• Investor's Business Daily

    Dow Jones Futures: Nvidia, Chips Lead Stock Market Sell-Off; Taiwan Semiconductor Earnings Due

    Dow Jones futures edged higher overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Nvidia chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor reports early Thursday, with huge implications for the chip sector. The stock market rally opened slightly higher but once again quickly headed lower, with the Nasdaq leading the retreat.

  • CBC

    12-year-old missing from Fort Nelson in B.C.'s far north

    A 12-year-old girl is missing from the community of Fort Nelson in B.C.'s far northeast, RCMP say.In a statement, the Northern Rockies police detachment says Tayla McLeod was last seen Monday, April 15, at around 8:30 p.m. local time.She was seen walking along Airport Drive toward the Southridge Trailer Park in the remote community, which is located 130 kilometres south of the B.C.-Yukon border and more than 1,000 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.Police say she was reported missing Tuesday.She

  • Reuters

    First law protecting consumers' brainwaves signed by Colorado governor

    Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the U.S. that aims to protect the data found in a person's brainwaves. Sponsors of the bill said it was necessary as quick advances in neurotechnology make scanning, analyzing and selling mental data increasingly more possible - and profitable. State representative Cathy Kipp, a sponsor of the legislation, said in a statement that while advancements in the neurotechnology field hold great promise for improving the lives of many people, "we must provide a clear framework to protect Coloradans' personal data from being used without their consent while still allowing these new technologies to develop."