Watch out for tax scams popping up in your email inbox. They can often be rigged to secretly install malware onto your computer. As the April 15th filing deadline approaches, IBM says it’s recently detected a wave of tax-themed phishing messages targeting both businesses and personal email addresses. The emails […]
Brick and mortar stores have been hit hard by online retailers like Amazon. Walmart (which has its own online presence) believes it has an answer to dwindling sales. Its solution, robots that take care of mundane jobs (like cleaning up spills) while its staff spends their time helping customers. The retailer announced […]
When we board a plane, the goal is simple: to get to our destination as safely and pleasantly as possible. But sometimes we get in our own way. To be a safer and more courteous traveler, don’t make the following 11 airplane mistakes. Avoiding some of these behaviors will keep […]
Lower trading volume. Falling mortgage rates. An inverted Treasury yield curve. A slowing U.S. and global economy. The odds seem pretty stacked against big banks on multiple fronts as earnings season starts tomorrow. Making things even more challenging, many U.S. big banks enter Q1 reporting time facing tough comparisons to […]
At some point early every year, Americans begin scrambling to figure out what tax forms they must file and when they must file them. The official deadline to file your federal income tax return can be a little shifty. Yes, it’s supposed to be April 15—unless something interferes with that […]
Now, Uber is getting in on the action. Cargo, the exclusive in-car vendor for Uber, will offer free samples of chocolate Easter egg candies starting Monday during rides in select cities – Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs and Cadbury Creme eggs, specifically. Here’s the full list of cities that will offer free chocolate […]
You might have heard of automatic license plate recognition — known as ALPR (or ANPR in the U.K. for number plates). These cameras are dotted across the U.S., and are controlled mostly by police departments and government agencies to track license plates — and people — from place to place. In doing […]
A new research study suggests that human brains could be merged with technology significantly sooner than many expect, perhaps “within decades.” Known as the “Human Brain/Cloud Interface” (B/CI), researchers at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing in California have suggested that nanorobots could be implanted into the human body and connect […]
