Doctors say this start-up could revolutionize how we fight infectious diseases

A three-year-old child in the Bay Area was recently admitted to the hospital with a rash. The child was sent home with a diagnosis of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, a common virus that typically resolves in a few weeks. But the patient continued to get worse and had to...

Richard Branson drinks 20 cups of tea a day—here’s the rest of his daily routine

Branson knocks out a workout right away, preferring to either play tennis, bike, jog or kitesurf. Exercise, he claims, boosts his productivity significantly. “Then I eat breakfast and spend time with my family,” he wrote. “Exercise and family time...

Bitcoin sets new record above $3K, more than tripling in 2017 amid ‘bitcoin cash’ struggles

Bitcoin leaped more than 10 percent overnight into record territory, significantly strengthening against its offshoot “bitcoin cash” amid a hack on the new currency’s network. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $3,242.82 early Saturday morning Eastern...

As Obamacare twists in political winds, top insurers profits surge nearly 30 percent

It’s easy to think the nation’s entire health insurance market is paralyzed by the nasty debate over Obamacare in Washington. But, while Congress battled over health reform this spring, the nation’s largest health insurers racked up strong profits in...

The latest challenge to Google’s AI dominance comes from an unlikely place: Firefox

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox internet browser, has begun testing a feature that lets you enter a search query using your voice instead of typing it in. The move could help Mozilla’s efforts to make Firefox more competitive with Google Chrome. If...