Another Earth Day is just around the corner. Let’s get a head start on saving the planet with these eco-friendly green living lifestyle tips that’ll also save you moolah every month. … [Read more...]
$30 million European News Tech Companies Boast Google as Investor
Pouring gas on the bonfire of news tech, Google recently announced that it has invested more than €27 million ($30 million) into projects spanning the European news tech scene. The fund’s goal is to ‘help stimulate innovation in digital journalism’ over the next three years, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said at an event in Paris last week. This batch of investments is the first … [Read more...]
Warren Buffett Does Not Understand a Crucial Point About Climate Risk
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s latest annual letter to shareholders dismisses the risk of climate change to his investors. And yet he never mentions that last year he spent $240 million buying another chunk of Canadian tar sands giant Suncor, upping his overall bet on the dirtiest liquid fuel to $1.1 billion. … [Read more...]
Protestor Crashes Volkswagen’s Media Presentation … Oops
A Volkswagen executive presented in front of an audience at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland on Tuesday when a coveralls-clad protester abruptly interrupted, getting on stage to make fake repairs to a VW car on display. … [Read more...]
CornerJob Jobs Marketplace App Gets 500,00+ Downloads Per Week
Another despatch from the ‘mobile messaging is eating the world’ file: blue collar recruitment app and European startup CornerJob has closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The app, which launched in Italy in September last year and has since expanded to France, Spain and Mexico, focuses on low skill, high turnover recruitment, and aims to streamline the hiring and … [Read more...]
Pool Cue Raping Stirs Up Hazing Controversy
The hazing of four high school freshmen on a basketball trip has outraged authorities in their hometown: Police said three older teammates repeatedly shoved a pool cue at their backsides and into one boy's rectum, causing internal injuries that required emergency surgery. … [Read more...]
Louis van Gaal Has a Manchester United Selection Dilemma
Marcus Rashford's senior Manchester United career has exploded into life over the past couple of games, but when the fairy-dust settles, Louis van Gaal will be left with a significant selection dilemma. Who will he leave out in order to accommodate Rashford into the side? The team congratulated Rashford for winning Man of the Match honors and thanked those who voted for him: … [Read more...]
Winter Storm Warning and Weather Advisory for Heavy Snow Through Tuesday in Northern Chicago Area
The portion of the Chicago area north of Interstate-80 is under a combination of a Winter Storm Warning (pink-shaded area on maps above and below) and Winter Weather Advisory (purple-shaded area on maps above and below calling for 2 to 6-inches of wet heavy snow later this Monday night and Tuesday (9 p.m. CST this evening until 9 a.m. CST Tuesday). … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg on Orwellian Image of Him and VR Army
You've probably seen the picture: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walking down the aisle with a huge satisfied smile on his face as a sea of seated people wearing Samsung Gear VR headsets are completely unaware of his appearance. … [Read more...]
This Medal of Honor Winner Has Incredible Story
His actions on a hostage rescue mission were "courageous" and "above and beyond the call of duty," according to the U.S. military. But Senior Chief Edward C. Byers Jr. doesn't see it that way. "I don't view myself as being different than anybody else out there. I am just a person that's worked hard in life," he told ABC News. "And I've been fortunate enough by the grace of God … [Read more...]