FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. - Getty Images
Chris Williams was the VP of HR at Microsoft and is now an executive-level advisor and consultant.
He says highly paid executives don't take pay cuts because it wouldn't make a big enough difference.
Companies load up execs with stock because they don't cost the...
JANUARY 31, 2024
The asteroid is scheduled to make its closest approach at 2.41pm GMT on Friday - NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ASU/SWNS
An asteroid the size of a football pitch will zoom past Earth on Friday, coming close enough for Nasa to issue a warning.
Asteroid 2008 OS7 is classified as “potentially hazardous” and is expected to come within 1.7 million miles of Earth –...
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‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb, who correctly called the 2008 financial crisis, says the U.S. is in a ‘death spiral’ over government debt
JANUARY 31, 2024
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author and senior scientific advisor at Universa, says the U.S. economy is facing a "death spiral" because of its national debt problem. - Jeenah Moon—Bloomberg via Getty Images
It's been dubbed the "most predictable crisis" facing the U.S. economy, but an expert has warned it will take a "miracle" to save America from its national...
JANUARY 31, 2024
Persons-Mulicka's bill will likely become law given the legislature’s Republican supermajority and proven anti-choice track record.
The architects of Florida’s six-week abortion ban started the year by pushing for another, possibly more dangerous, anti-choice law.
State Sen. Erin Grall (R) and state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R) introduced similar bills in the state legislature this month that would allow parents...
JANUARY 30, 2024
A schoolkid reverse engineered Apple's highly secure iMessage app.
Apple's in-house messaging application iMessage is used by more than a billion people across the world, and is automatically available on all Apple products like iPhone and iPad. However, a 16-year-old boy ended up reverse engineering the app, landing Apple in a pickle.
James Gill, a 16-year-old schoolkid, decided to...
JANUARY 30, 2024
The average height for men might be less than you think. Learn more about what’s average, and the factors that impact height.
The average height for men in America is five feet nine inches. That’s a bit more than the average male height worldwide, which is 5 feet 7.5 inches. Genetics play the biggest role in height differences,...
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The remote work revolution is morphing into a perk for the wealthiest, most educated workers
JANUARY 29, 2024
Who gets to work remotely? - Getty Images
Before the days of the punch buggies and the Toyotathon, Americans were stuck with theobjectively slower, more austere transportation options of horses and sail boats. With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds. But a funny thing happened along the way, as...
JANUARY 27, 2024
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You can adjust your pace, distance, and degree of incline
Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN
Walking is a physical activity that has many benefits. If you need to lose weight, walking can help you burn calories, especially when you also make healthy changes in your diet.
Several factors affect how many calories you burn...
JANUARY 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: President Donald Trump greets the crowd at the "Stop The Steal" Rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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US Supreme Court is urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of the Jan. 6 riot
JANUARY 26, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court is photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court should declare that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss, lawyers leading the fight to keep...