Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday said the company is giving $20 million to small businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans in the U.S. “We know when crises hit the most vulnerable get hit the hardest,” Sandberg told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Mad Money.” The $20 million is coming from Facebook’s $100 million small
WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit announced May 20 it will make the first flight of its LauncherOne air-launched vehicle as soon as May 24, but is setting modest expectations about the probability of success. The company said in a statement that it current plans to perform its inaugural LauncherOne mission May 24, with “Cosmic Girl,” the
E-book and audiobook subscrition service Scribd has been actively embracing and experimenting with bundling over the past couple years, creating joint offers with The New York Times and with Spotify and Hulu. Today it announced a slightly different take on the idea with Scribd Perks. These perks gives Scribd’s paying subscribers (the service costs $8.99 per
A man wearing a face mask walks past signs for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign amid the coronavirus outbreak on May 11, 2020 in Alexandria, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty images A pro-Biden super PAC saw a massive drop in fundraising at the peak of the coronavirus lockdown and as its preferred candidate’s
Guns N’ Roses have rescheduled their upcoming North American tour due to safety concerns surrounding the spread of coronavirus. The tour was set to begin at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July 4. All tickets will be honored for the to-be-announced future dates. The band has also canceled their European tour, set to kick off today (May
Gigi Hadid did a tutorial with makeup artist Erin Parsons on Maybelline’s Instagram Live this afternoon, with Hadid doing her own makeup while Parsons instructed her. The two spoke about beauty routines, and at one point, Hadid opened up about how her pregnancy has affected her face shape. She also touched on her history with
Cool colours: the hotter square on the left is coated in a single layer of black paint while the cooler square in the right is a black bilayer. (Courtesy: Jyotirmoy Mandal) A bilayer paint that can dramatically cool sunlit surfaces yet comes in a range of colours has been developed by scientists in the US
More bad news is coming in this week as it’s been reported that veteran actor John Mahon has passed away. Known for his roles in movies like The Exorcist and L.A. Confidential, Mahon has been working steadily in movies and television for almost five decades. According to his son, Joseph Mahon, Mahon died of natural
Stargirl launched on The CW Tuesday night with decent ratings. Stargirl Season 1 Episode 1 drew 1.2 million total viewers to the network in the 8 pm hour, right on par with The Flash’s average in the slot this season. Given that episodes are made available a day earlier on DC Universe, this is a
LONDON (Reuters) – Captain Tom Moore, who became a national hero in Britain after raising more than 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service in the run-up to his 100th birthday, is to be knighted. Moore becomes “Sir Tom” after a special nomination from Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The World War Two
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Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey delivered a grim forecast for the global economy’s recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday. “The economic impact of the lockdown is just starting to begin,” Quincey said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” In the United States, more than 36 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits since the coronavirus
A pedestrian walks past a Target store in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Target will report its first-quarter earnings Wednesday before the bell. The big-box retailer’s stores have remained open across the country during the coronavirus pandemic, but the crisis has cut into its profits as Target’s labor expenses jumped and sales of
Warner Bros has keyed up a re-release of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in Hong Kong and Taiwan, ahead of the mid-July launch of the director’s latest epic, Tenet. The three films — Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises — will release over several weeks. The first rollout is in Taiwan
Air Force Secretary Barrett argues that DoD space programs and investments should be integrated under the Space Force as soon as possible. WASHINGTON — Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett is pushing back on a Defense Department proposal that would delay transferring the Space Development Agency to the Space Force until October 2022. In a May
Ola said on Wednesday it is cutting 1,400 jobs in India, or 35% of its workforce in the home market, as the ride-hailing firm works to reduce its expense to steer through the coronavirus pandemic that has severely impacted mobility companies in the country. Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and chief executive of Ola, shared the job
President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Ford Motor Company said Tuesday that it has told the White House that President Donald Trump and other people with
Exclusive Jason Wahler is lending a helping hand to grief-stricken families amid the COVID-19 crisis with something that goes a long way these days during quarantine … free therapy. The ‘Hills’ star has teamed up with singer Hilary Roberts and her organization, Red Songbird Foundation, to launch a campaign called #GiveGriefAChance just earlier this month,