Carnegie Mellon University(PITTSBURGH) — Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have come up with a way to expand the touch screen on a smartwatch by using the wearer’s skin around it. “We were looking at the way smartwatches are being used,” Read More
Photodisc/Thinkstock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — A flight attendant has been indicted after allegedly stealing nearly 1,500 mini-bottles of liquor from Delta Airlines and then selling them online, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday in Read More
Randi Freyer(NEW YORK) — Four female pilots filed complaints Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that Denver-based Frontier Airlines discriminates against pregnant and breast-feeding pilots. The women described the challenges as Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Though the Transportation Security Administration will take steps to speed up airport screening, “there will be wait times” at airport security checkpoints this summer, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Read More
Scott Olson/Getty Images(TRENTON, N.J.) — A New Jersey mother and her seven children, who won the $429.6 million Powerball Jackpot, were introduced to the public on Friday. The mother of the Smith family bought the winning ticket, which is the largest single jackpot Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York State’s announcement that 143 nail salons, most in New York City, have been ordered to pay $2 million in unpaid wages and damages to their employees earlier this week has arguably created a new precedent for how labor Read More
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, until he allegedly finishes being audited, has raised questions about his reticence and what could be learned from the documents. Sources of income, any use of Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — McDonald’s has announced that it is testing hamburgers made from fresh beef instead of frozen, according to USA Today. The fast-food chain is testing the beef in 14 Dallas Texas locations. Employees are cooking the beef as they are Read More
David Ramos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is investigating a report accusing it of political bias, but has so far found “no evidence” the allegation is true. The company was accused of suppressing Read More
AntonioGuillem/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Google proposed expanded emojis representing women in a plan sent to Unicode, the company that handles specifications for emojis. A concept borne in part out of a New York Times op-ed from March, in which the writer Read More
