Posts by Newsmaker

Weather Channel App Sued, Accused of Selling Users’ Data

Weather Channel App Sued, Accused of Selling Users’ Data

People relied on the most popular mobile weather app to track forecasts that determined whether they chose jeans over shorts...

Surge in US Job Creation, Fed Reassurance Boosts Stocks

Surge in US Job Creation, Fed Reassurance Boosts Stocks

A surge in U.S. job creation and some reassuring words from the head of the U.S. central bank sent U.S....

Marriott Cuts Estimate on Size of Massive Starwood Hack

Marriott Cuts Estimate on Size of Massive Starwood Hack

Marriott International Inc said Friday that fewer than 383 million customer records were stolen in a massive cyberattack disclosed last...

US Dragnet Closes Around Group Accused of $2B ‘Secret’ Loans in Mozambique

US Dragnet Closes Around Group Accused of $2B ‘Secret’ Loans in Mozambique

It sounds like a Hollywood caper: A group of investors and officials convince European banks to loan a total of...

Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon

Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon

The Chinese Jade Rabbit 2 rover is making tracks on the soft, snowlike surface of the far side of the...

Southwest Airlines Co-founder Kelleher Dies at 87

Southwest Airlines Co-founder Kelleher Dies at 87

Herb Kelleher, who changed the airline industry by helping create and lead Southwest Airlines, a low-fare carrier that made air...

Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Arrested on US Charges over Mozambique Loans

Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Arrested on US Charges over Mozambique Loans

Three former Credit Suisse Group AG bankers were arrested in London on Thursday on U.S. charges that they took part...

With Slump in iPhone Sales, Are We Post Peak Smartphone?

With Slump in iPhone Sales, Are We Post Peak Smartphone?

Behind Apple’s disconcerting news of weak iPhone sales lies a more sobering truth: The tech industry has hit Peak Smartphone,...

Global Stocks Fall After Apple Trims Sales Forecast

Global Stocks Fall After Apple Trims Sales Forecast

Stock markets around the globe dropped Thursday after tech giant Apple said that sales of its devices had fallen sharply...

Snacks on Wheels: PepsiCo Tests Self-driving Robot Delivery

Snacks on Wheels: PepsiCo Tests Self-driving Robot Delivery

Forget vending machines, PepsiCo is testing a way to bring snacks directly to college students. The chip and beverage maker...

Chinese Craft First to Land on Moon’s Far Side

Chinese Craft First to Land on Moon’s Far Side

A Chinese spacecraft Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon in the latest achievement for...

2019 Promises to Be Big Year in Space

2019 Promises to Be Big Year in Space

This year marks the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first steps on the moon, so it is fitting that there are...

Chewing the Fat with Pakistan’s BBQ Masters

Chewing the Fat with Pakistan’s BBQ Masters

The sweet aroma of mutton smoke drifts through a maze of crumbling alleyways, a barbecue tang that for decades has...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Grabs Control Over Indigenous Lands

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Grabs Control Over Indigenous Lands

New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order Wednesday making the Agriculture Ministry responsible for decisions concerning lands claimed...

Lawyers Request Seizure of Japanese Assets for Korean Forced Labor

Lawyers Request Seizure of Japanese Assets for Korean Forced Labor

Lawyers for South Koreans forced into wartime labor have taken legal steps to seize the South Korean assets of a...

Apple Cuts Revenue Forecast on Weak China Sales 

Apple Cuts Revenue Forecast on Weak China Sales 

Apple on Wednesday cut the revenue forecast for its latest quarter, citing fewer iPhone upgrades and weak sales in China,...

Tesla Shares Drop on Price Cut, Disappointing Model 3 Deliveries

Tesla Shares Drop on Price Cut, Disappointing Model 3 Deliveries

Shares in Tesla dropped as much as 9 percent on Wednesday on worries of future profitability, after the electric car...

Facebook Apologizes for Banning Evangelist Franklin Graham

Facebook Apologizes for Banning Evangelist Franklin Graham

Facebook has apologized for temporarily banning North Carolina evangelist Franklin Graham from its platform over a 2016 post about the...

Gaza Cafe Owner Offers Fish Pedicures to Improve Business

Gaza Cafe Owner Offers Fish Pedicures to Improve Business

When Mahmoud Othman tried to figure a way to save his cafe business in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, he was...

How Do Workers Compete With Machines In the Near Future?

How Do Workers Compete With Machines In the Near Future?

Many of today’s jobs did not exist 10 years ago. And a decade from now, technology will likely replace some...

Global Tech Show to Celebrate Innovation Amid Mounting Concerns

Global Tech Show to Celebrate Innovation Amid Mounting Concerns

Amid trade wars, geopolitical tensions and a decline in public trust, the technology sector is seeking to put its problems...

Kenya Struggles to Give Life to Futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’ City

Kenya Struggles to Give Life to Futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’ City

Laborers milled around an unfinished eight-story building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope — the...