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Want to feel healthier, happier and more productive? Put down your phones, turn off the television and get some shut eye. In a media-saturated world where most people are always plugged in, that advice may seem easier said than done. There’s little doubt that, for those reasons, people are losing […]

Donald Trump was set to be the first U.S. president to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in nearly two decades, but the government shutdown might have scrambled those plans. White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Saturday that Trump’s plans to travel to Davos next week are […]

Key Democrats on Saturday expressed openness to President Donald Trump‘s proposed wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, a dramatic turnaround for the party as it seeks to extend protections for people who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said early Saturday morning […]

Immigration has been the biggest flash point between President Trump and the tech community during the president’s first year in office. The issue is somewhat personal: More than half of the privately held tech companies with $1 billion valuations have at least one immigrant founder, according to the National Foundation […]

Visa CEO Al Kelly is planning for the so-called internet of things and the day when, he says, washing machines will make purchases. “As the internet of things emerges and we see many more connected homes, connected cars and connected offices, you may end up with four, five, six, eight […]

For technology users who have marveled at the ability of Siri or Alexa to recognize their voice, consider this: The National Security Agency has apparently been way ahead of Apple or Amazon. The agency has at its disposal voice recognition technology that it employs to identify terrorists, government spies, or […]

When Johnny Depp has a good year, he makes a fortune — in 2016, he raked in $48 million. But an on-going legal battle between Depp and his management company, The Management Group (TMG), reveals the star also spends a bundle on an extravagant lifestyle — as much as $2 […]

Now comes the finger-pointing. After approving three short-term patches to the federal budget, the Senate said “nay” late Friday to a fourth temporary spending bill, forcing the government to shut down in large part. The bill’s defeat sets up a fresh round of recrimination, with each party holding the other […]

Though he chooses to live frugally, Warren Buffett’s multibillion-dollar fortune could afford him any number of luxuries. Buffett’s wealth is enough that he could easily snatch up his favorite sports franchise, as his ultra-rich counterparts Paul Allen and Stanley Kroenke have done. However, as explored on a previous episode of […]

Officials in New York, New Jersey and California are working to reshape their tax codes to ease residents’ pain from new limits to federal deductions for state, local and property taxes. Starting this year, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the GOP’s new tax code, caps taxpayers’ deductions on their […]