“Nightly Business Report,” the pioneer public television series that has struggled in recent years, is getting a new, deep-pocketed commercial owner, the 24-hour business cable channel CNBC, a unit of Comcast’s NBCUniversal.CNBC announced on Thursday that it would buy the rights to the show, available in 96 percent of television homes in the United States, from the investment firm Atalaya Capital...
Nvidia Answers Apple Spaceship With Triangle Temple
Label: Technology Chip-maker Nvidia has released artist renditions of its new Santa Clara, California, headquarters, set to open up in July 2015. The company wants to build a pair of cool-looking 500,000-square-foot, triangular buildings on a lot that’s just across the street from Nvidia Building A. These massive triangles will then be covered by hundreds of other triangles. The triangle,...
Jennifer Hudson, Zeta-Jones to sing in Oscars musical tribute
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will perform at the Academy Awards in a tribute to the resurgence of big-screen musicals, organizers said on Wednesday.The performance, which will also feature Oscar nominees Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman from “Les Miserables,” is part of the several musical acts at the annual Hollywood awards on Sunday.“We...
Well: Caffeine Linked to Lower Birth Weight Babies
Label: HealthNew research suggests that drinking caffeinated drinks during pregnancy raises the risk of having a low birth weight baby.Caffeine has long been linked to adverse effects in pregnant women, prompting many expectant mothers to give up coffee and tea. But for those who cannot do without their morning coffee, health officials over the years have offered conflicting guidelines on safe amounts during pregnancy.The...
Hacking Victims Edge Into Light
Label: BusinessSteve Ruark for The New York TimesAlan Paller of the SANS Institute said recently hacked companies were seeking safety in numbers. SAN FRANCISCO — Hackers have hit thousands of American corporations in the last few years, but few companies ever publicly admit it. Most treat online attacks as a dirty secret best kept from customers, shareholders and competitors, lest the disclosure sink their stock...
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O.C. shooting suspect identified as college student with no record
Label: World Orange County sheriff's officials on Tuesday identified the suspect in series of fatal shootings and carjackings as Ali Syed,...
Frakkin' Awesome Giveaway: Win <cite>Battlestar Galactica</cite> and <cite>Blood & Chrome</cite> Blu-rays
Label: Technology If you never got addicted to Battlestar Galactica, here’s your chance: Wired is giving away a complete Blu-ray box set of the rebooted sci-fi show and its prequel Blood & Chrome.Set during the first Cylon war, Blood & Chrome introduces William Adama, a rookie space warrior anxious to battle the sentient robots that have turned on their human creators. (This...
DNA Analysis, More Accessible Than Ever, Opens New Doors
Label: HealthMatt Roth for The New York TimesSam Bosley of Frederick, Md., going shopping with his daughter, Lillian, 13, who has a malformed brain and severe developmental delays, seizures and vision problems. More Photos »Debra Sukin and her husband were determined to take no chances with her second pregnancy. Their first child, Jacob, who had a serious genetic disorder, did not babble when he was a year old...
A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits
Label: BusinessJeff Swensen for The New York TimesDr. Vivek Reddy, a neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, also works on its digital records effort. It was a tantalizing pitch: come get a piece of a $19 billion government “giveaway.” The approach came in 2009, in a presentation to doctors by Allscripts Healthcare Solutions of Chicago, a well-connected player in the lucrative business...
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