A frozen section of the Ross Sea at the Scott Base in Antarctica on November 12, 2016. Antarctica just set its hottest temperature ever recorded at 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit as climate change continues to accelerate, according to measurements from an Argentinian research station thermometer. It beats the continent’s previous record of 63.5 degrees tallied in March 2015, and comes shortly after the Earth saw its hottest January on record and hottest decade on record in the 2010s. Antarctica’s recor

Apple said it is extending its store closures in China due to the coronavirus outbreak in the region. As we gradually return to work, our first priority is the well-being of our teams, supplier partners and customers across China. Earlier this month, Apple said it planned to shut down all stores in mainland China through Feb. 9 “[o]ut of an abundance of caution.” Top analyst Ming-Chi Kuo cut iPhone shipment forecasts by 10% for the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus. WATCH: How China’s

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, (C), director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council staffer whose testimony about President Donald Trump at House impeachment hearings angered the president, was escorted out of the White House on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said. Yevgeny was not a witness at the House impeachment hearings. Following Vindman’s ejection from

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Seven Democratic presidential candidates are set to face off Friday in the final debate before the crucial New Hampshire primary, even as the outcome from Monday’s disastrous Iowa caucus remains unclear. Friday night’s debate, to be held at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Entrepreneur Andrew YangThe four other Democratic candidates remaining in the race were not invited to appear in New Hampshire. Friday’s debate caps off one of

Sen. Bernie Sanders remains at the top of the Democratic field in a new NBC News/Marist poll of New Hampshire released Friday, days before that state holds its presidential primary. Sanders, who is from neighboring Vermont, gets 25% of likely Democratic primary voters in the poll. The New Hampshire primary is Tuesday. The survey, conducted Tuesday through Thursday after the caucuses, measured 709 likely Democratic primary voters and has a margin of error of plus-minus 4.7 percentage points. A Sa

A fierce behind-the-scenes dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and Facebook erupted into public view Friday, as the speaker’s office demanded that Facebook remove a video posted online by President Donald Trump. The video, labeled “Powerful American stories ripped to shreds by Nancy Pelosi,” was posted on both Facebook and Twitter. Trump tweeted the video from his Twitter account just before 6 p.m. Thursday to his more than 72 million followers. Both Facebook and Twitter decided

Bungie will completely rework swords in March’s Destiny 2 content update, the studio announced Friday. In Destiny, swords have three different moves: light attacks, heavy attacks, and a guard that blocks damage. The swords in Destiny 2 have never been as useful as in the original Destiny. Even the Exotic swords can’t live up to overpowered weapons like Dark-Drinker — with Destiny 2’s Exotic swords, like Worldline Zero, mostly used for speedrunning content. But players won’t know for sure until D

Metro Exodus’ Epic Games Store exclusivity period is about to end — the game will debut on Steam on Saturday, Feb. 15. 4A Games’ first-person shooter was originally set to be available through Steam, but less than three weeks before the game’s release, publisher Deep Silver announced that it would be selling Metro Exodus exclusively in the Epic Games Store — for a whole year. (Metro Exodus also launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One alongside PC, and arrived on Google Stadia in November.) Metro

The soundtrack for Kentucky Route Zero is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. Kentucky Route Zero’s music, composed by artist Ben Babbitt, complements its mysterious and mostly quiet gameplay, helping secure its spot on our top 10 games of the decade list. Purchasing the album on Bandcamp gives access to a high-quality download as an MP3, FLAC, and more. Related The creators of Kentucky Route Zero open up about the ending of their gameKentucky Route Zero launched in se

Typically, shifts like these aren’t of note to the average video game player — people change jobs all the time, after all. In Kotaku’s report, the news outlet says that Activision wants to “boost Blizzard’s content output and release more games on a regular schedule.” Diablo 4 presumably falls under that umbrella, but this shift may also help explain some of Blizzard’s other recent announcements. Soon, that may change — and Diablo: Immortal, which was announced in 2018, may just be the tip of th

Watch CNBC’s full interview with Labor Secretary Eugene ScaliaLabor Secretary Eugene Scalia joins CNBC’s Kelly Evans to discuss the January job numbers that beat expectations.

How the coronavirus outbreak is a risk to China’s leadershipCNBC contributor Michele Caruso-Cabrera breaks down the potential coronavirus threats to the world economy.

Monthly retirement for a $50,000 salary factoring in Social Security and savingsAs a rule of thumb, experts recommend saving 10% to 15% of your income for retirement. And If you have a traditional job, you already pay 6.2% of your salary in Social Security taxes. Watch this video to learn how much money you could have in monthly retirement if you make $50,000 and factor in savings and Social Security benefits.

The former head of asset management firm Pimco was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison for his part in a scheme in which privileged parents paid bribes to get their children into U.S. colleges, federal prosecutors said. Unlike 14 other defendants who received prison terms ranging from one day to six months, prosecutors said Hodge and three others who entered guilty pleas in October deserve stiffer sentences. In all, 53 people have been charged in the college admissions scandal, includin

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence acknowledged Friday that the United Kingdom’s recent decision to grant Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei access to its 5G mobile networks could jeopardize trade talks between the United States and the U.K. Asked whether the Huawei decision was a deal breaker, Pence told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost: “We’ll see.” “The United States is disappointed by the U.K.’s decision,” a senior Trump administration official wrote in a Jan. 28 emailed statement to CNBC. So,

“The new data show that the trend in job growth stepped down in 2016 and has been little changed, net, since then.” Benchmark revisions to the March 2019 payrolls number showed the economy created 514,000 fewer jobs than initially reported over the previous 12-month period. That high-powered job growth following the 2017 tax cut lost a little of its sizzle Friday after the government released revised figures over the past year. For all of 2019, job gains were 175,000 a month, according to monthl

The e-commerce giant eBay more closely resembles the New York Stock Exchange than it does Amazon, at least in the eyes of Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher. He suggested instead that eBay “be viewed as a 25-year-old cash market for collectible goods, which looks a lot more like the New York Stock Exchange than Amazon.” The comments came as Sprecher sought to clarify ICE’s discussions with eBay. ICE operates exchanges for commodity and financial markets, including the New York Stock

“Deficits and debt are right in line, but it is first about getting this economy moving again and we really do believe the trajectory of this economy,” Pence said. “The president came into office and he said, ‘First and foremost, we have to restore growth,'” Pence said. Pence, who spoke to CNBC’s Wilfred Frost at the White House on the heels of President Donald Trump’s victory lap over his acquittal in the Senate’s impeachment trial , maintained that focusing on growth will solve long-term fisca

Vice President Mike Pence said Beijing has demonstrated “an unprecedented level of transparency” with world health officials in dealing with the new, fast-spreading coronavirus. China’s National Health Commission has raised its confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 31,161. While health officials believe the number of actual coronavirus cases to be much larger, some have praised China, Pence among them, for its quick reporting and its willingness to share information about the outbreak. ”

Even with the 4.7% decline in Chinese travel to the states in the first nine months of 2019 due to trade tensions, the Chinese still remain the third largest source of travel for the country. That’s a loss for big metropolitan cities like New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles that have long benefited from the rise in Chinese tourism over the past decade. Coronavirus and the travel restrictions to and from China have drastically changed those expectations, and the implications for global