Proof-of-Concept Hyperloop to Open Soon

Proof-of-Concept Hyperloop to Open Soon

The Boring Company, based in California, is close to opening its first exciting venture – a 3.2 kilometer underground tunnel...

New US Neutrality Rules Repealed; Supporters, Critics of Move Wonder What’s Next

New US Neutrality Rules Repealed; Supporters, Critics of Move Wonder What’s Next

The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the United States’ net neutrality rules — which mandated internet service providers to not...

Trump Says Friends, Enemies Cannot Take Advantage of US on Trade

Trump Says Friends, Enemies Cannot Take Advantage of US on Trade

President Donald Trump tweeted out more criticism of U.S. trade partners Monday, including allies in Europe and Canada, adding to...

Swiss Voters Reject Campaign to Radically Alter Banking System

Swiss Voters Reject Campaign to Radically Alter Banking System

A radical plan to transform Switzerland’s financial landscape by barring commercial banks from electronically creating money when they lend was...

Bees Inspire Drone Researchers

Bees Inspire Drone Researchers

Despite astonishing advances in robotics, today’s machines often struggle to accomplish what insects do routinely. So robotics researchers are taking...

New Italian Economy Minister Vows to Stay in Euro, Cut Debt Level

New Italian Economy Minister Vows to Stay in Euro, Cut Debt Level

Italy’s new coalition government has no intention of leaving the euro and plans to focus on cutting debt levels, Economy...

Half the World’s 152 Million Child Laborers Do Hazardous Work

Half the World’s 152 Million Child Laborers Do Hazardous Work

The International Labor Organization reports 152 million children are victims of child labor, with nearly half forced to work in...

XI Takes Swipe at G-7 Summit In SCO Remarks

XI Takes Swipe at G-7 Summit In SCO Remarks

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)is holding its first summit since India and Pakistan joined the bloc which is widely seem...

UK’s May Orders Retreat to Sort Out Brexit Details

UK’s May Orders Retreat to Sort Out Brexit Details

Prime Minister Theresa May will gather together squabbling British ministers at her country residence after this month’s European Union summit to settle...

Trump Rails at Trudeau, Says US Won’t Sign G-7 Communique

Trump Rails at Trudeau, Says US Won’t Sign G-7 Communique

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had instructed his representatives not to sign a communique by all seven...

Macron’s Campaign Economists Warn French Leader Over Rich-Friendly Policies

Macron’s Campaign Economists Warn French Leader Over Rich-Friendly Policies

French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policy is viewed as favoring the rich and must change to address inequalities, according to...

Award-winning Smart Drones to Take on Illegal Fishing

Award-winning Smart Drones to Take on Illegal Fishing

Drones guided by artificial intelligence to catch boats netting fish where they shouldn’t were among the winners of a marine...

French Emergency Room Tests Virtual Reality Path to Pain Relief

French Emergency Room Tests Virtual Reality Path to Pain Relief

The very thought of visiting a hospital emergency department is stressful enough for many people, even without the discomfort or...

Sheryl Sandberg Uses Facebook’s Woes as Lesson for MIT Grads

Sheryl Sandberg Uses Facebook’s Woes as Lesson for MIT Grads

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg didn’t shy away from her company’s ongoing privacy scandal in a Friday commencement speech at the...

China’s Trade Surplus With US Widens

China’s Trade Surplus With US Widens

China’s trade surplus with the United States rose to $24.58 billion in May, from $22.15 billion in April, according to...

China Trash Ban Creates Crisis for Recyclers

China Trash Ban Creates Crisis for Recyclers

Just less than $6 billion worth of U.S. waste was sent to China last year to be converted into packaging...

North Korea Uses US Tech for ‘Destructive Cyber Operations’

North Korea Uses US Tech for ‘Destructive Cyber Operations’

North Korea’s senior leadership has been exploiting loopholes in international sanctions to obtain the U.S. technology that Pyongyang uses to...

Fog Catchers Conjure Water Out of Moroccan Mist

Fog Catchers Conjure Water Out of Moroccan Mist

Growing up on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco on the edge of the Sahara desert, Khadija Ghouate never imagined that...

Ukraine Approves Anti-Corruption Court, Fires Finance Minister

Ukraine Approves Anti-Corruption Court, Fires Finance Minister

Ukraine’s parliament has voted to establish an anti-corruption court in an effort to meet the criteria to receive $17.5 billion...

Facebook Says Privacy-setting Bug Affected as Many as 14M

Facebook Says Privacy-setting Bug Affected as Many as 14M

Facebook said a software bug led some users to post publicly by default regardless of their previous settings. The bug...

Trump’s Solar Tariff Costs US Companies Billions

Trump’s Solar Tariff Costs US Companies Billions

President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of...

Blockchain Advances Could Revolutionize Daily Life

Blockchain Advances Could Revolutionize Daily Life

As the internet continues to revolutionize communications, the next world-changing technology may already be here. Blockchain, a way of recording...