Journal

On the day that Joe Biden convenes new Cancer Moonshot task force, White House says his budget will propose big boost for research.

Working on a cure for cancer is emerging as a top initiative of President Obama’s final year in office. Since the formal announcement of the goal in the State of the Union address, the White House effort, under Vice President Joe Biden, has been moving fast. The VP convenes the first meeting of a special task force today, pulling together five federal departments and various other agencies and bodies. And just this morning, according to sources including the Washington Post the White House reported that it will request an extra $1 billion in funding in the next two years for its Cancer Moonshot initiative.

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The Fine Brothers are feeling the backlash from an unpopular copyright maneuver on YouTube.

Ah, the Internet. Has there ever been a sword with two edges quite so long and sharp? On one hand, your funny YouTube videos can turn into an online media empire with millions of viewers. On the other, a single misstep can stir up an irate mob with the power to shout you down from your pedestal.

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The social media giant plans to lean on its 1.6 billion users to report gun sales, the company says.

Although Facebook says it has banned sales of firearms on the service, it is relying on its giant user base to monitor the social network for violations of its new policy.

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The company is a B Corporation, meaning it benefits society as well as its shareholders.

Etsy might be a favorite of hipsters who buy artisanal and homemade items. But since its public offering in the spring of 2015, it has struggled to win over fans on Wall Street.

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Disgruntled drivers in NYC are protesting Uber’s reduced fares with a daylong strike and a demonstration in Long Island City.

In response to Uber’s recent decision to slash fare prices in New York City by 15%, hundreds of Uber drivers are participating in a daylong strike on Monday. Coupled with the strike is an ongoing protest in Long Island City, where Uber’s NYC division is headquartered.

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Thanks to strong revenue growth in Q4, Google’s parent company overtook Apple in after-hours trading.

The king is dead. Long live the king.

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Meanwhile, Trump spent more on hats than on data.

Ted Cruz doesn’t have Donald Trump’s star power, but he may make up for it by having more science—data science—behind his campaign.

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In an unassuming research lab, Volkswagen is solving problems that Tesla and Google haven’t come close to cracking.

We were rolling eastward across the San Mateo Bridge in an Audi A7 at a dutiful 55 miles per hour, and I was riding shotgun accompanied by two of the car’s engineers. With a sticker price topping $70,000, the A7 is a fancy car, but not an uncommon one along the stock-option-paved highways of Silicon Valley. I looked around at the drivers around us, knowing they hadn’t a clue about what was happening right beside them. Traffic was getting thick, as rush hour approached. Outside the window, the water of the San Francisco Bay was a dull green, like patinated copper, pitted by tiny waves. A bright blue sky. Our car’s test driver was smiling pleasantly, hands on his thighs, not touching the steering wheel at all.

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