Stock markets suffer their worst Christmas Eve trading day
Twas the last trading day before Christmas, and on the trading floor, Most stocks were falling, and then falling some more, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin all...
Silicon Valley’s year of reckoning
Tech companies have always branded themselves as the good guys. But 2018 was the year that the long-held belief that Silicon Valley is on the right...
50 Years Later, the Iconic Apollo 8 Earthrise Photo Still Gives Us Chills
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reached lunar orbit, allowing them to become the first humans in history...
Deck the Halls in Less Than 30 Seconds With This Time-Saving Holiday Decorating Cannon
The holidays can be the most wonderful time of the year for some, but only when all of the baking, shopping, and decorating is done. Decking...
Alphabet spins off moonshot project Malta with backing from Gates’s BEV fund
Malta, the renewable energy storage project born in Alphabet’s moonshot factory X, is now on its own and flush with $26 million from a Series A...
Horse Skeleton With Saddle and Harness Still Attached Uncovered at Pompeii
The volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD affected both the citizens of the ancient Roman city and their animal companions, as a remarkable new discovery...
Dolls Kill is raising up to $15 million for its edgy fashion brand made for ‘misfits’
When founder Bobby Farahi met Shaudi “Shoddy” Lynn, it was at a rave in L.A. Farahi has said he was immediately drawn to the fashion sense...
On Christmas Eve, Chevrolet drivers can track Santa from their cars
North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, has been tracking Santa’s progress around the globe every Christmas Eve for more than 60 years. Even a government...
Remembering the startups we lost in 2018
There are few things in this world more difficult than launching a successful startup. It takes talent, know-how, money and a hell of a lot of...
Captiv8 report highlights data for spotting fake followers
Captiv8, a company offering tools for brands to manage influencer marketing campaigns, has released its 2018 Fraud Influencer Marketing Benchmark Report. The goal is to give...
