Thousands of Android apps bypass permissions to violate user privacy

Unlike on regular desktop computers, the opportunities to gather information on users are greater on mobile phones. That’s why platform makers have devices as a permission-based system to limit what apps can do and what they can access on the device. Android has gone a long way in refining its system to ensure that few to no abuses would happen. … Continue reading

Kilometer-sized asteroid orbits the sun every 151 days

Scientists at Caltech have discovered an asteroid that is about a kilometer in size that has what they term the shortest “year” known for any asteroid. What they mean by “year” is the time it takes the asteroid to complete a full orbit around the sun. The asteroid, known as 2019 LF6, orbits the sun once every 151 days. The … Continue reading

Fox Business Guest Spins Poll About Not Affording Retirement In Worst Way

A poll says almost 1 in 4 Americans think they’ll have to work until they die.

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Plans To Go Public By The End Of 2019

Branson’s company is racing against Blue Origin to bring tourists into space.

Californians Rattled After Warning App Failed To Alert 2 Major Earthquakes

Officials pledged to make ShakeAlertLA more sensitive.

Unionization Fight Looms Over Tom Steyer’s Big 2020 Announcement

Organizers for a group Steyer founded are fighting with managers over the size of their collective bargaining unit.

How I Became A 30-Year-Old, 5-Foot-5-Inch Commercial Model

I had to maintain my sanity in an industry that constantly critiqued my body, my age, and my 5-foot-5-inch frame.

Amy McGrath Jumps Into Senate Race To Replace Mitch McConnell

The retired Marine lieutenant colonel and combat pilot previously challenged GOP Rep. Andy Barr in KY’s 6th District.

Virgin Galactic is going public to fund its expensive tourist spaceflights

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic has announced that it will go public via a merger with an investment firm. Its new partner, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), will invest $800 million in exchange for a 49 percent stake and take Virgin Galactic pu…

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 215 CPU brings modern features to budget phones

It’s high time modern features like dual cameras, longer aspect ratio displays and VoLTE calling to sub-$100 phones and with Qualcomm’s latest chipset, they just might real soon. The new Snapdragon 215 is meant to power phones that cost between $60 a…