For better or for worse, the virtual office concept is catching on, with more and more remote workers joining the labor force worldwide. A virtual office setup is especially appealing to entrepreneurs with modest resources, who find that renting and outfitting a physical office is currently beyond their means. There’s no shame in that, as
This week Great Britain announced sweeping and massive new online protection legislation for children. Even though numerous trade groups and tech companies, both in Britain and in the United States, have lodged strong protests against the new rules — calling them ‘unreasonable.’ The new rules will mandate, among other things, that gaming apps, online toys,
Students from three area schools gathered in Astoria, Washington, on Tuesday, to wish their classmates ‘bon voyage,’ as they launch their twenty-five foot boat, Jenny, into the bay. Final destination: Yokohama, Japan. The Astoria vocational education department has worked closely with the three schools to provide students with hands-on experience and tutoring in laying a
A male airline passenger in the state of Washington is now the first official case of the deadly Chinese coronavirus to be diagnosed inside the United States. The disease began to devastate China last month and so far there have been over six persons killed, plus hundreds more sickened and incapacitated throughout southern China, according
The Standing Committee of Correspondents, a Washington D.C. based group of reporters who write about politics and economics, have issued a formal complaint to leaders of both the House and the Senate, claiming that recent changes in security procedures is making it harder for journalists to reach legislators and their staff for interviews. In a
Oklahoma state senators Marty Quinn and Nathan Dahm, both Republican stalwarts, have introduced a bill into the Oklahoma legislature allowing for specialty license plates that would read “Make America Great Again” and “Keep America Great.” They argue that freedom of speech would make the license plates perfectly acceptable to anyone, Republican or Democrat, on any
This week Google, which based its name on the mathematical concept of ‘googol,’ which means the numeral ‘1’ followed by one-hundred zeros, joined the Trillion Dollar Club — meaning, the market cap of its parent company Alphabet has gone above the one-trillion-dollar mark for the very first time. Bada ba dum! Drums rolling, Logo Balloons being released
The biggest food trend for 2020 is undoubtedly going to be plant-based meat in restaurants. Burger King has already rolled out their version of the vegan Whopper, and after months of hype on every media imaginable, the Impossible Whopper is now a profitable staple in their stores across the United States. White Castle recently came
Your heart may benefit from drinking tea, according to a Chinese research project that studied the continuing health in fifteen Chinese provinces for the past 22 years. Included was data from a wide variety of behavioral and health information culled from over one-hundred-thousand adults — and included a detailed record of their tea consumption. Over