Новости за 18.06.2017

In order to talk about whether a fidget spinner in space will ever stop, we have to dig into why they stop on Earth, when fundamental physics says their angular momentum should last forever.

The numbers suggest Baron Corbin and Carmella are rightfully listed as favorites in their 2017 Money in the Bank matches.

The Bolt EV is a solid companion for a weekend road trip.

A new book offers an entertaining glimpse at the rise and fall of 1970s Prog Rock in all its bloated glory.

The Amazon-Whole Foods deal will have winners and losers. Among the losers will be minimum wage employees like cashiers, as Amazon’s technology will make them dispensable and speed up a trend already underway in traditional retail chains…and in the process, make the $15 minimum wage irrelevant.

French president Emmanuel Macron won majority backing in parliament. Two populist parties also had good scores and vowed to fight Macron's reforms in the national assembly and beyond. If Macron manages to overcome traditional resistance it will be a revolution, but he could still lose his head.

In a series of images of the Hotel Luanda, the artist Mónica de Miranda captures the disappearing ghosts of Angola's colonial history with Portugal.

The algorithm could keep Amazon's in-store shoppers from comparing online prices, a practice which helped the retail giant crush its brick-and-mortar competition.

The thing is, many regular folks, even ‘veteran businessmen’ undervalue the benefits of having a business plan. Without a business plan, it’d be riskier for you to chart a profitable course for your business.

In the same week, GE kicked CEO Jeff Immelt upstairs and Jeff Bezos bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. What's the connection? GE spent a decade of restructuring based on an outmoded corporate strategy model, while Bezos invented a new one that has yielded expectations-beating growth at scale

Stream-of-consciousness live tweeting by our political leaders offers us a unique humanized look at our elected leaders, but also gives rise to profound questions about the preservation of digital records dating back at least to the Bush administration.

Many firms are tracking, measuring and monitoring customer emotions throughout their experience with a firm or brand. However, others are starting to design emotion into customer experience. That is a mistake and, potentially, a waste of time and effort.

When you run the numbers it doesn’t make sense for Apple to buy Netflix.

Pokémon GO is having a big party to celebrate its first year: tickets for Pokémon GO Fest go on sale tomorrow, June 19.

Leaked documents suggest the agency has been helping itself to private wireless internet routers with its sophisticated hacker toolkit.

There is no foolproof way to guarantee you can retain your female talent when they become a mother, but there are a few ways to increase the likelihood that they will come back to work after their leave.

Going after Whole Food is a game changer move by Amazon

I have been unexpectedly impressed with Fear the Walking Dead over the past two weeks as it’s rolled out three episodes that have been better than most of what The Walking Dead proper put out last season.

'Alien: Covenant' opened in China while 'Despicable Me 3' began its overseas roll-out.

American and United executives say say a laptop ban would not necessarily have a big impact on demand for seats. But a ban would create operational problems and put hazardous lithium ion batteries in cargo holds.

It's Father's Day and we all know what most people had in mind for gifts: ties, grilling accessories, dinner out, etc. But why not mix things up by giving your father a stone found in Michigan's lower peninsula, the Petoskey stone.

This week’s milestones in the history of technology include the Morse Code patent, one of the first computer programs to run successfully, an Amazon stock crash, the launch of the picturephone, and the first public demonstration of the telephone.

Amazon buying Whole Foods may be more than a move by Amazon to expand its presence in food retailing. If we are lucky, it might lead to the creation of a hybrid of online and bricks-and-mortar grocery shopping.