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The group owes around $1.1t of the America’s $3.6t in consumer debt, and consumer debt it getting closer to 20% of GDP. Where is the debt coming from? A lot comes from rising student and auto loans. In addition to the economic risk involved in this kind of debt, it also has effects on psychology … Read more

So these tiny satellites being sent up into space in bundles … The buzz company is called Planet, and they started in 2010 with a team of ex-NASA scientists. They recently launched 88 new little imaging satellites in one go from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. Their satellites are called Doves, and … Read more

140,000 Americans are now employed by 3,200 Chinese companies operating in the U.S., according to Chinese state media organization Xinhua. The 140k is 9 times the 2009 number. And the dollar figure for investment, $46b, is three times what it was a year earlier. Read more

According to the White House, the President invited the president over the phone this week, but didn’t give further details about a meeting. The White House also said the two leaders talked about concerns about North Korea on the phone. Trump is also scheduled to visit the Philippines in November. Read more

Fruit may join the large number of U.S. crops that are harvested by machines. Robotics companies like FFRobotics and Abundant Robotics are working on building machines to harvest delicate fruits. FFRobotics is developing a 4- to 12-armed machine that has three-fingered grips to grab fruit and twist or clip it from a branch — at … Read more

Q1 for 2017 GDP was weak: 0.7% annualized. Of that, one of the weaker components was consumer spending, which rose only 0.3%, the weakest level for spending since Q4 2009. Read more

The first daughter, invited to participate on the panel of a women’s summit in Berlin received groans and hisses as she stated that her father was a “tremendous champion of enabling women and families.” Afterward, Ivanka commented, “It’s fine. I’m used to it,” and said that it was a matter of “politics.” Read more

Wikileaks dumped a large amount of classified CIA documents this week. Thousands of pages detailed how the CIA’s software and techniques gather information, including how they hack into smartphones, computers, and internet-connected TVs. Wikileaks said the release was just the first installment of a larger collection. Many apps were named specifically with details about how … Read more

When President Donald Trump mentioned “other worlds” in his speech to a join Congress this week, the space community started buzzing. “American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream,” said Trump at the end of his speech. According to PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O’brian a manned mission could take place in 2019, … Read more

YouTube announced Tuesday the coming of YouTube TV, a way to watch the kind of programming people normally watch on television, but on YouTube. “Finally, live TV made for you stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more,” the entertainment website announced. “Never run out of DVR storage space. 6 accounts, 1 price. $35/month. Cancel anytime.” … Read more

President Donald Trump today continued his battle against American media. “They shouldn’t be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody’s name,” said Trump at CPAC, and several mainstream news organizations, including the New York Times, the LA Times, and CNN, were banned from a press briefing Friday. Trump advisor Steve Bannon yesterday also spoke aggressively … Read more