Launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. Air Force infrared surveillance satellite was scrubbed Thursday evening after engineers encountered a balky valve associated with the first stage’s liquid oxygen system.
United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, said the problem...
Apple Inc.has announced that it will increase what it “contributes” to the US economy. The company revealed details about what it plans to do with the money it will save on taxes and the billions of dollars it plans to repatriate. Apple contributions to the US economy will jump...
After falling to four digits earlier Wednesday, Bitcoin prices rebounded above $11,200 as some investors bought into the dip.
Demonstrating the continued volatility of the digital asset, the price of Bitcoin added some $1,400 over the course of less than half a day on the biggest U.S.-based exchange, Coinbase. That...
These are the images that show what will soon be known as the world's next tallest building rising from the desert. When the 3,280-feet-tall (1,000-meter-tall) Jeddah Tower, in Saudi Arabia, opens in 2020, it will knock Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa off its throne as the tallest skyscraper in the...
The temperature in the world’s coldest village reached near-record lows, so much so that their digital thermometer broke as a result.
Oymyakon is a village in the Russian region of Yakutia.
It’s named after the Oymyakon River, which literally translates to mean: “unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter.”
The digital...
More than 1,000 global CEOs received a letter Tuesday from one of the world's most influential money managers with a pointed message: Simply posting good financial returns is no longer enough. You must have a positive impact on society, too.
In his annual letter to CEOs sent Tuesday, Laurence Fink,...
General Electric’s profligate past is haunting its future. A fresh $6.2 billion post-tax charge relating to reinsurance — a business the company left over a decade ago — shows the challenge of managing a conglomerate. As the chief executive John Flannery struggles to reshape the $163 billion company, it’s...
The airport known as Paine Field in Everett, Washington, has mainly been used by the adjacent Boeing aircraft plant, and currently has no commercial airline service (and no passenger terminal or parking).
But that is due to change this fall, as both Alaska Airlines and United Airlines will begin flying...
Don't let the snow totals fool you, forecasters are warning.
Snow is expected to fall on parts of Alabama on Tuesday, and where it does fall could be a nightmare for anyone venturing out on the roads.
The National Weather Service is warning of possible "significant impacts" where snow does fall...
