By Jennifer Schlesinger | Andrea Day CNBC Card skimming is getting more common and sophisticated, costing more than $2 billion a year in fraudulent charges. Areas of the Internet known as the “dark web” offer technology and instructions on how to use the machines. Do you know if a criminal stole your card information when you swiped at […]

By Julie Peterson, graduate student, Public History at University of Massachusetts, writing for American History Museum In 1945, Jack Fisher of Kalamazoo, Michigan, celebrated a victory, one of the first of its kind in the United States. Jack, a disabled veteran and lawyer, was elated because his hometown had just installed the nation’s first curb […]

By Sarah K. White writing for CIO.com Millennials are now the largest generation in America, and as they work their way into the corporate world, they are driving change in business communication, says Jeff Corbin, CEO and founder of APPrise Mobile, a provider of mobile communication apps. “As the workplace evolves and millennials continue to comprise the […]

by Kara Wexler,  writing for jscreen.org Hanukkah is a beloved Jewish holiday celebrated for a miraculous triumph of the righteous underdog, modern traditions of family gatherings, and the delicious food among other things. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over their Greek rulers in the 2nd century B.C.E., as well as the rededication […]

From roaminghunger.com   Update: This year we’ve added 22 more ideas to our list, resulting in 76 ideas to take your company holiday party to the next level.     Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? The good news is they’re far off in the distance, and you still have plenty of time to book and […]

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY It’s a miracle that The Room not only exists but does so as a bona fide cult classic, a movie so fascinatingly bad it defies logic. At least the film paying tribute to said cinematic trainwreck is actually quite good. A hilarious comedy with enough personality clashes and drama to give it some heft, The Disaster Artist (*** […]

By MAGGIE SHI  writing for RealSimple.com Shopping Survival Tricks The leftover turkey is wrapped up and stowed in your refrigerator, the Thanksgiving pies have been devoured, and you’re ready for a long vacation. Unfortunately, the Christmas shopping season kicks off with a vengeance even before you’ve had time to make that cold turkey-stuffing-cranberry-sauce sandwich. Don’t stress out yet—we’ve […]

From travelinsurancereview.net These days, travel is no Sunday picnic and when you finally stumble into the lobby of your hotel, you may be tired, dirty, and in a hurry to get cleaned up, get some sleep, or get to the first item on your agenda. Unfortunately, this is no time to let your guard down. If […]

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY  Justice League is as solid an outing as any superhero fan could hope, with a clear family vibe: Wonder Woman and Batman prove to be a dynamic mom-and-dad duo while the fastest kid around steals the show. A better effort than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and a worthy follow-up to runaway hit Wonder […]

By Heather Brady National Geographic As tensions between North Korea and the U.S. mount, curiosity about what life is like there has increased. There’s a lot about North Korea that the world doesn’t know, largely because of the governing regime’s intense control over its citizens and its wary approach to outsiders. But between satellite images, North Korean citizens […]