Tech is in a historic downturn, with companies of all sizes conducting hiring freezes or layoffs. M&A dealmakers are shopping, looking for startups to buy. But conditions this time around are unusual, eight investors and…
Nuclear-bomb targets in the US include 6 cities…
A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities: New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC. But public-health experts say any of those cities would struggle…
App wants you to gift student loan payments…
Personal-finance startup Pillar announced a "gifting platform" on Tuesday for friends and family members to give holiday gifts in the form of crowdfunded student loan payments. The somewhat dystopian effort mirrors gimmicks done by companies…
20 images from the biggest news of the…
Trump's presidential pardons. Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher celebrates after being acquitted of premeditated murder at Naval Base San Diego July 2, 2019 in San Diego, California. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images On November 15, Trump…
SpaceX rival Boeing is about to test-launch its…
Boeing's 737 Max plane may be grounded for months to come, but the aerospace company's long-awaited spaceship for NASA astronauts is poised to take off on its maiden space voyage later this week. The CST-100…
Trumps signature NAFTA rewrite could actually dampen US…
Reuters President Donald Trump this month hailed his signature rewrite of North American commerce rules as the "best and most important trade deal ever made." But economists are less optimistic the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will…
TikTok has an advantage over Facebook, Instagram, says…
TikTok is growing faster than Facebook and Instagram. Connie Chan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says TikTok has one key advantage over other social media apps: its content. A recommendation engine fills the app's…
Heres the gruesome truth of how much Boeings…
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Boeing's recent decision to halt 737 Max production in January will cut 0.5 percentage points from gross domestic product growth in the first quarter of 2020, JPMorgan chief economist Michael Feroli said…
Trump: It would be sooo great if Fed…
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Trump on Tuesday called on the independent Federal Reserve to slash borrowing costs and inject cash into the economy. Trump has increasingly pressured the Federal Reserve to take steps to juice the…