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VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images A Long March 3B rocket blasts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, Sichuan Province of China. China launched the Chang’e 4 spacecraft atop a Long March 3B rocket on Friday, in a milestone mission to land a rover with several …
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Delta tests out offering most restrictive tickets to frequent flyers
Nicolas Economou | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Delta Airlines Airbus A330-200 airplane with registration N851NW is seen landing at London’s Heathrow Airport. Frequent flyers who like to pick their seats may need to shell out more miles for their next award ticket. Delta Air Lines has been …
Read More »Senator slams Google’s censored search engine work in China
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google LLC, arrives to the White House for a meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Google’s creation of a censored search engine for China, known as “Project Dragonfly,” is proof China has made …
Read More »Bitcoin price pain continues as the cryptocurrency plummets to a 15-month low
Other major cryptocurrencies also suffered on Friday. XRP, the second largest by market value, was down 7 percent while ether fell 11 percent. Timothy Tam, CEO of cryptpocurrency research firm CoinFi, said bitcoin’s large move downward was a “combination” of factors. On Thursday, the SEC extended their review period of …
Read More »Black unemployment rate falls to 5.9%, ties record low hit this year
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Job seekers wait in line to speak with representative during the TechFair LA career fair in Los Angeles. The employment picture for black Americans is better than ever. On Friday, the rate of unemployed Africans Americans in the United States fell 0.3 …
Read More »Huawei reportedly agrees to British security agency’s demands
David Ramos | Getty Images News | Getty Images A logo sits illuminated outside the Huawei pavilion during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Chinese tech giant Huawei has agreed to a British security agency’s demands in order to protect its interests in the U.K.’s 5G network, according to …
Read More »Soccer app OTRO gives behind-the-scenes access to Messi and Beckham
Clive Rose | Getty Images Soccer stars Lionel Messi and David Beckham shake hands ahead of a UEFA Champions League quarter-final match. Former England soccer captain David Beckham has joined forces with several other famous names including Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and the world’s most expensive player Neymar Jr to …
Read More »93% of tech funding goes to all-male founders
Europe’s tech start-up scene has a problem: almost all of its funding is going toward men. A new report from venture capital firm Atomico found 93 percent of the money invested into European tech start-ups in 2018 went to companies with all-male founding teams. The report paints a bleak picture …
Read More »Facebook emails show EU must regulate social media monopoly: Lawmaker
John Thys | AFP | Getty Images Global activists of Avaaz, set up cardboard cutouts of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, on which is written ‘Fix Fakebook’, in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels, on May 22, 2018. A European lawmaker has called for updated regulation on Facebook and …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Russia look to impose production cuts
REUTERS | Leonhard Foeger Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2018. OPEC and its allies are poised to debate the terms of price-boosting supply cuts on Friday, after the influential oil cartel failed to reach …
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