<> <> Tinder is seen on a smart phone. <> There’s a lot to unpack from Tinder’s 30 tweet rant but perhaps the most interesting tidbit is the dating app’s assertion that it has “many users” in North Korea . The lengthy Twitter rant began Tuesday night in response to…
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The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders…
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Hong Kong police searched Uber’s office in the Asian financial center on Tuesday, in the latest legal headache for the fast-growing company that’s meeting resistance from regulators and traditional taxi businesses worldwide. The raid came after officers posing as customers arrested five drivers offering their services through a mobile app,…
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As Jason Thrasher lowered his helicopter to a park with seven firefighters aboard, he saw what he thought was another firefighting chopper battling a blaze that was threatening homes. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pilot suddenly identified the object as a four-rotor drone only 10 feet from…
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The South Korean company behind popular mobile messenger app Kakao Talk named a 34-year-old startup investor as CEO who will be the country’s youngest corporate boss. Rim Ji Hoon was named CEO of Daum Kakao Corp. on Monday. He will turn 35 next month when the board and shareholders will…
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Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan , where at least six people were killed, four left missing and dozens injured. A total of 101 people were hurt in Taiwan and more than 3 million households lost electricity as…
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Frances Kelsey, a Canadian doctor known for her tenacity in keeping a dangerous drug given to pregnant women off the U.S. market, has died at age 101. She died Friday morning, less than 24 hours after receiving the Order of Canada in a private ceremony at her daughter’s home in…
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In the pantheon of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic gods, most Aztec deities are depicted as brutal, blood-thirsty beings only appeased by human sacrifices. But Mexico’s Templo Mayor museum on Friday put on display for the first time an exhibition dedicated to Xochipilli, the Aztec god of singing, dancing and the morning sun….
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Verizon, the nation’s largest wireless provider, will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers sign two-year service contracts. The move was made in the name of simplification, but it could result in some customers paying more. All wireless carriers have been trying to wean customers off subsidies, in which…
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The Malaysian government was certain: The airplane part found on an Indian Ocean island came from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Investigators in France weren’t so sure quite yet. And those differing approaches created confusion and anguish Thursday for the families of those aboard the ill-fated flight. “From our first observation,…
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