Why millions of Chinese people are filing for divorce every year

Reuters Divorce is no longer social taboo in China. 1.85 million couples registered for divorce with the government in the first six months of 2017, an increase of more than 10% compared to the same period in 2016. Domestic violence and extramarital affairs are the leading causes of divorce in China. When Zhou Ying from […]

Lost Alan Turing letters found in university filing cabinet

A huge batch of letters penned by visionary British cryptographer Alan Turning has been found at the University of Manchester. Professor Jim Miles was tidying a storeroom when he discovered the correspondence in an old filing cabinet. At first he assumed the orange folder, which had Turing’s name on the front, had simply been re-used […]

Lidl eviscerates Kroger for trying to undermine its US launch in new court filing (KR)

Business Insider/Hayley Peterson Lidl is firing back at Kroger and denying any wrongdoing after Kroger accused the German-based supermarket of trademark infringement in a recent lawsuit. “Kroger has offered a striking absence of evidence in support of its claims,” Lidl said in court papers filed in a Virginia US District Court on Friday. Lidl said Kroger’s claims of copyright infringement […]

Republicans wants to make filing taxes as easy as mailing a postcard — but there’s a flaw in the plan

Mark Wilson/Getty Images Post card tax returns are all the rage in the Republican party, but they may have a more complicated impact than they seem. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during an event for The Hill on Wednesday that Trump’s huge tax plan’s goal is to allow Americans to “do their taxes on a […]

Disney Could Go Westworld With New Patent Filing for Soft 'Humanoid' Robots

A new patent filing for Disney hints at a dark, apocalyptic future at Disney’s amusement parks… or even in your own home. Just kidding, it’s fine, everything’s fine. It’s only robots. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, right. Advertisement Disney has sent in a new patent application for “a robot that will move and physically […]