The Trump administration is hurting American jobs and companies by blacklisting Chinese telecom giant Huawei on what it believes are risks to U.S. national security, the chief security officer of Huawei USA told CNBC on Tuesday. “Two hundred American companies are waiting to sell nonstrategic parts to Huawei. Forty thousand American jobs are at risk, and if we have to, we will go overseas and buy them,” Purdy added. Huawei, the largest privately held company in China, has repeatedly said it woul

The latest trailer for the Harley Quinn animated series has a clear focus on an important issue facing many women today: Supervillain workplace empowerment. Harley isn’t just pissed that the Joker doesn’t love her, she’s tired of playing second fiddle in schemes as well. She’s gonna form her own gang of other supervillains nobody believes can do the job, like King Shark and Doctor Psycho. Harley Quinn, an original animated series for the DC Universe streaming service, is an adult comedy that’s b

Disney Plus’ original series The Mandalorian is the first live-action series set in Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away. Created by Jon Favreau (Iron Man 2, The Lion King), The Mandalorian walks, talks, and shoots ’em up like a Hollywood Western. Star Wars fans will come for the action, and The Mandalorian premiere checks the boxes. The Mandalorian ends with a twist, a sign that the series might follow Filoni’s past animated work and excavate Star Wars lore. Everything before the reveal promises a l

Katherine Langford finally makes her Avengers: Endgame appearance — in a deleted scene available on Disney Plus. Turns out, Langford did have a role and a filmed scene … it just didn’t make the final film. The scene, now viewable on Disney Plus, has her playing a grown-up version of Tony Stark’s daughter Morgan, in a vision that Tony sees after snapping the Infinity Stones. “What can happen in a film this big is you can have ending after ending after ending and it starts to feel like the movie

To celebrate, publisher Wizards of the Coast is offering a wild set of dice. The $300 set of polyhedrals are made of bright aluminum, and the d20 includes a lab-grown sapphire. The set includes two d20s — only one of which includes a sapphire — and four d6s, along with the usual assortment of d10s, d4s and the like. They even come in with a classy box and rolling tray combo, so as not to ding up the furniture. Dispel Dice’s Kickstarter, which features unique, handmade resin dice with brilliant i

8BitDo, the company behind a long list of smart wireless and retro video game controllers, is making a mouse. This one is inspired by the original Nintendo Entertainment System, featuring a d-pad and two NES gamepad-style buttons for something that looks aesthetically tremendous and not terribly uncomfortable to use. Daniel Jansson, who describes himself as an interaction designer and tinkerer, originally designed the NES-inspired mouse in 2008. He called his computer mouse “so retro thumbs spon

On Monday, Overwatch developer Blizzard Entertainment released a short story called Valkyrie, a 24-page story about Mercy. Now, the company’s celebrating the Swiss healer with a new event, “Mercy’s Recall Challenge.” Overwatch players can participate in Mercy’s Recall Challenge from Nov. 12 to Dec. 2, where they can earn eight sprays, a player icon, and the Legendary Dr. Ziegler skin shown off in yesterday’s short story. Four more hours will unlock two more new sprays, and watching six hours tot

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s 725 shotgun has plagued players since release. In the game’s latest patch, the developer is back at it with another nerf to the 725, along with a few other changes. In other weapon news, the M4 is getting a toned down, with a greater hip fire spread and less headshot damage. Another frequently-requested change that’s arriving with this patch is are adjusted footstep footstep sounds. (Tactical)Footsteps:Adjusted to always play walk footstep sounds when in ADS and cr

Unity of Command 2, the sequel to the hit 2011 wargame, is out today on Steam. The original Unity of Command was an operational-level wargame set in World War II. Unity of Command picks up where that game left off, while adding plenty of additional depth. According to its Steam page, the game now includes dynamic campaigns set on the Western Front. “For the first time in Unity of Command you will face Fog of War,” adds publisher 2×2 Games on the storefront page.

Amir Levintal is the CEO of Cylus, an Israel-based cybersecurity start-up focused on the rail and transportation industries. “Rail systems were designed in a way that every disruption necessitates that the trains stop running,” Levintal told CNBC. Levintal says Cylus currently values the rail cybersecurity market at around $6 billion, with projected growth to $12 billion in 2027. Rail systems were designed in a way that every disruption necessitates that the trains stop running. Formerly with th

The registered investment advisor industry may be the perfect playground for private equity investors. “The industry has a lot of the traditional ingredients that private equity investors like,” said Brad Armstrong, a partner at Lovell Minnick Partners in Philadelphia. Lovell Minnick Partners is one of the more active private equity investors in the wealth management industry. A lot more private equity investors are showing conviction in the value of independent RIAs. For the most part, private

As tuition costs soar, more students and their families are asking themselves if college is still worth it. Starting salaries for new college graduates have grown less than 1% over the past two years, remaining at around $50,000. All in, the top-paying college majors earn $3.4 million more than the lowest-paying majors over a lifetime. After adding in satisfaction, stress level and job opportunities, among other factors, job search site ZipRecruiter found that the top five majors college student

A package of Tyson Foods Inc. Tyson Foods fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday after a fire at a Kansas slaughterhouse hurt sales volumes in its beef business, the company’s biggest segment. As a result, volumes in Tyson’s business fell 4.2% in the fourth quarter to Sept. 28, with sales down 1.3%. Still, profit margins for U.S. beef processors set record highs after the fire as beef prices climbed. Net income attributable to Tyson fell to $369 million,

For about $50 a month, Common Networks is offering 300Mb/sec to 1Gb/sec download speeds for households around Silicon Valley and Alameda (Oakland is coming soon). Partnership with Facebook technologyZach Brock, CEO of Common Networks. Common Networks doesn’t lay any fiber nor does it need government permits to provide internet. Regulations in certain cities could delay expansion, and being first to market is an important advantage for Common Networks, Doherty said. “I think you’ll see more and m

Attabotics’ system reduces warehouse space by 85% and requires just 20% of the workforce that traditional fulfillment centers need. The rapid growth of e-commerce has pushed Amazon and other businesses to speed up delivery by opening more, but smaller, fulfillment centers near major metropolitan areas. Growth of e-commerceThe growth of e-commerce has put enormous demands on warehouses and fulfillment centers. Attabotics system resembles a 3-D grid, evenly spaced like grid paper, that goes from f

Juul will cut 650 jobs, up from the previously planned 500 jobs, as it slashes nearly $1 billion in costs next year, a company official said Tuesday. Juul will cut marketing spending as the company halts all product advertising in the U.S., a move the company announced in September. The remaining team will focus on direct advertising to smokers, the Juul official said Tuesday. Juul is trying to overhaul its image from a company that’s largely blamed with fueling a teen vaping epidemic. Crosthwai

An arctic blast that is expected to bring snow, ice and bone-chilling temperatures to tens of millions of people across the United States this week has already proven fatal. Across Missouri, snow and ice was already causing havoc on the state’s roads. Meanwhile, another round of snow was trailing close behind the arctic blast, forecasters said. A chance of snow, sleet and rain was expected across the Pacific Northwest and into the Rockies beginning Tuesday night. “The precipitation will likely m

Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for its “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie that shows off its major redesign of the character, and it looks like fans are pleased. The first official trailer for the movie, based off the “Sonic the Hedgehog” video games, was released in late April, and immediately was met with backlash. Disgruntled fans felt the depiction of the iconic speedy blue hedgehog wasn’t up to par. The decision delayed the release of the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie, which was originally

That includes identifying fake news spread by bots and fake users, and shielding brands from content that could be potentially damaging. The company said its company was trained using millions of pieces of content across 14 languages. This can happen when bots are sharing given content, Tytunovich said. If it’s just a matter of the content flagging a brand’s safety filters, Cheq blocks the placement and it ends there. If it is believed to be fake news or something more sinister, the company aler

NASA rockets including the V-2 rocket and Saturn I rocket are seen at Rocket Park on July 17, 2019, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As the U.S. ratcheted up its space race with the Soviet Union, NASA established the Marshall Space Flight Center next door, developing the giant Saturn V rockets that would make Apollo moon missions possible. Huntsville has been “Rocket City” ever since. As a government town — Redstone Arsenal is its own Census-designated place — the h