Journal

The administration’s Cancer Moonshot will just start coming together as they leave office, but Republicans can keep it going.

When President John F. Kennedy made his moonshot speech in September 1962, he thought he had at least two years left in office—over six if he got reelected. Plus, his party controlled Congress, giving him even more power to reach that goal. President Obama announced his moonshot to cure cancer (to be headed by VP Joe Biden) in his final State of the Union address. This week the administration revealed in a memorandum that the program may not be fully fleshed out until the final weeks of Obama’s second term—with Republicans likely still holding Congress and perhaps entering the White House.

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The FCC chairman wants to let people watch TV without renting a pricey cable box. Here’s why television providers are freaking out.

Are you sitting down (in front of your TV)? The government might just make it easier for you to finally get rid of that big clunky cable box—and those annoying monthly rental fees.

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In response to lagging business during the winter months, the company is lowering fares for both UberX and UberXL.

In an effort to increase demand, Uber is slashing its prices by about 15% throughout New York City. First reported by the New York Post, the changes go into effect on Friday and will apply to both UberX and UberXL.

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Companies with 100 or more employees will have to start reporting salaries by race, gender, and ethnicity.

Today marks the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing his very first bill into law. That was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which restored protection against wage discrimination.

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More bad news for the medical-technology “unicorn.”

Another day, another snag for Theranos, the blood-testing startup with a $10 billion valuation.

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Facebook is banning private gun sales on Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook on Friday changed its policy to ban all private sales of guns through its platforms, said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Facebook will rely on users to report content that violates the new policy, Watts said.

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Invention contradicts Cambridge research saying the web slinger couldn’t exist.

A few weeks ago, Cambridge University announced research findings saying that Spider-Man could never exist because a human being’s hands and feet don’t have enough surface area to include the size of the sticky pads they would need to lift a body up on a smooth surface. The Cambridge researchers said any Spider-Man wannabe would need adhesive pads covering at least 40% of their body–-making wall crawling impractical.

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