It all started with a red paper coffee cup. Starbucks released their annual holiday cups in late October, which feature a rather plain “two-toned ombre design” and the infamous green caffeinated Medusa. The cups didn’t really make news headlines; the company always releases a special-edition cup for the holidays and the 2015 design isn’t exactly […]

A new study has found that patients who still suffer the effects of sleep apnea because they cannot wear a breathing mask all night may have other options. The research review states that using a jaw support could be just as effective as the masks. Millions of people around the world rely on breathing masks […]

It’s not 1984, it’s just 2016. This month, one of the world’s largest digital advertising firms boasted that it had access to the data, personal beliefs, and political opinions of 166 million Americans. Advertising agency Xaxis is preparing to use that information to target U.S. voters with “laser-like” accuracy during the 2016 presidential election. “We’re […]

Darren Huston, Priceline Group CEO, has announced that his company will begin testing a partnership with TripAdvisor this week for the Instant Booking platform on Booking.com. The partnership between TripAdvisor and Priceline was announced last month, and Huston says consumers will now start to see a “small sample” of inventory on Instant Booking. “As with […]

Although disruption is usually a word reserved for the latest Silicon Valley startups that let people crowdsource pizza delivery, the global HVAC market is going through a seismic shakeup. And though it might not be as sexy as the latest smartphone-enabled startup, it’s a disruption that has wide-reaching consequences for energy use. That’s because buildings […]

Facebook, Buzzfeed, and the Huffington Post are just a few of the great websites on the Internet, but what would you think of them if they were sharing your data? According to a new study published in the International Journal of Communication, nine out of 10 websites are sending users’ data to third-party sources, usually […]

It’s easy to underestimate the importance of having a reliable, good quality roof over one’s head. Unfortunately, even those who are lucky enough to have one could face unforeseen circumstances that leave them in even tighter spots. For instance, take James Englemann, a Lascassas, TN, resident who believes we was on the receiving end of […]

Police brutality directed at black Americans has become the center of many discussions over the past year, and a new report from The New York Times shows that this racial discrimination extends far beyond what many non-black Americans would imagine. Something as simple as driving a car, the report found, tends to be more dangerous […]

Over the last two months, Ambassadors for Teach for America and Mellichamp Elementary School in Orangeburg, SC, have hosted INTech technology day camps for middle school girls in three cities. INTech was founded by Khalia Braswell and is meant to inspire girls to join the technology industry. The mission statement for the camps reads, “The […]

One of the hottest issues facing the United States in recent years — in more ways than one — has been the debate over climate change. While much of the attention has been focused on whether or not environmental change is even a reality, the problem has now gained enough traction for government agencies and […]