Bernie Sanders Calls for Breaking Up Big Agriculture Monopolies
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday proposed a sweeping agriculture and rural investment plan to break up big agriculture...
Trump: US to Impose Higher Tariffs on Chinese Exports
U.S. President Donald Trump, looking to pressure China to speed up talks on a new trade agreement, says that starting...
Ride a Roller Coaster with No Wheels, No Track
Virtual Reality had a fantastic year in 2016, with the release of several anticipated VR glasses, including the Oculus Rift...
Nanotechnology Lenses Help Focus the Lighting Industry
An innovative Czech company is changing the way we think of light, by capturing and transforming it in ways that...
Inflatable Robot the Future of Space and Home Robotics, Academics Say
Lightweight, cheap to make and easier to send into outer space. Academics in the U.S. are developing an inflatable robot...
European, US Authorities Bust Major Darknet Site
European and American investigators have broken up one of the world’s largest online criminal marketplaces for drugs, hacking tools and...
30 Nations Pitch Internet Security Rules Amid Huawei Concern
Cybersecurity officials from dozens of countries on Friday proposed a set of principles to ensure the safety of next generation...
US Adds Robust 263K Jobs; Unemployment at 49-Year Low
U.S. employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy...
Vietnam Develops Own Smartphones After Decades of Contract Work
Vietnam is used to being an order taker. Companies such as Nokia and Samsung Electronics use the Southeast Asian country’s...
SpaceX Admits Crew Capsule Destroyed in April Test
Nearly two weeks after a fiery explosion during a ground test of its new crew capsule, SpaceX confirmed Thursday that...
Facebook Bans Several Personalities for Hate Speech
The hugely popular social media site Facebook has banned Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and...
White House Downplays Trump Meeting With Tycoon
A White House meeting between the current U.S. president and a prominent businessman who is seeking to become president of Taiwan...
Beyond Meat Goes Public as Sales of Plant-based Meats Rise
The Nasdaq is adding fake meat to its diet. Beyond Meat, the purveyor of plant-based burgers and sausages, made its...
Trump’s Favored Sanctions Meet Resistance
President Donald Trump is increasingly reliant upon economic sanctions to achieve his foreign policy goals, despite a repeated emphasis that...
US Renews Warning to Allies on Huawei
Britain’s prime minister fired her defense minister Wednesday after finding ‘compelling evidence’ that he leaked information to journalists about a...
US, China Reportedly Near Deal to End Some Tariffs
The United States and China are nearing a trade deal that would roll back a portion of the $250 billion...
May Day 2019: Workers Demand Rights, Respect
Higher salaries, better working conditions, maternity leave, minimum wage and an end to discrimination against temporary or foreign workers: These...
Facebook CEO Says Company Will Focus on Privacy
For years, Facebook said it wanted to be the world’s digital town square. Now Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has a...
In Streaming Wars, Apple Says It Can Coexist With Netflix
Far from being a Netflix killer, Apple envisions its forthcoming Apple TV+ streaming service as one that could sit alongside...
Report: US Cyber Spies Unmasked Many More American Identities in 2018
U.S. cyber spies last year unmasked the identities of nearly 17,000 U.S. citizens or residents who were in contact with...
US Lawmakers Struggle to Draft Online Privacy Bill
U.S. lawmakers drafting a bill to create rules governing online privacy hope to have a discussion draft complete by late...
US Treasury Secretary Hopes for ‘Substantial Progress’ in China Talks
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he hopes to makes “substantial progress” in trade talks with China, as the world’s...
