Debunking a Myth: The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too

By LIAM STACK March 17, 2017 It has shown up on Irish trivia Facebook pages, in Scientific American magazine, and on white nationalist message boards: the little-known story of the Irish slaves who built America, who are sometimes said to have outnumbered...

Wells Fargo CEO: We will ‘reassure’ our investors — including Warren Buffett

Since its massive fake accounts scandal broke last year, Wells Fargo has been looking to assure customers that it’s back on the right track. One very big shareholder factors significantly into that effort: Warren Buffett. The billionaire Oracle of Omaha is the...

Lockheed Martin completes new battle laser for U.S. military

“We have shown that a powerful directed energy laser is now sufficiently light-weight, low volume and reliable enough to be deployed on tactical vehicles for defensive applications on land, at sea and in the air,” said Robert Afzal, senior fellow for Laser...

Netflix CEO says he isn’t worried that Trump administration will gut net neutrality

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says he’s “not too worried” about what will happen if new FCCchairman Ajit Pai eliminates the Title II regulations that have guaranteed a neutral internet experience for US consumers in recent years. Speaking to a group of...

Missing from Trump’s grand Navy plan: skilled workers to build the fleet

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the U.S. Navy. But interviews with ship builders, unions, and a review of public and internal documents show major obstacles to that plan. The...