal Philips’ chief design officer Sean Carney. “It’s a huge shift for Philips,” said Carney on Tuesday, speaking to Fortune’s deputy editor Brian O’Keefe at the Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore. “We’ve been in consumer electronics and lighting, but now we’re […]

Tate Modern, London From his wife to his lover, from phallic-faced women to Christ in a nappy, this giddying exhibition captures the furious pace Picasso worked – and lived – at Picasso at 50: Savile Row suits, a chauffeur-driven Hispano-Suiza, and living in a swanky apartment near the Champs Élysées, with his wife, the Russian […]

There are a record 206 tech billionaires on Forbes’ 2018 list of The World’s Billionaires, 23 more than a year ago. Together they are worth an astounding $1.3 trillion, up 30% since last year. It’s been a banner year for most of these tech tycoons: 58% of them have bigger fortunes than a year ago, while […]