European Fund Floated To Invest In Tech Companies

European Fund Floated To Invest In Tech Companies

Posted by on Aug 23rd, 2019

European Union officials are floating a plan to create a sovereign wealth fund intended to invest in companies that could compete with U.S. and Chinese tech giants. According to an internal document detailing the plan, the fund... 
Disney Accused Of Inflating Revenue

Disney Accused Of Inflating Revenue

Posted by on Aug 21st, 2019

A former senior financial analyst for Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has accused the company of repeatedly and systematically overstating its revenue for years. Sandra Kuba, who worked for Disney’s revenue operations unit for 18... 
Brain Changes Seen With Common ADHD Medication

Brain Changes Seen With Common ADHD Medication

Posted by on Aug 18th, 2019

A common drug used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to actively change the development of the brain in boys who take it. The drug methylphenidate (MPH), sold under trade names including Ritalin... 
Apple’s Face ID Tricked With Simple Method

Apple’s Face ID Tricked With Simple Method

Posted by on Aug 16th, 2019

Researchers from Tencent presenting at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas demonstrated a relatively simple way to break into someone’s iPhone by bypassing the Face ID feature. Apparently, if taped glasses are put... 
Bayer Seeks To Settle Roundup Claims For $8 Billion

Bayer Seeks To Settle Roundup Claims For $8 Billion

Posted by on Aug 14th, 2019

Monsanto parent company Bayer AG has reportedly offered $8 billion to settle claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The $8 billion deal would settle the roughly 18,000 claims that the company is currently facing, as... 
Novartis Subsidiary Accused Of Data Manipulation

Novartis Subsidiary Accused Of Data Manipulation

Posted by on Aug 12th, 2019

AveXis, a subsidiary of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), has been accused of submitting manipulated data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ahead of the approval of its gene-therapy drug Zolgensma. The FDA revealed the data-manipulation... 
Apple Sued Over Siri Recordings

Apple Sued Over Siri Recordings

Posted by on Aug 10th, 2019

Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit claiming that the company’s Siri voice assistant is violating user privacy by allegedly recording consumers and minors without consent. The lawsuit also accuses Apple of failing to... 
New Blood Test Used To Detect Early-stage Breast Cancer

New Blood Test Used To Detect Early-stage Breast Cancer

Posted by on Aug 8th, 2019

A research team that included scientists at Arizona State University, the City of Hope, Mayo Clinic, and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, have developed a new blood test to detect breast cancer that is said to be 100-times... 
Juul Wants To Track Your Vaping

Juul Wants To Track Your Vaping

Posted by on Aug 6th, 2019

Silicon Valley startup Juul has just released a new e-cigarette that can monitor users’ vaping and track their device. The Juul C1, as the device is known, is now being sold in the United Kingdom after a successful pilot in... 
DoorDash Buys Caviar For $410 Million

DoorDash Buys Caviar For $410 Million

Posted by on Aug 4th, 2019

DoorDash has expanded its food delivery empire with the purchase of Caviar, a high-end food delivery and catering business. The acquisition was announced during the second-quarter sales report for Square, which acquired Caviar... 
Microplastics Removal Idea Wins Young Scientist $50,000

Microplastics Removal Idea Wins Young Scientist $50,000

Posted by on Aug 2nd, 2019

Irish teenager Fionn Ferreira has devised a simple but effective method to extract microplastics from the world’s oceans. According to his paper on the process, his extraction method removed 85 percent to 92 percent of microplastics... 
Childhood Cancer Steals 11 Million Years of Human Life, Annually

Childhood Cancer Steals 11 Million Years of Human Life, Annually

Posted by on Aug 1st, 2019

Alarming new data shows that pediatric cancer cases in the United States have surged nearly 50 percent in the thirty-year period before 2015, according to the US National Cancer Institute.  In addition, the agency estimates... 
Americans May Soon Be Able To Import Cheaper Drugs From Canada

Americans May Soon Be Able To Import Cheaper Drugs From Canada

Posted by on Jul 31st, 2019

The Trump administration has proposed a plan to let Americans import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada to make the drugs more affordable. Under the plan, states, wholesalers and pharmacies will submit plans on how they would... 
Surescripts’ Fight With Amazon Escalates

Surescripts’ Fight With Amazon Escalates

Posted by on Jul 29th, 2019

Surescripts’ battle with Amazon-owned (NASDAQ: AMZN) PillPack has escalated to a new level. Surescripts is accusing a company called ReMy Health of providing PillPack with patient prescription information “fraudulently”... 
Antitrust Reviews Of Tech Giants Initiated

Antitrust Reviews Of Tech Giants Initiated

Posted by on Jul 27th, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies, like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. The DOJ is investigating whether the companies’ online platforms have...