Four of the country’s most prominent tech CEOs are slated to testify before a House panel on Monday, but that highly anticipated hearing may be delayed due to plans for the late Representative John Lewis to remain in state on the US Capitol. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat …
Read More »Apple reportedly delays launch of new iPhone 5G until October
An Apple store in Sydney, Australia. Bloomberg news Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones until the “second half of October.” The tech giant was forced to delay its traditional September opening speech due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to …
Read More »Eating chocolate once a week may lower your risk of heart disease: study
Guilty pleasure? More like superfood. The researchers conducted a combined analysis of studies from the past five decades that looked for links between eating chocolate and coronary artery disease, which included data from more than 336,000 participants who reported their consumption of chocolate. And those who ate chocolate more than …
Read More »The FDA’s list of toxic disinfectants is increasing, now at 75. Here’s why
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of toxic hand sanitizers to 75 products that it says contain methanol, a toxic substance that could ultimately lead to death if absorbed through the skin or ingested and therefore it is not safe for human use. The warning includes some …
Read More »“We want a stable dollar,” says US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: “It is the world’s reserve currency and we are going to protect that.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration’s goal is a stable US dollar, while, separately, he notes that some foam is seeping into the stock market that has risen from its coronavirus lows to end of march. “ “Clearly there are some individual stocks, I’m not going to mention …
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