Netflix (NFLX) has thrived amid the novel coronavirus, which forced billions of people across the globe into their homes and helped the streaming service add almost as many subscribers in the first six months of 2020 as it did all of last year. But the company rose from DVD-by-mail startup […]
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Cases rose again on Tuesday – Getty Croatia remains on the cusp of UK quarantine restrictions after a recent rise in coronavirus cases. The country recorded its second highest number of new infections on Tuesday – 199 – leading to a rise up to 27 in its cumulative seven-day average, […]
Not long ago, a successful Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur decided to make a risky new investment he’d been toying with for years. “I’d just hit 50 and sold my second company,” he recalls. “I looked at myself and thought, I have another 20 years of work in front of me, […]
For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the sky — and nothing has captivated their imagination like the spectacular light phenomenon known as the Northern Lights, or the Aurora Borealis. Still, capturing the phenomenon on video from Earth proved tricky, and shooting from high in the sky […]
With Christmas on the horizon, a recent survey shows how holiday travel can make teachers nervous about returning to the classroom. In a survey of 92 Teton County Education Association members, 47.8% of teachers reported feeling “very uncomfortable” or “uncomfortable” with classes resuming right after the Thanksgiving break. Though the […]
HAMAMATSU, Japan — Yamaha Motor, the world’s third-largest motorcycle maker, is stepping up marketing to attract new customers mainly in Asia such as Indonesia and India, its biggest markets, based on connectivity via a smartphone app. The new business strategy is aimed at developing Yamaha into a company that not […]