Pay-by-Minute Electric Cars
Electric cars are steadily gaining ground in the global auto market, but it’s a slow process. Along with their high...
Electric Vehicles Poised to Go Mainstream
The bumper sticker on the back of Scott Wilson’s car reads, “This is what the end of gasoline looks like.”...
Electric Vehicles Poised for Mainstream, Experts Say
Electric cars have been a futuristic promise for decades. And electric vehicles finally appear poised to enter the mainstream. Major...
FBI Couldn’t Access Nearly 7K Devices Because of Encryption
The FBI hasn’t been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access...
South African Bakery Slices Prices and Sees Sales Skyrocket
A bakery in a low-income area of Johannesburg slashed prices of its popular bread, with unexpected results. What started as...
Fed’s Powell, Economist Taylor, Yellen on Trump’s Federal Reserve List
President Donald Trump is considering nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor for the central...
US Warns About Attacks On Energy, Industrial Firms
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a report distributed by email late on Friday...
Turkey Bank Regulator Dismisses ‘Rumors’ After Iran Sanctions Report
Turkey’s banking regulator urged the public on Saturday to ignore rumors about financial institutions, in an apparent dismissal of a...
Era Ends: Hong Kong Stock Trading Floor to Close
Hong Kong’s last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final orders as the exchange prepares to shut its...
Kids, Screens and Parental Guilt: Time to Relax a Bit?
Parents of small children have long been hearing about the perils of “screen time.” And with more screens, and new...
Judge Tosses $400 Million Verdict in Cancer, Talc Powder Case
A California judge on Friday threw out a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a...
China Set to Spend Billions on ‘One Belt One Road,’ But Some Want Focus on Poverty
Running 1,300 kilometers over the world’s highest mountain pass, the “Friendship,” or Karakoram, Highway is evidence of China’s willingness to...
Wearable Air Filter Combats Pollution
Environmental pollution, from filthy air to contaminated water, kills at least 9 million people a year, according to a new...
G-7 Backs Internet Industry Effort to Detect, Blunt Extremism
The Group of Seven industrialized nations threw their support behind a new technology industry alliance aimed at detecting and blunting...
Philippines Faces More Transit Strikes Ahead of Year-end Reform Deadline
A mass transit strike in the Philippines this week risks more disruptive collective action unless drivers and the government settle...
Political Uncertainty Slows Down Kenya’s Economic Growth
Kenya’s economy is expected to grow next year by 5 percent, down from a projected 6 percent, according to the...
High Schoolers Experience What it is Like to be Professionals
When the new school year started in September, 16-year-old Aelina Pogosian couldn’t wait to tell her friends about the most...
Mini Aquatic Robot Dives Into Nuclear Disaster Areas
An aquatic robot, small and nimble enough to fit inside the smallest of openings, is being tested in Japan ahead...
Snapchat Tops Facebook as Teens’ No. 1 Choice for Social Media
American teens have crowned a new king of social media. According to a recent poll, Snapchat is the most popular...
At G-7, Social Media Firms Pushed to Do More to Fight Terror
Technology firms have improved cooperation with the authorities in tackling online militant material but must act quicker to remove propaganda...
US Senators Seek to Block Foreign Online Ads Targeting American Voters
With U.S. midterm elections barely a year away, lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to regulate online political advertising...
Women Share Harassment Stories With #MeToo
Two weeks ago Carla Rountree of Washington, D.C., was enjoying an autumn afternoon with friends at the Maryland Renaissance Festival,...
