Airbag manufacturer Takata files for bankruptcy Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 500,000 pickup trucks over a possible fire risk. The company said on Tuesday that some Ram trucks may be fitted with a water-pump bearing that could overheat and possibly cause a fire in the engine compartment. The water-pump malfunction could set off a warning → Read More
5 Stunning stats about Twitter Twitter says it’s getting good at weeding out terrorist-related accounts on its platform. In the first half of 2017, the company suspended about 300,000 accounts found to promote terrorism, according to Twitter’s latest transparency report. Roughly 95% of those accounts were surfaced for review by “internal, spam-fighting tools” — up → Read More
Equifax hack: What you need to know Most Americans are worried about the Equifax cybersecurity breach — but not many have taken steps to protect themselves. A poll conducted by research firm SSRS asked American consumers if they’d heard about the breach and how concerned they were that their sensitive information might have been stolen. Read More
5 stunning stats about Adidas Sorry, Michael Jordan. It looks like your days as the king of the sneaker world may be over. Research firm NPD Group reported Monday that Adidas, which has Houston Rockets star James Harden (and his big bushy beard) as its top endorser, is now the second best seller of U.S. → Read More
How the Federal Reserve works The future of America’s central bank leader is up in the air, and President Donald Trump can decide her fate. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen kicked off a two-day strategy meeting Tuesday with her other Fed leaders. As the discussions get started, two questions are still unanswered: Read More
iPhone 8: What’s new? It’s the gift to iPhone and iPad owners who don’t want to buy a new gadget. Apple’s latest mobile operating system iOS 11 is now available as a free download. The redesigned software packs in big changes and minor tweaks, some you may never even see. The update is available on → Read More
Freezing your credit after Equifax hack…not so easy Less than two weeks after disclosing a massive data breach, Equifax’s legal and government troubles are piling up fast. Federal agencies, state officials and members of Congress are now probing Equifax (EFX) over its data security practices, customer service response and the possibility of insider trading from → Read More
Sanders vows to introduce ‘Medicare for All’ Americans who get their health insurance through their jobs were largely shielded from premium increases yet again this year, a new study has found. That’s in stark contrast to the hefty rate hikes found on the Obamacare exchanges. Annual premiums for work-based family coverage increased an average of → Read More
Fox News asked a federal court on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the network over a now-retracted story on the death of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. In August, Rod Wheeler, a Fox News contributor and former DC homicide detective, sued 21st Century Fox, the Fox News Channel, Fox News reporter → Read More
Freezing your credit after Equifax hack…not so easy Equifax has finally revealed how many Canadians were caught up in its massive hack: 100,000. The credit reporting agency said Tuesday that data compromised in the attack includes names, addresses, social insurance numbers and credit card details. Equifax cautioned in a statement posted on its website that → Read More