SpaceX is preparing to fly its first humans to orbit aboard a new Crew Dragon spaceship. The Demo-2 mission, as it’s called, is a high-stakes test flight of astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station. The mission on Friday passed a critical NASA safety review, teeing up the astronauts to launch […]
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A study found that tech workers could flee dense San Francisco for suburban-like San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley amid remote working boom
Some surveys suggest there may be an exodus of tech workers from the San Francisco Bay Area due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City-dwellers may relocate to less dense and more affordable locales as work from home policies become the norm. But a new study places San Jose, in the heart of the tech region, as […]
A personal-finance YouTube creator, who would film videos in his car, shares how he turned his channel into a business that earned $220,000 last year in ad revenue
The personal-finance YouTube creator Ryan Scribner, who has 623,000 subscribers, treats his channel as a full-time job, sharing tips on the best investing apps and stock market advice with his audience online. Scribner launched his YouTube channel by posting videos from his car, sometimes parked in a Walmart parking lot in-between work breaks, he told […]
Gov. Cuomo says US economy won’t bounce back on its own post-pandemic because ‘too many’ small businesses have closed and corporations won’t rehire laid-off workers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the US economy won’t recover on its own because “too many small businesses have closed” and corporations won’t rehire as many workers as they laid off. “They had fewer workers and used more technology and they’re going to decide: ‘Well, we don’t need as many workers,’” he said during […]
No new COVID-19 deaths reported in Utah Sunday
Jeff Ringer is tested for COVID-19 by medical assistant Conner Meads at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo on Friday, May 8, 2020. In an effort to help address COVID-19 hot spots that have been identified in Utah County, the Intermountain Healthcare Coronavirus Mobile Testing Unit provided testing to area residents. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret […]
Coronavirus is reportedly killing young people at unprecedented rates in developing countries
Younger people in developing countries have been dying at unprecedented rates from the novel coronavirus, according to The Washington Post. The Post reported that people under 50 made up 5% of deaths, and nearly half of the dead in India were younger than 60. The new analysis comes as Latin America and India emerge as […]
Photos show how San Francisco is housing its homeless in socially distant tent camps
San Francisco has opened a temporary sanctioned tent encampment for members of its homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis. The program provides a controlled environment for homeless residents to pitch their tents and have access to resources such as showers, electricity, and food. Shelter capacity was lowered in March to allow for better […]
A YouTube creator with 2 million subscribers shares the 24-page media kit she uses to pitch brands including case studies from previous campaigns
Entrepreneur and YouTube creator Marina Mogilko runs three successful YouTube channels, a 343,000-subscriber business channel, “Silicon Valley Girl,” a 1.1 million subscriber main channel under her name, and a language channel with 2.3 million subscribers, “linguamarina.” Mogilko has worked with brands like Audible and Skillshare on sponsored videos. She told Business Insider that she sends […]
Gov. Cuomo: travelers from Europe ‘brought the virus to New York’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a press conference on Sunday said travelers from Europe “brought the virus to New York.” The state, Cuomo said, “did not have the facts” early on to indicate that the virus had already spread to Europe. Cuomo cited reporting from The Washington Post suggesting that President Trump’s European travel ban, which […]
Germany is at the forefront of a global movement of anti-vaxxers obsessed with Bill Gates and it could mean the coronavirus is never defeated
Anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and activists with very different political views have come together to voice their anger at Germany’s pandemic measures. While the protests still represent a minority of people, public health experts are becoming concerned that people are developing negative attitudes towards vaccines. Anger has also been directed at Microsoft founder Bill Gates as […]
The 25 best US cities for veterans to live, ranked
According to the Veterans Association, there are currently more than 19.2 million veterans living in America. However, when it comes to adjusting to civilian life, some areas of the country are better for veterans than others. WalletHub ranked the 100 largest US cities in four major categories — employment, economy, quality of life, and health […]
These 7 huge games are coming to the PlayStation 5 and next-gen Xbox at launch, from ‘Madden’ to ‘Fortnite’ (MSFT, SNE, ATVI, EA, UBSFY)
The next generation of Xbox and PlayStation consoles are in the works, and both are scheduled to arrive this holiday season. With new consoles come new games, and we know of at least one huge launch title for Microsoft’s next console: “Halo Infinite.” But “Halo” is far from the only game we know that’s coming […]