WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T, Verizon and a telecommunications standards organization to hinder consumers from easily switching wireless carriers, according to six people with knowledge of the inquiry. In February, the Justice Department issued demands to AT&T, Verizon and the G.S.M.A., a mobile industry standards-setting […]
In a striking example of natural selection, the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows. The Bajau are traditionally nomadic and seafaring, and survive by collecting shellfish from the sea floor. Scientists studying the effect of this lifestyle on their biology found their spleens were larger than those […]
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 28th anniversary by taking stargazers on a visual exploratory treat to the Lagoon Nebula. An Interstellar Experience On Thursday, April 19, NASA set the Hubble Space Telescope onto the Lagoon Nebula. The celestial body is located 4,000 light-years away from Earth, while the Lagoon Nebula is 55 light-years […]
Consumer activists and technology experts are advising consumers to hold off on buying Android handsets from China’s ZTE until the company clarifies whether U.S. sanctions against the company prevent it from providing operating system updates for its devices. The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday banned U.S. companies from providing components, software and other technology to […]
An earthquake hit Windsor and Essex County Thursday. The United States Geological Survey is reporting the 3.6 magnitude quake’s epicentre was in Amherstburg. “Magnitude 3.6 is not that big of an earthquake, however in this part of the country where we don’t really see earthquakes all that often, any size of earthquake is going to […]
Memories of classical ballet performances dance in Wanda Sihanath’s head when she thinks about her childhood in Elgin, Illinois. She remembers balancing at the barre to Beethoven and pirouetting to Vivaldi. Even though it rarely affected her dance lessons, she also remembers being sick — very sick. Sihanath, now 22, was diagnosed as a young […]
The agency’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched today (April 18) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, rising off the pad atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT) and deploying into Earth orbit 49 minutes later. TESS will hunt for alien worlds around stars in the sun’s neighborhood […]
Tesla’s battery production for the Model 3 is the company’s real obstacle to putting cars on the road, not Model 3 assembly itself, said Oppenheimer analyst Colin Rusch on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “The real concern for us ultimately is how many batteries they can make that fit the specs,” he said, adding that he thinks […]
Bon-Ton Stores Inc won court approval on Wednesday for a bid to wind down its operations, clearing the way for one of the largest U.S. department store chains to begin selling everything from its store inventory to leases and fixtures. With the disappearance of Bon-Ton, analysts said rivals such as Macy’s Inc, J.C. Penney Co […]
People who have tried unsuccessfully to prevent migraine with other treatments may find relief with a new drug, according to a preliminary study released Tuesday. Erenumab is part of new class of drugs —fully human monoclonal antibodies — that block calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a molecule that transmits migraine pain signals during an attack. The […]
In 2008, a rock laced with tiny diamonds hurtled through miles of thickening nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, its exterior heating up as it raced through the thick air. A telescope tracked its progress, watching as the asteroid-turned-meteor exploded. The violent burst 23 miles above the ground sent fragments speeding toward their resting place, dark […]
Compared with some of the prior IBM earnings reports that have sparked selloffs, the numbers provided in Big Blue’s latest release weren’t especially harsh. Even if (as usual) they don’t look as solid as they might at first glance once one goes through the fine print. The fact that IBM shares have nonetheless fallen over […]
