Israel, Land of Milk and Honey – and Now Whiskey?
Israel has been known as the land of milk and honey since Biblical times – but the land of single...
New Cell Technology Works With Ambient Energy
Researchers in the United States have unveiled a prototype of a battery-free mobile phone using technology they hope will eventually...
Oil-state Senators Advise Against US Ban on Venezuela Oil
Four U.S. Senate Republicans from oil-refining states Thursday urged the Trump administration not to block oil shipments from Venezuela as...
Arctic Fjords Help Russia Combat Fish Shortage Problems
Arctic fjords that hid Soviet nuclear-powered submarines during the Cold War are now being used as a weapon in the...
Artificial Intelligence Robots Aiding in Battle Against Crippling Nerve Disease
Artificial intelligence robots are turbocharging the race to find new drugs for the crippling nerve disorder ALS, commonly called Lou...
Cooking Gas Shortages Force Venezuelans to Turn to Firewood
Venezuelan homemaker Carmen Rondon lives in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves, but has spent weeks cooking with...
US Defense Secretary Mattis Begins Tech Outreach with Amazon Visit
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis kicked off his first official visit to the U.S. technology industry on Thursday with a...
Egypt Inflation Surges to 33 Percent After Fuel Subsidy Cuts
Egypt’s official statistics agency says the country’s inflation rate has jumped to 33 percent in July – up from 29.8...
China Sends ‘Hack Proof’ Code From Satellite to Earth
China has sent an unbreakable code from a satellite to the Earth, marking the first time space-to-ground quantum key distribution...
China to US: Be Prudent on Aluminum Duties
China urged the U.S. government Thursday to act “prudently” to avoid damaging economic relations between the two countries, in a...
Low Tech Startup Transforming Sewage Into Fuel
The planet has a bit of a waste problem. Every year, at least 200 million tons of raw sewage goes...
In the Fight to End Modern Slavery, Machines May Hold Key
More than 20 million people are working as modern slaves, and a technology developer is hoping artificial intelligence can help...
Author of Google Diversity Memo Files Labor Complaint After Firing
A former Google software engineer, who wrote an internal memo criticizing the company’s diversity policies, has filed a labor complaint,...
US Push for Freer NAFTA e-commerce Meets Growing Resistance
A U.S. proposal for Mexico and Canada to vastly raise the value of online purchases that can be imported duty-free...
In Croatia, Harvesting Salt the Centuries-old Way
Dozens of glistening pools in a small village on Croatia’s Adriatic coast stand testament to its annual salt harvests from...
Fired Google Memo Writer Draws Scorn, Cheers and a Job Offer
The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company’s diversity hiring program became the center of a...
Artist Targets Twitter With Offline Hate Tweets
A German-Israeli artist who accuses Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands...
Google Engineer Fired Over Memo Casting Doubt on Need for Gender Diversity
U.S. technology giant Google has fired a male engineer who wrote a memo questioning the need for gender diversity programs...
Tesla Seeks $1.5B Junk Bond Issue to Fund Model 3 Production
Tesla said on Monday it would raise about $1.5 billion through its first-ever offering of junk bonds as the U.S....
China’s Ethnic Yi Struggle Against Poverty
For Jisi Lazuo, the torch festival in her village in southwest China should be a celebration involving colorful ethnic clothes...
Keystone XL Pipeline Fate in Balance as Nebraska Opens Hearings
Nebraska regulators opened a final hearing on TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Monday, a week-long proceeding that marks...
Pentagon: Military Can Destroy Drones Over Domestic US Bases
The Pentagon has given more than 130 U.S. military bases across the United States the green light to shoot down...
