Uber, which for years spread across the globe with command-and-conquer rapaciousness, is pulling back from another major ride-hailing market. The company said on Sunday that it would sell its Southeast Asia ride and food-delivery businesses to Grab, a rival based in Singapore, in the latest move to shore up its...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took out full-page ads in several British and American newspapers Sunday to apologize for a "breach of trust" in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. "You may have heard about a quiz app built by a university researcher that leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014,"...
A new study shows that we may be approaching weight loss in totally the wrong way, and perhaps even an unhealthy way. We all want to lose those unwanted pounds, and we want them gone right now. Perhaps that is why we turn to crash diets and starving ourselves in...
Now that we're improving our exoplanet-finding techniques (which can be tough when distant starlight tends to drown them out), we've gradually tracked down a whole lot of planets in other solar systems. And while we've taken close looks at some of them, like the potentially habitable TRAPPIST-1 planets, we still...
BEIJING — A top Chinese official warned Sunday a “trade war” would harm all sides but gave no indication of Beijing’s possible next move in a spiraling dispute with President Donald Trump over steel and technology. Speaking to global business leaders at a development forum, Vice Premier Han Zheng appealed...
The first scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has touched down in London's Heathrow Airport. Qantas Flight QF9 completed its 14,498km (9,009-mile) journey from Perth in just over 17 hours. The airline is using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which is twice as fuel-efficient as the Boeing 747. It is part...
When it comes to exercise, every bit really does count. A new study published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that the life-extending benefits of physical activity can show up whether you’re dedicating a whole block of the day to the gym or just...
A Russian Soyuz ferry ship carrying a Russian commander and two NASA astronauts caught up with the International Space Station Friday and executed a flawless docking to close out a two-day rendezvous that began with launch Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. With commander Oleg Artemyev monitoring an automated...
Nissan Motor will develop eight new all-battery electric vehicles (EVs) and launch what it calls an “electric car offensive” in China under different brands as part of its new plan to sell one million EVs annually by 2022. Nissan is even taking its electric ambitions to its luxury Infiniti brand....
Throughout the years, the population on the Suncoast has continued to grow. The President and CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority William Russell is saying there's another group that is growing as well. "People who have modest income are spending way too much of their income towards housing if they...
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