The horrifying L.A. wildfires are being fueled by the worst conditions...
Southern California is facing a rare and dangerous juxtaposition of extreme winds and midwinter drought on Tuesday and Wednesday, a worrying example of the state’s expanding wildfire threat as climate...
View ArticleUber is replacing Lyft in a points partnership with Delta
Lyft and Delta are ending their points-earning loyalty partnership in April and the airline will start a new program with rideshare competitor Uber. Uber announced the multiyear strategic partnership...
View Article‘My goal is to spend under $1,000 this month’: The no-buy movement is making...
The no-buy trend isn’t anything new, but it gains fresh momentum every January, right on the heels of the holiday splurge. If you’re new to the trend, the concept is simple. While there’s no strict...
View ArticleWhy I’m making 2025 my year of dead-tree books
Over the past 17 years or so, I have happily paid for hundreds of e-books—everything from reference works to history to novels to comics. Having immediate access to all of them on a device that fits...
View ArticleFlying taxis could be carrying passengers in 2025, but hurdles remain
When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars that could whisk him to...
View ArticleGet a job in AI or one of these industries if you want to be in one of the...
Job search platform LinkedIn recently released its annual Jobs on the Rise report, including a list of the top 25 fastest-growing jobs in the United States. To create the list, LinkedIn’s researchers...
View ArticleJapan links this Chinese hacking group to cyberattacks on its national security
Japan on Wednesday linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country’s national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace, detailing their...
View ArticleAir Force contractor’s death may be tied to racial and gender discrimination
On the night Stephanie Cosme died, her sister and brother said they received a curt explanation from a U.S. Air Force official who met them at the hospital: The civilian contractor was failing to...
View ArticleThe Biden administration has dropped protections for old-growth forests....
The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.The move was announced by U.S....
View ArticleBiden administration finalizes clean electricity tax credits before Trump...
New tax credits are available for companies that generate clean electricity, the Biden administration announced Tuesday, while arguing it would be a mistake for President-elect Donald Trump to try to...
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How ‘mountain waves’ are making the L.A. wildfires even worse
Extreme winds are fueling horrific fires across Southern California, and one particular weather phenomenon called mountain waves is threatening to spread the flames even more. Santa Ana winds—the...
View ArticleSanctuary city laws could throw a wrench into Trump’s deportation plans—but...
Five years ago, police officers stopped Jose Armando Escobar-Lopez while he was driving to his home in Daly City near San Francisco with his partner and her brother. Without giving a reason for the...
View ArticleTikTok alternative Lemon8: Why creators are moving to ByteDance’s other...
“Okay it’s happening… are we switching to Lemon8 or what’s the plan?” posted one TikTok user back in December. With a potential U.S. ban just days away, content creators scrambling for an alternative...
View ArticleMorning coffee tied to lower death risk
There’s good news for those who drink their coffee in the morning hours and ditch it before noon. Morning coffee-drinkers may have a lower risk of death than both those who drink coffee throughout the...
View ArticleMeta tests eBay listings in Facebook Marketplace to resolve EU charges
Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive...
View ArticleYour IRS refund could take years if you were a victim of ID theft. The...
Taxpayers who have been the victims of identity theft have experienced significant delays when requesting refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a Wednesday report to Congress...
View ArticleWhat to know about ByteDance’s Lemon8
Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You’re not the only one. Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app. Lemon8 resembles an amalgamation of the...
View Article‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary wants to buy TikTok—and says he needs Trump’s...
Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame and billionaire Frank McCourt, ex-owner of the Dodgers, are teaming up to save TikTok from a looming U.S. ban. Their coalition, the People’s Bid for TikTok, aims to...
View ArticleQuantum computing stocks are having a rough start to 2025: IonQ, D-Wave,...
We’ve been told that the future is now, but it seems it’s not quite here yet—at least not for quantum computing. Quantum computing, a relatively niche sector of the tech industry, saw solid gains in...
View ArticleMeta tests letting Facebook Marketplace users view eBay listings in a bid to...
Meta is testing a feature that will let Facebook users browse eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace before being redirected to complete the purchase on eBay. The test, which is being launched to a...
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