Russia has told Britain it must send home “just over 50” more of its diplomats in a worsening standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. Russia has already retaliated in kind against Britain and ejected 23 British diplomats over the […]
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Fox’s Ingraham to take week off as advertisers flee amid controversy
Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking next week off, after almost a dozen advertisers dropped her show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter. Eleven companies so far have pulled their ads […]
Mega Millions jackpot tops $500 million for only the fourth time
The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery climbed to $521 million, but no winner was immediately announced early on Saturday for a pot that surpassed the half-billion-dollar mark for the fourth time in the game’s history, the lottery said. The winning numbers drawn on Friday night were 11, 28, 31, […]
China’s factory growth is stronger than expected, official PMI shows
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector picked up more than expected in March as authorities lifted winter pollution restrictions and steel mills cranked up production as construction activity swings back into high gear. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Saturday rose to 51.5 in March, from 50.3 in February, […]
Tesla says crashed vehicle had been on autopilot prior to accident
Tesla said on Friday that a Tesla Model X involved a fatal crash in California last week had activated its Autopilot system, raising new questions about the semi-autonomous system that handles some driving tasks. Tesla also said vehicle logs from the accident showed no action had been taken by the […]
Facebook employees in an uproar over leaked memo, some call for aggressive action against leakers
Facebook employees were in an uproar on Friday over a leaked 2016 memo from a top executive defending the social network’s growth at any cost — even if it caused deaths from a terrorist attack that was organized on the platform. In the memo, Andrew Bosworth, a Facebook vice president, […]
Google employees organize to fight cyber bullying at work
About 100 Google U.S. employees concerned about cyber bullying inside the company have organized into a group proposing new policies for conduct at the unit of Alphabet, five people involved in the effort said in recent interviews. Three current employees and two others helping to organize the group said it […]
A strategist says ‘good riddance’ to Q1, and expects stocks will see better days in April
After a rough stretch of market volatility, the S&P 500 Index just snapped a quarterly win streak that stretches back to 2015. However, April has a sunnier forecast, according to one strategist. The S&P 500 ended the quarter with a 1 percent loss, its first negative period since the third […]
This computer music PhD wants to connect the world through mobile karaoke
What do you do with a PhD in computer music? If you’re Jeff Smith, you create an app that you believe will connect the world across cultures – through mobile karaoke. “Music was the original social network before Instagram and Facebook,” said Smith, the co-founder and CEO of Smule. Smith […]
Alphabet’s bets on health tech are paying off as portfolio companies go public
As the first quarter comes to a close, three Bay Area life sciences companies have already gone public in 2018. Google parent company Alphabet has had a stake in two of them. The company’s venture arm, GV (formerly known as Google Ventures), has backed nearly 60 healthcare-related companies since it […]