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‘Disease X’ could cause the next pandemic, according to the WHO—or Ebola, SARS, or Nipah. 9 pathogens researchers are keeping a watchful eye on
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum—to be held in Davos, Switzerland, next week—is on more radars than usual...
Microsoft surpasses Apple to become the world’s most valuable company as the iPhone maker hits a patch of ‘nothing special’
Microsoft overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company for the first time in more than two...
Capital Economics just revised its home price forecast, predicting a 5% jump in 2024
Mortgage rates are falling, and they’re considerably lower than a recent peak reached in October at about 8%. But even...
Ex-Cloudflare employee records her firing and sparks a debate about whether it was a layoff in disguise or her fault
January is layoff season in 2024. Big Tech and big finance rang in the new year with fresh rounds of...
Amazon layoffs hit Prime Video, MGM studio, and Twitch
Amazon is learning what most legacy media companies already knew: show biz is tough. The ecommerce giant is cutting hundreds...
What is the difference between a data scientist and data analyst?
Among tech jobs, data scientists and data analysts are growing at faster rates than almost any other occupations. CompTIA, an...
Pros and cons of balance transfer credit cards
A balance transfer is when you move credit card debt from a high-interest card to a zero-interest card to save...
Minnesota capital St. Paul makes history as first large U.S. city with all-female council
When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members at their initial meeting this...
Apple undergoes its biggest board shakeup in years as 2 longtime directors depart, including Al Gore
In one of Apple Inc.’s biggest board shake-ups in years, longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell will be retiring...
Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts
Nearly 10,000 COVID deaths occurred globally in December, the World Health Organization said this week—this as highly mutated variant “Pirola”...
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