Interesting Tidbits

MSN MoviePass is a film nerd’s dream. The subscription service allows users to see one movie a day at a theater for a single monthly cost. The service isn’t new, but it’s become popular among […]

Forbes Just a few years into the cryptocurrency revolution, bitcoin mining is already eating up an estimated 20,000 gigawatt hours of electricity per year. That’s roughly .1% of global generation, on par with the power […]

Bloomberg President Donald Trump will dominate the Davos forum as no U.S. leader has before: a provocateur-in-chief practiced at tweaking the elites who’ll gather later this month to celebrate the global order he seems eager […]

Business Insider Mark Lennihan/AP Images Employees at Google who express “conservative viewpoints in politically-charged debates” may find themselves blacklisted by managers at the company, alleges an explosive new lawsuit. And by blacklisted, that means their […]

Bloomberg A share surge at Country Garden Holdings Co., China’s largest developer by sales, has sent Vice Chairman Yang Huiyan’s wealth up by $2.1 billion — and that’s just in the first four trading days […]

Forbes The value of cryptocurrencies skyrocketed in 2017 to more than $600 billion, minting scores of crypto millionaires.  A few lucky holders are also breathing the rarefied air of the billionaires club — and not […]

Engadget Yes, really! Chinese internet ecommerce giant Alibaba is still breaking online shopping records, but it’s begun veering into physical sales, too. That the company is reportedly planning a shopping mall is in their retail […]

Slovenia-based NiceHash is just the latest cryptocurrency-related exchange to fall victim to hackers. The Street What do Tether, Mt Gox, Bitstamp and NiceHash all have in common? They’re all cryptocurrency-related platforms that have been hacked. […]

MUO “Disruptive” technologies – technologies that rapidly obsolete entire well-established industries overnight – are powerful things. Disruptive technologies, like the Internet, industrial agriculture, and aeronautics, have profoundly shaped the world and our daily lives.  For example, […]

A new app combines health tech with artificial intelligence that can warn you when a stroke might be imminent. Michelle Cortez Bloomberg November 30, 2017, 5:00 AM EST A device that’s embedded in a new […]