North Korea fired on Sunday an unidentified projectile from a region near its west coast, South Korea’s military said, a development that was confirmed by U.S. officials. Yonhap news agency reported the projectile launched appeared to be a ballistic missile. The launch took place at a region named Kusong located northwest of the capital, Pyongyang, where the North previously test-launched its intermediate-range missile it is believed to be developing. The launch, if it is confirmed to be test-fi

Randy couldn’t easily get to a bigger city to buy sneakers in-store, so he was stuck buying online. Eventually he started using browser extensions that would put sneakers in his online cart the second they went on sale. Eventually Randy quit his day job at the batting cage for a more lucrative career of reselling sneakers. “I do feel bad, but I don’t mind reselling,” Randy explained. “I’d rather sell shoes than sell drugs.”

Then they clicked on Google Docs, a writing program, and began composing essays. “Nowadays, we can just do it in Google Docs.” And not only does Google make it easy for those who have school Google accounts to upload their trove of school Gmail, Docs and other files to regular Google consumer accounts — but schools encourage them to do so. Mr. Rochelle of Google said that when students transfer their school emails and files to a personal Google account, that account is governed by Google’s priva

China’s ambitious “One Belt, One Road” policy is a plan that aims to connect Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a vast logistics and transport network. It’s set to use roads, ports, railway tracks, pipelines, airports, electric grids and even fiber optic lines. For companies like ZTE, this means a major opportunity to continue expanding abroad, especially with the backing of the Chinese government. ZTE already operates in more than 160 countries, and nearly half of the firm’s revenues

While Microsoft quickly issued fixes for the latest versions of Windows last month, this left Windows XP unprotected. Many of the machines attacked today have been breached simply because the latest Windows updates have not been applied quickly enough, but there are still organizations that continue to run Windows XP despite the risks. Microsoft is now taking what it describes as a “highly unusual” step to provide public patches for Windows operating systems that are in custom support only. This

Well, you may not find the real answers on their social media accounts, ex-Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz told CNBC on Friday. They lie to friends, family members, to surveys, to social media, even to themselves. People also search about anxieties and insecurities that they wouldn’t post about in real life or on social media. For example, wives on social media may call their husbands “amazing,” “the best” or “so cute.” The data from Google could present a potential gold mine for

Starwood said the name Denizen itself came from a concept Starwood developed for the W chain called the “zen den.” In the end, Hilton settled with Starwood for $75 million and had to drop the Denizen brand. According to the FBI, tens of billions of dollars are lost every year to corporate espionage. Motives and methodsMany employees or former employees steal data purely for financial gain, but another common motive is revenge. The strategy has shifted to having a good defense — but also monitori

It also said the G7 financial leaders would strengthen cooperation to counter cyber threats such as a global online attack which infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday. The statement said fiscal policy should be used to help job creation while keeping public debt on a sustainable path and monetary policy should help economic activity without fuelling strong inflation. “We reaffirm our existing G7 exchange rate commitments to market-determined exchange rates and

The three major auction houses are set to auction off more than $1 billion worth of fine art this week, marking a test of whether collectors can shrug off turmoil in Washington and sagging stock markets. Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips have an estimated $1.3 billion worth of works on the block this week. “I think the mood is very good,” said Loic Gouzer, co-chairman of Christie’s Americas post-war and contemporary art. The big demand and the biggest prices are in post-war and contemporary art

Three ways to make money on Monday Friday, 12 May 2017 | 4:44 PM ET | 01:29Following the S&P 500’s first down week after three straight weeks of gains, here are the three things Matt Maley, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, is watching for on Monday and the week ahead. Key level for biotech stocksMaley is keeping a close eye on biotech stocks as it encounters what he terms to be a key technical level. Maley expects to see a substantial amount of money flow into biotech stocks should that level

Facebook on Monday is releasing new software that artificial intelligence (AI) researchers can use to test their systems for having text conversations with people. The end goal: to help speed the development of chat bots that seem more human — without painstakingly training them on millions of different scenarios. “Ultimately one of the objectives of this is to have your own digital friend, your virtual assistant that is basically customized for you and under your control,” Yann LeCun, head of

In 1982, my mom had an interview with a top advertising agency in New York. She had been working in the industry for nearly a decade and had been contacted by a headhunter about joining a rival agency. A cigarette maker was one of the agency’s top clients, and you can’t sell a product you don’t believe in enough to use. She sensed the interview had gone south, and, in today’s parlance, she leaned in. “Well,” she told him, “I’d like to point out that there is always the chance I could become a sm

Eve Branson knew early on that her oldest child was going to be a handful. “You were just a toddler but you were clearly someone who liked to do things his own way and on your own terms,” she writes in a letter to her son, billionaire Richard Branson. They even allowed him drop out of school at age 16 to start his first business. “On a few such occasions we would say things like, ‘Oh don’t be ridiculous, Ricky! That’s never going to work,'” she writes.

Competition is brutal across the entire tech landscape as long-standing barriers of entry continue to fall. This ultra-competitive landscape can be overwhelming, turning even the most efficient and balanced of CEOs into something I call an “executive inmate.” If my 18 years running a tech company has taught me anything, it’s that a self-imposed “office exile” is never a good idea for a CEO. Tech startups need to grow but that simply won’t happen unless the CEO grows with it. Here are three key l

“Too much debt will have a cascading effect that will last for decades,” Kantrowitz said. “When more of your income needs to go toward repaying loans, you’re not going to save as much and you’ll be less willing and able to borrow for other goals such as a home.” According to Kantrowitz’s number crunching, more than 14 percent of recent bachelor’s degree recipients, on average, end up with excessive debt, more than double the percentage from a generation ago. Moreover, if you’re borrowing north o

With the exception of “Iron Fist,” Marvel’s gritty, violent Netflix series have largely drawn critical acclaim. “Inhumans” gives Marvel an opportunity to breathe new life into its network television business. However, data from marketing technology firm Amobee suggests fan blogs that picked up on the Twitter drubbing weren’t just cherry-picking tweets. Sentiment was far more negative than positive after Entertainment Weekly released the photo, according to an analysis performed for CNBC using Am

There’s a big story going on right now involving the FBI, the White House, and potential criminal activity. Here are some of the particulars:A year ago, Vermont’s Burlington College was forced to shut its doors after finding itself unable to meet the obligations of a big loan it took out to fund a campus expansion. Much of that debt was incurred during the tenure of then-president Jane O’Meara Sanders, the wife of none other than former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s

One classic theory is signaling a pause in the rally: Acampora Friday, 12 May 2017 | 12:48 PM ET | 02:27The godfather of technical analysis says one classic theory is predicting a sell-off before another market rally will take place. “Dow theory” is a name given to the simple idea that the Dow Jones Transportation Average ought to “confirm” the strength seen in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. If the Dow components rise to a new high while the Dow transports stagnate, a market dip could be ahea

Buffett says an index fund is a way to avoid the risk of picking individual stocks. Buffett points to the fee savings built into low-cost index funds. The largest such S&P 500 fund, Vanguard’s 500 Index Fund, boasts expense ratios of less than a percentage point. “The record shows that the unmanaged index fund is going to do quite well over time and active investment as a group can’t beat it.” Most employer-run 401(k) retirement plans offer multiple mutual funds with different assets strategies,

In recent years, the problem of teen suicide has taken on a new dimension because of the proliferation of technology. The stakes are high, as parents search for new ways to safeguard their children from the harmful side effects of online interaction. “We teach our kids to look both ways when they cross the street. In those instances, parents said they weren’t aware anything was going on, but the app allowed them to step in and intervene. Bark monitors tens of millions of messages per month with