Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a controversial bill dissolving Walt Disney World's self-governing status in the state.
The move is seen as retribution for Disney's opposition to the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill, the BBC reports.
The company's status in the state in effect allowed Disney to operate as its own municipal government.
It included the ability to levy tax, build roads, control utilities, and operate its own fire department.
The Florida bill will eliminate Disney's...
From algae farming to producing a sort of artificial limestone, initiatives intended to reduce greenhouse gas in the atmosphere are getting a funding boost from famed entrepreneur Elon Musk, reports Phys.org.
The Tesla and SpaceX rocket company developer is bankrolling a $100-million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition for the most promising ways to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by grabbing the gas out of the air.
The 15 early-phase "milestone round" winners were announced Friday. Each will get $1 million, a...
A German man has been declared an official suspect by Portuguese prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the BBC reports.
Christian Brueckner, 45, has been made an "arguido", but Portuguese authorities have not formally revealed the suspect's name. In 2020 German police announced they were investigating him in connection with Madeleine's disappearance.
Brueckner has not been charged and denies any involvement in the case. German authorities informed him he was a suspect, at the request of Portuguese...
Tesla has been raising prices – but that hasn't seemed to dent demand for its electric cars.
Despite the firm facing higher costs, profits at the electric car company founded by Elon Musk soared to $3.3 billion in the first three months of the year, as customers proved willing to pay more.
The firm's deliveries were up 68% – and would have been higher if not for supply chain shortages, the firm said.
Its Shanghai factory was...
Last week, Indian PM Narendra Modi told U.S. President Joe Biden that India was ready to ship food to the rest of the world following supply shocks and rising prices due to the war in Ukraine.
Modi said India had "enough food" for its 1.4 billion people, and it was "ready to supply food stocks to the world from tomorrow" if the World Trade Organization (WTO) allowed, the BBC reports.
Commodity prices were already at a 10-year...
Netflix has hinted it will crack down on households sharing passwords as it seeks to sign up new members following a sharp fall in subscribers.
The number of households using the streaming service fell by 200,000 in the first three months of the year as it faced stiff competition from rivals, the BBC reports.
It was also hit after it raised prices in some countries and left Russia.
Netflix warned shareholders another two million subscribers were likely...
Being overweight substantially increases the risk of developing uterine cancer, research suggests.
If a 1.65-metre (5-foot-5) woman is 12.7 kilograms (28 pounds) above a healthy weight, her risk is nearly doubled, for example, the BBC reports.
The Cancer Research UK (CRUK)-funded research involved 120,000 women in the U.K., U.S. and five other countries. The organization says keeping a healthy weight can cut the risk of 13 cancers. Genes and hormones may be other risk factors.
One theory holds...
Imagine a future in which you could 3D-print an entire robot or stretchy, electronic medical device with the press of a button – no tedious hours spent assembling parts by hand.
That possibility may be closer than ever thanks to a recent advancement in 3D-printing technology led by engineers at CU Boulder. In a new study, the team lays out a strategy for using currently available printers to create materials that meld solid and liquid...
A U.S. federal judge today struck down the COVID-19 mask mandate for public transportation imposed by the administration of President Joe Biden.
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida said the mask mandate exceeds the statutory authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reports Medical Xpress.
The mandate requiring face masks on airplanes, the subway, trains, buses, taxis, and other forms of public transportation was recently extended by...
Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk's takeover attempt with a "poison pill" —a financial device that companies have been wielding against unwelcome suitors for decades.
The ingredients of each poison pill vary, but they are all designed to give corporate boards an option to flood the market with so much newly created stock that a takeover becomes prohibitively expensive, Tech Xplore reports. The strategy was popularized back in the 1980s when publicly held companies were being...
