The concept and origins of smart home devices go back at least 70 years: Ray Bradbury, a mid-century push-button house and ‘The Jetsons’ all foreshadowed smart home devices. Ray Bradbury saw it coming, from inside the walls of an imaginary empty house decades away. The acclaimed author’s 1950 short story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” is […]

Korean beauty products, or K-beauty for short, were once known in the US as hard to get and solely reserved for beauty insiders. In the past few years though, people all over the world have caught on to the wonders of K-beauty and the gorgeous, dewy skin that it delivers. Now, you can find K-beauty products practically anywhere, […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to tune out President Trump’s inflammatory anti-Muslim statements on the campaign trail and uphold his executive order banning travel from seven primarily Muslim countries. In hearing the case Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, a key swing vote, seemed largely unmoved by the argument […]

“It’s the return of Americana and not being a coward and having your own internal compass,” conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said of West’s tweets. A series of pro-Trump tweets from Kanye West sent the far right into a gleeful fit Wednesday, turning a simmering flirtation with the rapper into a full-blown love-fest from a conservative […]

This fall, Apple will launch three iPhone models, which we’ve been referring to as iPhone X successors when discussing rumors, as it’s not clear what Apple will call them. Reports say we’re looking at one LCD model and two OLED versions, with all of them expected to feature iPhone X-like designs, notch included. That’s not […]

April 25 (UPI) — As recently as a century ago, the people of New Guinea were carving daggers from the thighbones of cassowaries, flightless, dinosaur-like birds. The most feared and respected warriors, however, wielded daggers carved from the femurs of either their vanquished enemies or their deceased fathers. A new study, published this week in the journal […]

Facebook Inc. shares rose Wednesday after the social network reported a surprisingly strong 63 percent rise in profit and an increase in users, with no sign that business was hurt by a scandal over the mishandling of personal data. After easily beating Wall Street expectations, shares traded up 7.1 percent after the bell at $171, […]

LONDON – The euro held near eight-week lows on Thursday as traders prepared for European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to speak with investors searching for any signals about when the ECB will begin unwinding its stimulus. The single currency trimmed earlier gains to trade flat at $1.2164 EUR= after the ECB kept rates unchanged as widely […]

As the public’s opinion of cannabis continues to shift toward legalization, so too are the tectonic plates of the financial services industry. The momentum gaining in the cannabis industry are being mirrored in payment processing and e-commerce as innovative technologies begin to open new doors. One company fully embracing this disruption and transformation is SinglePoint, Inc. […]

A company which has created a terminal for exchanging cryptocurrencies, as well as state-of-the-art compliance technology, has started to roll out early versions of its hardware to industry leaders worldwide. Blockchain Terminal says several alpha terminals are already in use – and right now, 200 beta machines are being built in New York. Its hardware brings […]