Новости за 06.01.2017

NBC paid a pretty penny to recruit former Fox News star Megyn Kelly, but will it be worth it?

For all the talk about about how kids in sports are pampered (participation trophies, anyone?), there is a more pressing issue that is the opposite of children being spoiled. Half of public school children are from families poor enough to enable them to be eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, [...]

For months, the clean energy discussion in the U.S. has been dominated by two questions: First, will the new administration really turn its back on the climate and clean energy policies that have helped create a burgeoning American industry? And if it does, how serious a blow will that be [...]

Up until this moment, it's unlikely that any governments or corporate managers have game-planned for a Twitter attack by a world leader. Now, such a plan has to be Chapter 1 in every big company’s and foreign nation’s crisis communications response book. Here's what it should look like.

A few weeks after announcing it will work with third party fact checkers to manage the display of fake news on its site, Facebook has hired former television news journalist Campbell Brown to serve as a liaison between publishers and Facebook in a brand new role -- head of news partnerships.

Photo credit: Framestore The answer is yes, someone has created a Game Of Thronesvirtual reality. (How cool is that?) If you missed it, well, it was probably because you weren’t at SXSW last year. Thrillists got to stand on the North Wall in a fully immersive 360-degree experience. Look up, look down, [...]

What if the iPhone had drawn more inspiration from the iPod rather than the Mac? Sonny Dickson has uncovered Acorn OS, the operating system for an iPhone that never was.

Every year at Frost & Sullivan, the Transformational Health team brainstorm top predictions for the New Year to come. 2017 will definitely continue to be a year of tumultuous uncertainty and turbulence, but amidst this uncertainty we know for a fact that technology will continue to flourish and will have [...]

Thewines listed belowaremy top picks from a year's worth of tastings(shoot, some were so good I needed a cigarette after finishing a glass), but my caveat has always been this: these are only a small slice of the many, many amazing wines in the world. In this year of wine [...]

The new Overwatch map, Oasis, is pretty awesome.

Reflecting the influence of Donald Trump's tweets over currency markets, the value of the battered Mexican peso hit record lows following Trump's negative remarks about car companies that move jobs to Mexico.

Whether you're excited for the likes of 'Resident Evil' or patiently waiting to see 'La La Land,' January is a treasure trove for movie lovers outside of the big cities.

Tom Price, MD, Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S Secretary of Health & Human Services will be challenged by Democratic Senators on "premium support" for Medicare. The approach to premium support advocated by Dr. Price is a better version of the increasingly popular Medicare Advantage program,

This series explores what it takes to understand middle-Americans, how the geography of their lives plays into the essence of who they are, and how their value structures differ from communities on the West and upper East Coasts.

It's not the first time Trump has attacked the host of one of his own shows.

Barry Diller makes bold statements about the future convergence of ads, media, tech, and brands

Mass Effect: Andromeda is keeping almost all of its cards close to its vest. Is it hiding a smaller game than everyone thinks, or is it trying to avoid the pitfalls of overhype in the gaming industry?

BY STEVEN L. HIGGINS -- What do physicians recommend to that college student insistent on medicine?

The Indian Central Statistics Office has just released the prediction of GDP growth for this fiscal year, taking us up to the beginning of April (when India's new fiscal year starts). This shows a slowing to 7.1% in said growth. Some are ascribing this to the effects of demonetisation but [...]

*Macy’s To Close 63 stores *Macy’s November & December comp sales drop 2.1% *Kohl’s November & December comp sales drop 2.1% *Amazon has major increases in department store classifications The holiday sales reports were not good for the department stores. Both Macy’s and Kohl’s saw comparable store sales drop by 2.1% during the vital [...]

There were 113 suspensions in Minor League and Major League Baseball in 2016. Here is every one of them, and details on why you're probably looking at them wrong.

Glassdoor identified jobs among the best places to work that earn $100,000 or more and are available now, covering a wide range of roles. To qualify for the list, a job needed at least ten salary reports submitted by Glassdoor users.

With no money or language skills, he built a $15 million company that makes prototypes and custom parts for first-time inventors, mid-sized product development firms and big international auto manufacturers.