Posts by Newsmaker

Soft Wearable Tech is Helping People Move

Soft Wearable Tech is Helping People Move

Robots with rigid metal frames are being used to help the paralyzed walk and have applications that could one day...

Fuel Shortages the New Normal in Venezuela as Oil Industry Unravels

Fuel Shortages the New Normal in Venezuela as Oil Industry Unravels

With chronic shortages of basic goods afflicting her native Venezuela, Veronica Perez used to drive from supermarket to supermarket in...

Elon Musk’s ‘Teslaquila’ Faces Clash With Mexican Tequila Industry

Elon Musk’s ‘Teslaquila’ Faces Clash With Mexican Tequila Industry

Tesla co-founder Elon Musk and Mexico’s tequila producers could be headed for a collision after the agave-based drink’s industry group...

In Factory After Factory, Kim Tries to Grow N. Korea Economy

In Factory After Factory, Kim Tries to Grow N. Korea Economy

For North Korean factory managers, a visit by leader Kim Jong Un is the highest of honors and quite possibly...

Nigerian Firm Takes Blame for Routing Google Traffic Through China

Nigerian Firm Takes Blame for Routing Google Traffic Through China

Nigeria’s Main One Cable took responsibility Tuesday for a glitch that temporarily caused some Google global traffic to be misrouted through...

NATO Looks to Startups, Disruptive Tech to Meet Emerging Threats 

NATO Looks to Startups, Disruptive Tech to Meet Emerging Threats 

NATO is developing new high-tech tools, such as the ability to 3-D-print parts for weapons and deliver them by drone,...

5G is Coming, Get Ready

5G is Coming, Get Ready

If you’re really lucky and live in the U.S. cities of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles or Sacramento, you now have...

Gin Up, South Africa: Gin Craze Going Big

Gin Up, South Africa: Gin Craze Going Big

A recent proliferation of craft gins and new distilleries has taken over South Africa’s bar scene. But this is not...

Ocean Shock: In Land of Sushi, Squid Moves Out of Reach

Ocean Shock: In Land of Sushi, Squid Moves Out of Reach

This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who...

Media: German States Want Social Media Law Tightened

Media: German States Want Social Media Law Tightened

German states have drafted a list of demands aimed at tightening a law that requires social media companies like Facebook...

Study: Millions of Small Asian Farmers Miss Out on Seeds Resilient to Climate Change

Study: Millions of Small Asian Farmers Miss Out on Seeds Resilient to Climate Change

Millions of smallholder farmers in South and Southeast Asia are missing out on new, resilient seeds that could improve their...

France to ‘Embed’ Regulators at Facebook to Combat Hate Speech

France to ‘Embed’ Regulators at Facebook to Combat Hate Speech

Facebook will allow French regulators to “embed” inside the company to examine how it combats online hate speech, the first...

Amazon HQ Favorites: Similar Basics, Different Vibes

Amazon HQ Favorites: Similar Basics, Different Vibes

The communities said to be favored to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon...

Macron, Tech Giants Launch ‘Paris Call’ to Fix Internet Ills

Macron, Tech Giants Launch ‘Paris Call’ to Fix Internet Ills

France and U.S. technology giants including Microsoft on Monday urged world governments and companies to sign up to a new...

UK PM May Stares into Brexit Abyss as Domestic Opposition Mounts

UK PM May Stares into Brexit Abyss as Domestic Opposition Mounts

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, increasing the risk that her plan...

Japan’s Abe Calls for Public Works Spending to Help Economy 

Japan’s Abe Calls for Public Works Spending to Help Economy 

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Monday for a new public works spending program to stimulate the economy amid growing concerns about...

Oman Oil Minister: Majority of OPEC and its Allies Support Cut

Oman Oil Minister: Majority of OPEC and its Allies Support Cut

A majority of OPEC and allied oil exporters support a cut in the global supply of crude, Oman Oil Minister...

Study Links Social Media to Depression, Loneliness

Study Links Social Media to Depression, Loneliness

University of Pennsylvania researchers say that for the first time they have linked social media use to increases in depression...

For Autistic Kids, Robots Can Be Social, Learning Study Buddy

For Autistic Kids, Robots Can Be Social, Learning Study Buddy

Robots have been put to work assembling cars in factories, answering questions at conventions and hotel lobbies, moving packages in...

SWIFT System to Disconnect Some Iranian Banks This Weekend

SWIFT System to Disconnect Some Iranian Banks This Weekend

The Belgium-based SWIFT financial messaging service will be disconnecting some Iranian banks this weekend, said SWIFT chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt...

India’s Royal Enfield Targets Tripling of US Sales This Year

India’s Royal Enfield Targets Tripling of US Sales This Year

India-based motorcycle brand Royal Enfield expects sales in its new North American business to almost triple this year and is...

Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways Expects to Get Aviation License Next Week

Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways Expects to Get Aviation License Next Week

Vietnam’s new carrier Bamboo Airways expects to finally get an aviation license next week and start flying within weeks, the...