By Joan Greve Washington Week Fellow President-elect Donald J. Trump met with President Barack Obama at the White House on a Thursday in November to address next steps in this historic presidential handoff. Trump said in his victory speech(link is external) that it is time for the whole country to “come together as one united […]

By Stephanie Bucklin, Live Science Contributor Caffeine could counteract the inflammation that comes with aging, a new study finds. The difference could come down to just a few cups of coffee a day, study co-author and Stanford University professor of microbiology and immunology Mark Davis told Live Science. The study’s findings may explain why coffee […]

From ncoa.org Financial scams targeting seniors have become so prevalent that they’re now considered “the crime of the 21st century.” Why? Because seniors are thought to have a significant amount of money sitting in their accounts. Financial scams also often go unreported or can be difficult to prosecute, so they’re considered a “low-risk” crime. However, they’re […]

from ProCon.org 76% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as of July 2015, up from 26% in 2008.[26] [189]. On social media sites like these, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more. […]

From Timeline.com Brace yourselves, a memes timeline is coming.  Catchy to the point of being contagious, a meme is any idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture — a tune, for example, or a catchphrase. Web culture re-appropriated it to mean a joke or piece of media that goes viral, mutating […]

By Tim Hoch Thought Catalog 1. You ascribe intent. Another driver cut you off. Your friend never texted you back. Your co-worker went to lunch without you. Everyone can find a reason to be offended on a steady basis. So what caused you to be offended? You assigned bad intent to these otherwise innocuous actions. You took […]

By Glenn Fleishman Macworld.com With iCloud Photo Library on, clearing storage space isn’t a trivial task. I recently wrote a Mac 911 column titled, “Yes, if you delete your photos from iCloud Photo Library, they’re deleted everywhere.” I thought that might close the door on the question. Instead, I continue to get perfectly reasonable variants on […]

By Mike Snider , USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — 4K TVs had a coming-out party here five years ago. Now, the ultra high-definition format is hitting its stride. 4K Ultra HD televisions have experienced a successful slow burn since the first units went on sale in October 2012. Then last year, consumers embraced the TVs, which display four […]

By by Rich Brown writing for CNet How about a good, old-fashioned technology arms race? You could just buy a smart light bulb set, but for a lot of consumers (reportedly more than 5 million of you, as of November 2016), it’s Amazon‘s voice-activated Alexa that will be the entry point for controlling devices around your home. […]

By: Weston Williams writing for The Christian Science Monitor DECEMBER 29, 2016 —As 2016 draws to a close and excitement ramps up for the new year, many people are looking forward to the final countdown of 2016 into 2017. But this year, that countdown could be a little off, due to a pause known as a leap […]