Car Smart: New Kia Soul offers spirited ride, features

The 2014 Kia Soul 2.0 L is a five-seat wagon with an oddball shape and quirky angular front windows. It looks like anything but a luxury automobile. However, it's equipped like a car twice its cost, boasting some features seen only in high-end models....

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Amazon’s big stock slide shows strategy’s shaky

Time for Amazon to hit the Mayday Button. Investors are beginning to wake up and realize that maybe this whole thing about putting long-term profits over short-term profits isn't as enchanting and magical as CEO Jeff Bezos once made it seem. Amazon's...

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Survey finds Twitter fills movie theater seats

There's a reason there's so much chatter from Hollywood about Twitter: it sells tickets. According to a new study by Nielsen, 87% of Twitter users said their most recent decision to see a film in the theater was influenced by tweets. Twitter users...

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Comic-Con: How going Hollywood paid off for Wired Magazine

When Wired decided to go to Comic-Con six years ago, the magazine came up with an interesting way to be part of the annual fanfest without having to actually join the masses that pack the San Diego Convention Center: come up with a space that lets you...

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FAA lifts ban on US flights to Tel Aviv airport

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban Wednesday on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets. The decision was effective at 11:45 p.m. EDT....

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European carriers suspend more Tel Aviv flights

BERLIN — Air France and Germany's two largest airlines on Wednesday canceled more flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Lufthansa and Air Berlin extended their cancelations through Thursday and Air...

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Biotech raises $30M for disease-treating bacteria

A new Cambridge biotech startup has raised nearly $30 million for the development of synthetic microbes that can treat disease. Synlogic is developing "synthetically engineered, therapeutic microbes with the potential to make significant advancements...

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Asia stocks bolstered by US earnings, home sales

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets posted moderate gains Wednesday, bolstered by solid U.S. earnings and home sales. Indonesian stocks advanced after the official vote count showed Joko Widodo the clear winner of a bitterly contested presidential...

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Flight sharing set for Boston

For the harried traveler tired of spending interminable amounts of time in traffic before taking a ferry to get to the Vineyard or Nantucket, the Uber of the air could offer a new way to get away. MassChallenge finalist AirPooler, a web-based, flight-sharing...

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Electric locks make doors hard to open if power fails

I was shocked to see a news broadcast of a man whose car caught fire and he couldn't get out because the electric door locks were inoperative. He was saved because someone was able to bend the top of the door and break the glass to pull him out. This...

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