Новости за 15.01.2017

It's common knowledge that actively managed mutual funds seldom beat their market benchmarks. So it makes sense to go for index funds totally. Here are other reasons to do so.

VideoThe Hive Mind Edward O. Wilson lumped humans with ants and bees as eusocial creatures, species that form multi-generational communities where members perform altruistic acts for the benefit of others. This aspect of humanity was never more conspicuous than at Planet X, a CES 2017 house party, where wewatched Elvis set up [...]

A short history of a long legal dispute over who deserves Drake's money.

Windows 10 on mobile... it's not dead, it's just resting. While the world waits for the currently mythical Surface phone, Windows 10 needs a smartphone to champion its mobile ambitions. The previous Lumia flagships from 2015 need to be replaced. Can Alcatel's Idol 4S be that handset?

In Geneva this week, Jacob & Co. will be presenting its Astronomia Flawless $1 million, totally transparent complicated watch. Here we bring you the first look at this dazzling watch with two 288-facet Jacob Cut(R) diamond spheres.

In a perfect world, the Affordable Care Act would be repealed and replaced at the same time. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Republicans recognize this reality, and they have adopted a strategy to repeal portions of the ACA in the short-run, and replace the ACA in the long-run.

Some of the biggest problems in business communication, and even in our personal lives, happen because we assume that we are being clear. We're not. At least, not to everyone.

The fact that stress is one of our main adversaries in life is no longer news to most people. However, the methods and strategies to effectively combat it are changing, evolving and constantly improving. Programs aimed at restoring proper communication between the systems that regulate how our bodies work have extended [...]

The long and winding road of connected car surveillance, where car tech providers are forced to cough up location and audio data of suspect drivers.

Where does Michelle Obama rank among First Ladies of all-time?

American Airlines flight attendants'' union has argued that the airline's new uniforms, introduced in September, cause employee health problems. Now may be a good time for the union to take a break.

This week’s milestones in the history of technology include the public unveiling of the air defense system that led to networked and interactive computing, and the Apple Lisa and Apple Macintosh that led to the mainstreaming of the graphical user interface.

Pokémon GO has endured an incredibly annoying bug for ages now, one that lowers the volume of your audio when you play the game on iOS. Here are a few temporary fixes for the issue.

NuScale Power is on track to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in America, submitting the first design certification application for any SMR to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and providing something we’ve all been waiting for – a reactor that cannot meltdown.

At the 2017 SIHH, IWC introduces a full line of new Da Vinci timepieces. See all of them here.

One of the biggest injustices of the past five years or so was how the first Gravity Rush on Vita was overlooked. Admittedly, a remastered port partly rectified this but now we finally have a proper sequel on the PS4 and it is very well done indeed.

The National Football League's AFC Championship Game is beginning to look like a game of redemption for the league's two star players who were suspended to begin the season. Last night, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots secured their return to the AFC Championship Game with a 34-16victoryover the Houston [...]

Today I’m going to show you two business development companies (BDCs) that were great buys once but now need to be banished from your portfolio right away. They’re all good companies, but recent market fervor has caused them to be way overpriced. And while the bull run has been good for [...]

If you’re betting that President-elect Trump’s economic policies will ignite corporate profits—and share prices—I have two words for you: be careful. In a moment, I’ll show you how I’m investing in the early days of the Trump era and name 3 rare finance-sector bargains that are terrific buys now. First, let’s look [...]

Donald Trump met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week to discuss making RFK Jr. the chair of a new vaccine commission. Both Trump and RFK suffer from the delusional belief that vaccines cause autism, and lawyer RFK Jr. has no qualifications whatever to judge vaccine safety.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a good time to start mentoring. Here's how to make a match.

The law school bubble is deflating since we have far more people with legal credentials than there are jobs. Recently the Education Department decreed that Charlotte School of Law would no longer be eligible for federal student aid. The right would be to stop subsidizing law school entirely.

Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has noted that Britain might need to change its economic model after Brexit happens. At which point, that was rather the point of laving the European Union, wasn't it? That we would then have the freedom to change our economic model? At least [...]