How inflation is influencing the way we think and behave
Driven largely by soaring gas prices, inflation reached levels not seen in decades over the last year, according to new Consumer Price Index data.
Prices...
Ukraine war, COVID lockdowns and inflation will slow economy, but no recession yet
According to the UCLA Anderson Forecast, several economic impediments — including the Russia–Ukraine war, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, supply chain constraints and inflation —...
Why Mastercard’s new face recognition payment system raises concerns
Mastercard's "smile to pay" system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts.
It is being trialed in Brazil, with future...
Baby formula is arriving from overseas. Will it curb the crisis?
A military cargo plane delivered 78,000 pounds of baby formula to Indianapolis from Europe on Sunday, with another shipment expected to arrive from Germany...
Satellite navigation’s new player: Europe’s Galileo
Since the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957; the earth-to-space traffic hasn't stopped.
Numerous technologies are now connected...
What’s in your weed? The label doesn’t tell you much
Labels like indica, sativa and hybrid—commonly used to distinguish one category of cannabis from another—tell consumers little about what’s in their product and could...
Biden steps in to fix the baby formula crisis, but how did we get...
The U.S. baby formula shortage has reached a critical point.
With the out-of-stock rate for baby formula topping 43% this month, empty shelves have left...
What happened in the crypto market? $1 trillion of wealth was wiped away...
The massive downturn in cryptocurrencies in the last month has cause more and more investors to exit the risky markets.
The price of two benchmark...
How long will inflation last and will it trigger a recession
Inflation in the United States declined slightly last month to 8.3% annually.
But that good news has been short-lived as gas prices—which had momentarily stabilized—have...
Amazon, Netflix algorithms can help satellites see the Earth better
Algorithms that help consumers decide what to stream or buy online can do more than predict customers’ habits:
They can help satellites see the Earth...