Ripple (XRP) has had a great week, even as the market continued its bearish trend into the weekend. As the crypto looks to end the bleak week on a strong run, the events of the last few days suggest the company behind the XRP token is doing well. Over the last four or five days, […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. policy toward China has been misdirected for decades and policymakers are now recalibrating ties, Senator Elizabeth Warren told reporters during a visit to Beijing amid heightened trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Warren’s visit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to implement more than $50 billion in tariffs […]

Kids and clutter often go hand-in-hand. Are too many empty beverage cans, plastic water bottles, school worksheets and Hershey’s Kisses foil wrappers piling up in their backpacks and bedrooms? When it comes to tidying up, children can do their part to be more environmentally-friendly by keeping that waste out of the trash bin and choosing […]

Manipulative robots are spreading fake news online that could be exacerbating volatility in financial markets. A major study of tens of millions of tweets over two years found that the sheer volume sent by “bots” helped to drive shares in FTSE 100 companies up or down for short periods, effectively moving markets. Tweets sent by humans […]

Almost everyone applying for a US visa will be asked to list their social media accounts before being granted entry, under proposals put forward by Donald Trump’s administration. Applicants will be required to submit details of any accounts held in the preceding five years on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn. An estimated 14.7 […]

While it may officially be spring, winter weather is returning to Minnesota over the weekend, bringing an impact to Easter weekend travel. While a small system of snow made its way through Minnesota Friday afternoon, a larger system of snow and rain is expected to make its way through the state overnight Friday into Saturday […]

    Former Disney Channel and Step Up actress Alyson Stoner shared her struggle to embrace her sexuality in a powerful and moving essay about how she fell in love with a woman for the first time in her life. The actress, 24, who has appeared in films such as Cheaper by the Dozen and on Disney shows like The Suite Life […]

When you’ve got leverage, don’t be afraid to use it. That’s been Google’s modus operandi in the news and publishing world over the last year or so as it has pushed its AMP platform, funding various news-related ventures that may put it ahead, and nourished its personalized Chrome tabs on mobile. The latter, as Nieman Labs notes, grew […]

Blue moons, strawberry moons, supermoons. For some reason your news aggregation algorithm of choice thinks you really really really want to know all about these moons. “Catch This Weekend’s AMAZING SUPERMOON,” one headline (or, like, 500 of them) will announce. “The Supermoon Isn’t Actually A Big Deal And You’re All Ruining Astronomy,” another will grouse. On March 31—that’s […]

Amazon rolled out Connections, a daily Q&A feedback program, company-wide last April. Some employees who spoke to CNBC expressed concerns about the program’s confidentiality and the usefulness of the data. Programs like Connections and a revamped reviews process called Forte are important because Amazon wants to better understand its workforce, now estimated to be the […]