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Insurance giant John Hancock has announced a switch to ‘interactive’ life-insurance policies only, which offer incentives for things like wearing a fitness tracking device. Privacy experts worry these optional programs won’t be optional don’t the road.
A new study published today in Nature Biotechnology warns that CRISPR may not be the ultra-specific gene editor we’ve believed it to be. With CRISPR-Cas9, researchers can find particular sequences in a cell’s DNA and cut them at a specified spot. The cell can then repair the DNA where it was cut and scientists have […]
The U.S economy is in the midst of a wrenching technological transformation that is fundamentally changing the way people sleep, work, eat, shop, love, read, and interact. At least, that’s one interpretation. A second story of this age of technological transformation says that it’s mostly a facade—that the last 30 years have been a productivity […]
Brussels has urged US lawmakers to coordinate their anti-Russia actions with European partners, as Washington steams ahead with a new bill to expand sanctions against Moscow. “Unilateral measures” could undermine transatlantic unity and have “unintended consequences,” the EU warned. On Saturday, US Republicans and Democrats reached agreement to clear any further hurdles for proposed legislation […]
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong In the roughly two months since President Donald Trump took office, immigration officers have become more active around the US, detaining hundreds of people in the country without authorization, many of whom are slated for deportation. Trump himself has referred to the immigration crackdown as “a military operation.” In a number […]
Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries made a smart move to limit production, but the move has had some unforeseen effects, according to Goldman Sachs analysts. In November, some OPEC members agreed with a few non-members to lower their production levels in a bid to support oil prices. It was the most significant agreement since […]
Reuters In the months prior to Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s extradition in January, his impending absence from Mexico’s cartel scene stirred fears that narco violence in the country could intensify with him gone. Bloodshed in recent months seems to indicate his departure has been noted by rival groups. Now one potential legal […]
