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February 1, 2016
White House To Propose $1 Billion Budget For Cancer Research
On the day that Joe Biden convenes new Cancer Moonshot task force, White House says his budget will propose big boost for research.
Working on a cure for cancer is emerging as a top initiative of President Obama's final year in office. Since the formal announcement of the goal in the State of the Union address, the White House effort, under Vice President Joe Biden, has been moving fast. The VP convenes the first meeting of a special task force today, pulling together five federal departments and various other agencies and bodies. And just this morning, according to sources including the Washington Post the White House reported that it will request an extra $1 billion in funding in the next two years for its Cancer Moonshot initiative.
The Big (Big!) Question About Yahoo Is Its Future, Not Its Quarterly Results
The web giant is still struggling. Change is inevitable. What form will it take, and when will we know about it?
On February 2, Yahoo will announce its financial results for the last quarter of 2015 and the full year, and will hold a webcast to discuss them. But to an unusual degree, what people are waiting to hear about isn't how the company's been doing, or what its expectations are for the next quarter. They want to know about its future—which could involve the company getting broken up in various ways, shrinking, and/or making major changes to its management and board.
Line, Japan's Take On WhatsApp, Is Creating A Digital Butler Service
The messaging app seeks to stimulate revenue growth, with a focus on amassing users in Asia rather than Europe or the U.S.
The Line messaging app, a Japanese rival to WhatsApp and WeChat, is working on a digital butler service in its quest to better monetize and compete with its peers, TechCrunch reports. The product will be unveiled in Thailand later this month, and will make its way to other markets shortly after if successful.
New Facebook Tool Sparks The World's Biggest Popularity Contest
Facebook's Audience Optimization yields extensive, sometimes surprising data on what people talk about.
Who is more popular, Jimmy Page or Katy Perry?
January 30, 2016
President Obama Launches Initiative To Bring Computer Science To All Students
The Computer Science for All Initiative would provide funding for states and school districts to bring computer science to the classroom.
In his final State Of The Union address earlier this month, President Obama called for providing hands-on computer science classes for all students to make them "job ready on day one." Today, he is unveiling how he plans to do that with his upcoming budget.
January 29, 2016
Facebook To End Private Gun Sales On Facebook And Instagram
Facebook is banning private gun sales on Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook on Friday changed its policy to ban all private sales of guns through its platforms, said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Facebook will rely on users to report content that violates the new policy, Watts said.
Health Insurer Orders Theranos To Stop Drawing Patients' Blood
More bad news for the medical-technology "unicorn."
Another day, another snag for Theranos, the blood-testing startup with a $10 billion valuation.
Apple May Be Developing An Augmented Reality Windscreen For Its (Rumored) Car
Apple, like Facebook and others, is actively exploring its own flavor of a virtual/augmented reality future.
Apple is already well into an effort to explore the possibilities of virtual and augmented reality products, and one of the applications may be in the rumored Apple car.
Obama Aims To Close The Wage Gap With A New Proposal For Salary Transparency
Companies with 100 or more employees will have to start reporting salaries by race, gender, and ethnicity.
Today marks the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing his very first bill into law. That was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which restored protection against wage discrimination.
This Is The Latest Front In The War For Control Of Your TV--And It's Going To Get Ugly
The FCC chairman wants to let people watch TV without renting a pricey cable box. Here's why television providers are freaking out.
Are you sitting down (in front of your TV)? The government might just make it easier for you to finally get rid of that big clunky cable box—and those annoying monthly rental fees.
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