December2019

U.S. chipmaker Nvidia is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $6.8 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Nvidia, known for its powerful gaming graphics chips, is...

Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz USA has agreed to a $20 million civil penalty over its handling of U.S. vehicle recalls after a year-long U.S. government investigation into 1.4 million recalled vehicles. Under the terms of the settlement,...

A new analysis is predicting that by 2030, 48.9% of adults in the United States will be obese and 24.2% will be severely obese. In addition, severe obesity – and the serious health problems and extra...

Lithium from batteries that power smartphones, tablets and electric cars may contaminate tap water, a Korean study suggests. Drinking water can contain a little lithium because the mineral occurs naturally in the Earth’s crust and in...

Experts are warning that people eating a vegan diet need to make sure they get enough B12 – because the risk of deficiency is “not a myth”. They were speaking ahead of ‘Veganuary’, when increasing numbers...

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has successfully passed its first driving test, according to a release of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, on Wednesday. A preliminary assessment of the rover’s activities on Tuesday showed...

Fourteen people, including five children, were killed on Wednesday after a mini-bus ran into a lumber truck and caught fire in Mexico, authorities said. The mini-bus carrying a family was en route from their native Guanajuato...

Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, has had an estimated 50 million pounds ($64 million)-worth of jewelry stolen in an audacious raid from her west London home. A spokesman said the...

Hollywood legend Jane Fonda revealed she attempted to meet President Donald Trump shortly after his election with a group of “beautiful, voluptuous, brilliant” climate activists including Pamela Anderson in order to convince him to tackle global...

Dressed in white robes and sporting Princess Leia’s distinctive spiral bun hairstyle, Kristin Grady walks up and down Hollywood collecting signatures on behalf of her idol. She believes the late actress Carrie Fisher deserves her own...