OCTOBER 18, 2022
FILE - A woman checks her mobile phone inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, September 28, 2018. On September 29, 2022, India's top court for the first time made women central decision makers on abortion rights, while also acknowledging marital rape — currently not punishable under Indian law. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
On September 29,...
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Satya Nadella speaking on a panel. - Drew Angerer - Getty Images
Productivity paranoia is still plaguing executives struggling with hybrid work.
Speaking at Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit on Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said workers and their bosses continue to disagree over their respective at-home productivity levels. The argument, Nadella said, shouldn’t be hashed out based on...
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, a new study says. Photo by HelenOnline/Wikimedia Commons
Women who use chemical hair straightening products are at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who do not use these products, a new study...
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Membership-only big-box retail store Costco has found success by giving its loyal customers consistency and value over time — down to the $1.50 hot-dog-and-soda combo that's been in place since 1985.
But with costs increasing everywhere, it's no surprise that Costco continues to raise its membership prices, as it's done approximately every five years, CFO Richard Galanti confirmed...
OCTOBER 18, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Donald Trump. - AP
NY's attorney general, Letitia James, sued the Trump Organization back on September 21.
Reps for Donald Trump and Eric Trump finally got served, the AG said Thursday.
Service took three weeks — and a judge's order — with the AG accusing Trump of 'gamesmanship.'
Donald Trump has...
OCTOBER 16, 2022
OpenAI, a company founded by Elon Musk, just made its DALL-E image generator open to the public.
Artists say they work for years on their portfolios and people can now make copycat images in seconds.
But some AI companies argue that the new artworks are unique and can be copyrighted.
Greg Rutkowski is an artist with a...
OCTOBER 16, 2022
Elon Musk has said on Twitter that he prefers to stay out of politics. But at the same time that the billionaire is waging his on-again, off-again effort to buy the social media platform, he has been wading into sensitive political issues in the U.S. and beyond.
In recent weeks he has weighed in on Russia’s war against...
OCTOBER 11, 2022
In the beginning, there was "quiet quitting." And it was good.
Burned-out Gen Zers and Millennials across the country stopped over-extending themselves at work to take more time for mental health.
The Tik Tok trend then morphed into a series of offshoots, including quiet firing, quiet hiring, and fast quitting.
But now, some in the workforce are starting to say...
OCTOBER 11, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Trump holds rally in Arizona. - Reuters/BRIAN SNYDER
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving U.S. government records, on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessors had retained "millions" of White House documents.
Trump faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into whether he illegally retained documents...
OCTOBER 11, 2022
On International Data Privacy Day last year, an email popped into Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s inbox from Google’s marketing chief Lorraine Twohill full of ideas on gaining user trust.
“Make Incognito Mode truly private,” she wrote in a bullet point. “We are limited in how strongly we can market Incognito because it’s not truly private, thus...
