Thick plumes of smoke rose over a SpaceX facility in Florida during a test fire of a Crew Dragon spacecraft on Saturday. If the issue was serious, it could derail plans to fly astronauts aboard the capsule later this year.SpaceX…
African swine fever is plaguing China's pork production. The disease is killing multitudes of animals, hitting the global pork supply chain, and driving up prices.China is one of the biggest producers of pork in the world, with around half of…
Tesla revealed Friday that four directors will leave the company — shrinking the size of its board to seven.The electric-car maker said that it wants to "streamline" corporate oversight because its board has grown by four members over the past…
Russian operatives used cryptocurrency at almost every stage in their online efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report on his investigation. Systems used in the hacking of the Democratic Party…
The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right, called on media figures who peddled unfounded claims about his family to "take responsibility for the unimaginable…
Disney's awesome month is about to get even better.In April, the company unveiled Disney+ to incredible fanfare and sent its stock soaring. Then it unleashed a new "Star Wars" trailer that lit up social media and showed that fans aren't…
Soylent is making a play for the mainstream.With new products and a growing retail presence, Soylent has evolved from a tech company that sold food, as CEO Bryan Crowley put it in an interview with CNN Business, to a food…
For decades, though nobody was really sure why, April 20 has been the unofficial holiday for marijuana users and a joke by and about them. Now, though, it's also a reminder of how quickly marijuana is moving from illegal and…
Not long ago, the interiors of most cars were fairly prosaic. The emphasis was on cost, durability and, at best, not being terrible. Attractive designs made of materials that looked and felt nice would be seen only in expensive luxury…
British artist David Hockney smashed records last year when his "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" sold at auction in New York for $90 million.Not a single dollar from that sale went to the artist himself. Hockney sold…
Three versions of "The Mueller Report" soared to the top of Amazon and Barnes & Noble's best-selling book charts in the 24 hours after a redacted version of Robert Mueller's findings were released on the web.Several different publishers are rushing…
The photo is undeniably cute: a mom and a dad — he with a stubbly beard and rimless glasses, she with choppy brown hair and a wide grin — goofing around and eating ice cream with their two toddler daughters.The…
Shares in Nintendo soared 14% in Tokyo on Friday after China opened the door to sales of the company's popular Switch console.Authorities in the Chinese province of Guangdong have granted internet giant Tencent preliminary approval to distribute the Switch, giving…
A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.Mueller and the information warsYou would have been foolish to think that the Mueller report would unify the country around a…
Marriott has grand plans for Asia.The company is aiming to open two new hotels a week across the region this year, boosting its Asian property portfolio from about 700 to 1,000 by the end of 2020.The hotel chain is hoping…
The Mueller report is finally out and late night hosts such as Jimmy Kimmel had a field day with it — or at least the non-redacted portions of it."Say what you will about this president, he has Americans reading again,"…
"Not founded on anything" is the new "alternative facts."The term applies to White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and her misleading statements from the press briefing room podium. Now some prominent journalists are questioning whether she should remain in her…
Uber's self-driving car unit has lured $1 billion in investment ahead of the company's hotly anticipated stock market debut.The ride-hailing firm said Thursday that Japanese tech group Softbank's Vision Fund and car maker Toyota were among those providing the cash…
Arslan Hidayat was at work when the trolls attacked."My phone was going 'bring, bring, bring,'" said the 31-year-old English teacher. "I was like, What the hell's going on?"A Facebook page he helps run which focuses on the Uyghur ethnic minority…
On the Thursday before a major holiday weekend, and an hour before the much-anticipated Mueller report was released to the public, Facebook updated a month-old blog post titled "Keeping Passwords Secure" with a few lines of italicized text."Since this post…
The remains of defunct Sears Holdings is suing Eddie Lampert, the man who was its previous CEO and primary shareholder, alleging he improperly stripped the company of assets as it hurdled toward bankruptcy.Lampert was able to buy the operating assets…
In January of 2018, after the New York Times reported that President Trump had ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump responded in characteristic fashion."Fake news, folks," Trump said at the time. "Fake news. A typical New York…
Video-conferencing company Zoom soared during its debut as a public company.Shares were up more than 72% at the end of its first day of trading Thursday, to $62 a share. Zoom had priced its IPO at $36 per share. It…
Tony Evers, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, says he doesn't think Foxconn will ever add 13,000 jobs in his state.And he says it's time to drop the lush incentive deal his predecessor used to lure the Taiwanese electronics company to…
McDonald's is streamlining its menu by revamping its Quarter Pounder and abandoning its craft burgers.The company said Wednesday that it will "move away" from its Signature Crafted Recipes line — which includes items like a mushroom and swiss cheese burger…
