Michael Scott

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 28 Mar 2018

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• Would You Take A Pay Cut For More Time Off?

  Published 04 November 2018 | viewed 2,193 times

  The ability to sit, relax and take a sizable paid vacation rate higher that wages, according to a new study of the American workforce, which…

• San Francisco’s $8 Billion Nuclear Housing Project

  Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 2,479 times

  Trying to battle San Francisco housing shortage, developers are building a $8-billion neighborhood … on a former nuclear test site. Tempting fate with a bit…

• Yahoo’s 3.5 Billion Person Data Breach Ends In $50M Settlement

  Published 25 October 2018 | viewed 8,353 times

  Two massive data breaches undisclosed for some three years and affecting 3.5 billion users will cost Yahoo $50 million in settlement damages in the culmination…

• Supply Issues Weigh On Pot Stocks As Canada Goes Legal

  Published 18 October 2018 | viewed 5,428 times

  As of yesterday, recreational use of pot is legal in Canada—now officially the world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace--and as Canadians lined up to buy their…

• Amazon Favored To Win $10 Billion Pentagon Contract

  Published 17 October 2018 | viewed 3,252 times

  Under pressure emanating from other tech companies to cut ties with the Pentagon, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn’t blinking—regardless of what his employees think: Instead,…

• Merger Mania Returns With 4 Mouthwatering Deals

  Published 26 September 2018 | viewed 1,982 times

  Welcome to September, always a key month for big mergers, but now more than ever. We’ve seen four huge tie-ups in a week, and it…

• U.S. Braces For Price Pain As Trade War Escalates

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 2,546 times

  The trade war just got real, with the official imposition of $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods just after midnight last night, followed by…

• China’s Richest Man Leaves Alibaba

  Published 11 September 2018 | viewed 3,175 times

  Jack Ma, the definitive pioneer of China’s internet industry—is stepping down as executive chairman from Alibaba (BABA), the giant e-commerce company he founded, in the…

• Facebook Two Years Away From 100% Renewable Energy

  Published 03 September 2018 | viewed 3,729 times

  Back in 2015, Facebook set itself a lofty goal: It would have 50 percent of its power supplied to facilities from renewable energy sources by…

• Trump Takes Aim At Tech Giants Over Social Media Posts

  Published 30 August 2018 | viewed 3,406 times

  Social media is making Trump look bad, and the president is fighting back, threatening to prosecute Google and going after Twitter as well, with economic…

• Japanese Startup Looks To Make Quitting Easier For Everyone

  Published 29 August 2018 | viewed 2,234 times

  The idea of offering a service to break up with girlfriends and boyfriends without all the emotional hassle is already a fairly booming business, but…

• Could Airbnb Take To The Air?

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 13,459 times

  It hasn’t taken log for Airbnb to try to live up to the first part of its name after making the second part a smashing…

• Google In Talks With Tencent Over Cloud Business

  Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 9,017 times

  Google isn’t just dropping all qualms about Chinese censorship to bring its search engine to China, but it’s also reporting looking for a local partner…

• Startup Aims To Attract Young Renters With Savvy Tech

  Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 3,478 times

  Millennials are spending a stunning amount of money on rent, leading one New York-based startup to create a new niche: affordable housing that’s loaded with…

• The U.S. Has A $4.5 Trillion Problem

  Published 06 August 2018 | viewed 4,881 times

  U.S. infrastructure is in desperate need of investment—a fact no one denies, including government officials, experts and the public at large. With most existing systems built…

• American Money Is Moving Abroad

  Published 01 August 2018 | viewed 2,990 times

  As U.S. investment overseas surged last year by 7.6 percent, with most of it going to Europe, the biggest single chunk went to Switzerland, where…

• T-Mobile, Nokia Up Ante for 5G In $3.5B Deal

  Published 31 July 2018 | viewed 9,988 times

  The promise of next-gen 5G communications networks got a major boost on Monday with the announcement of the first-ever deal in the sphere, as T-Mobile…

• Soda, Beer Prices Up As Tariffs Start To Hit Home

  Published 30 July 2018 | viewed 4,042 times

  Here it comes: The point when tariffs become more than bipartisan headlines on the average American’s favorite media outlet. For the first time since the…

• Google Picks Nvidia Graphic Cards In New AI Cloud Services

  Published 25 July 2018 | viewed 3,244 times

  Chip darling Nvidia just got a major boost from search engine giant Alphabet Inc., which has announced plans to integrate Nvidia Inc.’s Tesla P4 graphic…

• Can Artificial Intelligence Compete With Real Doctors?

  Published 16 July 2018 | viewed 7,724 times

  In the race for world dominance in advanced technology, Chinese artificial intelligence is also taking on its own doctors, with a new system claiming to…