Shares of Amazon, Apple and Alphabet all rose more than 1.5 percent. Facebook, meanwhile, traded 1.1 percent higher. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday he does not expect a trade war between the U.S. and China to take place. Mnuchin made his comments after telling CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Friday that a trade war […]

It looks like Chrome is finally going to get a new design in the second half of this year. There is a rumor going around that Material Design 2 is going to come to Chrome in the beginning of September. This has not been officially confirmed but the hint has been dropped by one of Google’s employees. […]

I’ve noticed a weird pattern, in fiction and life, about sexual encounters: women decide they’re not attracted to a guy they’re nestling with. Limerence is not in the cards. But they go ahead and have sex anyhow. First, we have college student Margot in the New Yorker’s much-discussed short fictional story Cat Person who recoils as she watches […]

New European research has found that a naturally occurring pigment in berries could increase the function of an enzyme which reduces the expression of cancer genes and cancer cell growth. Carried out by the University of Eastern Finland, the study looked at the effect of the pigments that give berries their color, known as flavonoids, […]

For the past decade, oversize day bags, worn specifically in the crook of your arm, have been the industry standard – not any more. Thanks to a new wave of “micro bags” – also known as mini, baby or even bonsai – designed by major labels such as Gucci, Fendi and Chloé, as well as […]

VATICAN CITY — A monsignor who had been recalled to the Vatican as a diplomat in the Holy See’s Washington Embassy was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada. Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella was arrested by the Vatican police on a warrant issued by the Holy See’s […]

The former Observer Magazine editor moved to Cuba to write a book – but with its crumbling elegance and sense of drama Havana presents plenty of distractions from the job at hand The grand windows of Casa Almson are flung wide, the trade winds offering a gentle breeze off the Florida straits as the sun […]

JAY-Z gets candid about his friendship with Kanye West. The 48-year-old rapper made an appearance on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman on Friday, where he opened up about their rocky past. “Let me talk about one of your peers, Kanye West. Are we friends or are we not friends?” Letterman asked JAY-Z.[youtube v=”Ll-GzXpBx-s”] “That’s my brother, […]

Buzz Aldrin, a former American astronaut and the second man to land on the moon has passed a lie detector test over claims that he experienced alien encounters. Apart from Aldrin, three other astronauts, Al Worden, Edgar Mitchell and Gordon Cooper also underwent the test and the results were positive. Is alien life real? The […]

Keeping an eye on the cryptocurrency market, we see that BIO BioCoin (BIO) has recently hit the $0.00775 level. Following some historical information, we see that the cryptocurrency has changed 7.18% over the last 24 hours, and moved 0.23% over the last 7 days. Tracking circulating supply levels, we note that the current reading is […]