August 2019

Those People Starting Successful Tech Companies? Most Are Middle-Aged

In an interview, Mr. Fadell recounted how, after he left Apple, he and his family traveled the world and designed an eco-friendly home for themselves in Lake Tahoe. He said he was dissatisfied with the clunky thermostats offered by his contractor or visible during his travels. “Thermostats were ugly, outdated, and didn’t help you save

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6 Major Climate Change Rules the Trump Administration Is Reversing

The move to rescind environmental rules governing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, brings to 84 the total number of environmental rules that the Trump administration has worked to repeal. Officials at the White House, the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies have called the regulations burdensome to the fossil fuel industry and other

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Best Buy 2Q profit beats estimates, but revenue misses

Best Buy Co. reported a sales shortfall for the fiscal second quarter and trimmed its annual sales forecast, blaming uncertainty surrounding an escalating trade war with China heading into the holiday shopping season. Shares of the retailer fell 8% in afternoon trading Thursday. “It is difficult to factor in the uncertainty related to overall customer

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‘Don’t Let Go,’ ‘Fast Color’ And The Urgency Of Black Women’s Survival

As long as you’re alive, you can change things. That’s what Uncle Jack (David Oyelowo) insists to his niece Ashley (Storm Reid) in the new sci-fi film, “Don’t Let Go.” In the film, which is in theaters Friday, Ashley is preserved from an earlier timeline — one before she, her mom (Shinelle Azoroh) and her

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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace overheard discussing Parliament suspension

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been overheard speaking to his French counterpart Florence Parly in Helsinki, following the prime minister’s decision to suspend Parliament in September and October. In the exchange, which was recorded without Mr Wallace’s knowledge, he appeared to say Boris Johnson suspended Parliament to prevent MPs from blocking his Brexit plans. “Eventually

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