iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Why lift a camera to your face when you can blink and snap a picture? That’s apparently one idea behind a “smart” contact lens patent filed by South Korean tech giant Samsung. According to the paperwork, the high-tech Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims were down marginally last week, according to the latest numbers released by the Labor Department on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted initial claims dropped by 9,000 totaling 267,000 for the week ending April 2. In the Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you choose to celebrate National Beer Day Thursday, you could learn a thing or two from Whole Foods Market’s “cicerones,” certified experts in all things beer. Like wine sommeliers, cicerones exercise Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission Wednesday issued a recall of Ivanka Trump scarves, saying the pieces “do not meet the federal flammability standards for clothing textiles, posing a burn Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(PALO ALTO, Calif.) — Elon Musk has previously spoken about his desire to build a Tesla factory in Europe — and now a French politician is hoping he’ll consider setting up shop at a former nuclear facility in northeast Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday, helped by soaring oil prices, and the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting which signaled reluctance to raise interest rates as early as this month. The Dow gained 112.73 (0.64 percent), closing at Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Tuesday marked a second day of losses for Wall Street as investors began to prepare for the first-quarter earnings reports. The Dow pushed down 133.54 (0.75 percent), closing at 17,603.46. The Nasdaq tumbled 47.86 (0.98 percent) Read More
Kevin Winter/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — Gawker has filed motions challenging the jury’s verdict in the Hulk Hogan invasion of privacy case. The media company has filed a Motion for New Trial asking for a new trial or for the amount in damages awarded Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(RALEIGH, N.C.) — PayPal announced Tuesday that it’s withdrawing plans to build a new facility in North Carolina, the first major corporation to pull out of the state as a result of what some call an “anti-LGBT” law there. Two Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Every private message, photo, video or file sent over Facebook’s WhatsApp is now encrypted by default for the messaging service’s one billion users. WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton announced in a blog Read More
