Air France Strike Sees 30 Percent of Flights Cancelled

Air France Strike Sees 30 Percent of Flights Cancelled

Some 30 percent of Air France flights were cancelled Saturday as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. And...

Teacher Strikes Spread Across the US

Teacher Strikes Spread Across the US

Following the success of West Virginia teachers in securing a pay raise, educators in Oklahoma and Kentucky are walking out...

Feds Seizing Backpage.com, Its Affiliates 

Feds Seizing Backpage.com, Its Affiliates 

Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday...

Trump Administration Mulls Stiffer Rules for Auto Imports

Trump Administration Mulls Stiffer Rules for Auto Imports

The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S....

Consumer Groups: Facebook’s Facial Recognition Violates Privacy Rights

Consumer Groups: Facebook’s Facial Recognition Violates Privacy Rights

Facebook violates its users’ privacy rights through the use of its facial recognition software, according to consumer groups led by...

Facebook: Up to 2.7 Million EU Users Affected by Data-Mining

Facebook: Up to 2.7 Million EU Users Affected by Data-Mining

The European Union said Friday Facebook has told it that up to 2.7 million people in the 28-nation bloc may...

As Trump Tweets, Amazon Seeks to Expand its Business Empire

As Trump Tweets, Amazon Seeks to Expand its Business Empire

Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a...

New Service Robots Gaining Popularity in Europe

New Service Robots Gaining Popularity in Europe

Robots are constantly adding new skills to their repertoire. In Italy, the first dedicated interactive service robot, “Robby the hotel...

Paris Restaurant Keeps Refugee Dreams Alive

Paris Restaurant Keeps Refugee Dreams Alive

As a banking executive, Nabil Attar was a frequent business class flyer, heading to Europe so often his family had...

Facebook Scandal May Impact China Overseas Surveillance Plans

Facebook Scandal May Impact China Overseas Surveillance Plans

China is turning artificial intelligence, face scanning, and other Big Data systems into new tools domestically to enhance the communist...

March Jobs Report: Another Big Month for Hiring?

March Jobs Report: Another Big Month for Hiring?

Did March provide another month of blowout hiring? Was pay growth healthy? When the government issues its monthly jobs report...

Smartphone Technology Helps Mental Health Patients

Smartphone Technology Helps Mental Health Patients

About 1 percent of the world’s population lives with the mental condition called bipolar disorder, characterized by swings between elevated...

Trump, White House Defend Action on China Trade

Trump, White House Defend Action on China Trade

The Trump administration says China is responsible for a trade war with the United States because of its long-term unfair...

Amid Trade Spats, Trump to Push US as ‘Partner of Choice’ for Latin America

Amid Trade Spats, Trump to Push US as ‘Partner of Choice’ for Latin America

President Donald Trump will make the case that the United States – and not China – should be the trade...

High-Tech Treadmill Uses Virtual Reality to Encourage Cardiovascular Fitness

High-Tech Treadmill Uses Virtual Reality to Encourage Cardiovascular Fitness

Virtual reality, or VR, is finding more applications as the technology matures. It is no longer only used for gaming...

Opioid Addiction Costs Employers $2.6B a Year for Care

Opioid Addiction Costs Employers $2.6B a Year for Care

A new report shows large employers spent $2.6 billion to treat opioid addiction and overdoses in 2016, an eightfold increase...

Chinese Viewpoints on US-China Trade Dispute

Chinese Viewpoints on US-China Trade Dispute

The trade dispute rumbling between China and the U.S. has raised the possibility consumers in Beijing may end up paying...

Australia Begins Privacy Investigation into Facebook

Australia Begins Privacy Investigation into Facebook

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner said on Thursday she had opened a formal investigation into social media giant Facebook Inc after the...

Wall Street Closes Higher as China Tariff Fears Ease

Wall Street Closes Higher as China Tariff Fears Ease

Wall Street’s three major indexes staged a comeback to close around 1 percent higher Wednesday as investors turned their focus to earnings...

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Data on 87M People

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica May Have Had Data on 87M People

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared...

Female Shooter Targets YouTube Headquarters

Female Shooter Targets YouTube Headquarters

Police say a woman shooter entered YouTube headquarters in California Tuesday and wounded at least three people before dying of...

Ex-Ford Employee Awarded Nearly $17 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit

Ex-Ford Employee Awarded Nearly $17 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit

A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a former Ford engineer who sued the automaker for discrimination because he...