A US postal worker delivers Amazon boxes outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 11, 2018 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images In early July, business owner Zach Williams searched for 200 parcels lost in the U.S. Postal Service hub for distribution from Detroit. Normally …
Read More »Apple reaches $ 2 trillion in market cap
Apple CEO Tim Cook opens the door of the newly renovated Apple Store on Fifth Avenue on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Apple hit a $ 2 trillion market cap on Wednesday, doubling in value in just over two years. It …
Read More »Californians prepare for life without Uber and Lyft – will taxis make a U-turn?
While Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. prepared this week to close on riding dogs in California, alternative modes of transportation on-demand say they are ready to pick up the slack. Uber UBER, -0.54% and Lift LIFT, + 1.43% must obey a San Francisco Superior Court judge’s order by midnight …
Read More »Zoom, Webex, GoToMeeting, BlueJeans are coming to Facebook Portal
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., is due to appear before a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook announced on Wednesday that video conferencing apps, headed by Zoom, …
Read More »Here is the ethical issue for targeting volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate a vaccine
Despite the urgency of beating COVID-19, health officials may delay the development of an effective vaccine. Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere have yet to authorize an ethical charge investigation procedure called “trials with human challenge.” Challenge tests deliberately involve volunteers with the disease – which explains the official retention …
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