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Gusto If you land a job at Gusto, a $1 billion company that provides payroll, benefits, and workers' comp insurance to small businesses in the US, you may want to get a pedicure before your first day -- or at least in...

There was a time when the only device I needed to charge via my PC's USB ports was an iPod--later replaced by a smartphone. Now, I've got portable routers, an activity tracker, a mini Bluetooth speaker, and any number of...

The Min7 speaker is handmade from wood, packs 150 watts of power, and boasts multiple connectivity options including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It has also already made over five times its Kickstarter funding goal with nearly ...

Apple is working on building its own cloud infrastructure to reduce its dependence on services like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, according to information shared by Re/code and VentureB...

You aren't wrong to think of McDonald's as a sprawling American corporation peddling fatty burgers. But what if McDonalds -- and its impossibly commoditized design -- is also the perfect anime coming-of-age setting? Well...

The North Korean ambassador to the U.N. has filed a request for the body's Security Council to meet over the ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises.

The deadly two-year epidemic had been declared over in West Africa this year

Sky is launching an all-new Sky Sports channel that will be free to all of its TV customers and offer a selection of different, live sporting events. Sky Sports Mix will include live sports including football, golf, cric...

Doctors are determining the next steps in former Toronto May Rob Ford's cancer treatments as he continues to work on rebuilding his strength to resume chemotherapy treatments, his chief of staff Dan Jacobs said Thursday....

The clock is ticking for Tavern on the Green. Next month, one of the most powerful labor unions in the city can begin organizing workers at the iconic Central Park restaurant, which had been a union shop for decades unde...

Scientists at the University of Texas have been planning an expedition to drill directly into Chicxulub crater, what many believe is "ground zero" for the mass extinction event 66 million years ago.

Microsoft hired scantily clad "schoolgirl" dancers for its official Game Developers Conference after-party in San Francisco on Thursday night, report attendees on Twitter and Instagram. Having scantily clad dancers, wh...

Reuters/STRINGER Mexico Many people would be stunned to find that the Mexican economy is ranked right up with the UK and Italy. Mexico has the 11th-highest GDP in the world based on purchasing power parity, according to ...

In my mind's eye, the South Shore of my youth was pristine. With its big old homes and apartments, four grocery stores and doctors' offices, South Shore had all kinds of residents -- laborers, city workers, artists, busi...

The World Health Organization deployed specialists to southeast Guinea on Friday after two new Ebola cases were confirmed. …

Some engineers have threatened to quit their jobs

(Reuters) - Staples Inc said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's opposition to its $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot Inc was "simply wrong" and that it did not take into account increasing competition from online ...

An expert says you don't need to close your apps to maximize the battery life on your cell phone.

A judge's injunction barring former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from becoming chief of staff to the South American nation's current leader has been overturned -- the latest, but hardly last twist in Brazil's spir...

On the fifth floor of the National Library of South Korea, there is a room full of books and magazines that are mostly banned in this country.

Late on a Friday afternoon in early 2015, Chris Novak got a strange call. As the director of Verizon’s investigative response team, he was accustomed to desperate corporations dialing into the group’s 24-7 hotline to...

Five flamingos and a pelican are found dead after a violent hailstorm rips through the Fort Worth Zoo.