Posts by Newsmaker

‘War’ on Food Waste Can Save Money and Boost Profits, Tech Firm Says

‘War’ on Food Waste Can Save Money and Boost Profits, Tech Firm Says

Wasteless, an Israeli firm seeking to reduce food waste and save consumers money, won $2 million in funding Tuesday, as...

Facebook Seeing Growth in Business Network Workplace

Facebook Seeing Growth in Business Network Workplace

Facebook on Tuesday hosted its first global summit spotlighting a growing Workplace platform launched two years ago as a private...

YouTube Driving Global Consumption of Music

YouTube Driving Global Consumption of Music

If you are listening to music, chances are you’re on YouTube. A music consumer report by the industry’s global body...

Popularity of Electric Scooters Creates Jobs for ‘Juicers’

Popularity of Electric Scooters Creates Jobs for ‘Juicers’

You see them everywhere in U.S. cities — young and old riding rented electric-powered scooters. When they are done, they...

Business is Booming in Vietnam

Business is Booming in Vietnam

Foreign companies have been flocking to Vietnam. Earlier this year, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms Warburg Pincus...

Mahathir: Malaysia May Introduce New Taxes, Sell Assets to Pay Debt

Mahathir: Malaysia May Introduce New Taxes, Sell Assets to Pay Debt

Malaysia may introduce new taxes and sell assets such as land to pay down debt, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said...

Netflix to Bring New US Production Hub to New Mexico

Netflix to Bring New US Production Hub to New Mexico

Netflix has chosen New Mexico as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is in final negotiations to...

WSJ: Google Hid Protracted Data Leak to Avoid Consequences

WSJ: Google Hid Protracted Data Leak to Avoid Consequences

Google exposed the personal data of about 500,000 Google+ users to potential misuse by outside developers for years through a...

Twitter Says it Will Crack Down on Abusers in Letter to Advisers

Twitter Says it Will Crack Down on Abusers in Letter to Advisers

Twitter will strengthen rules rules to prevent sexual harassment and abuse on its platform, the social media company said Monday...

AA Aims to Avoid Putting Delayed Travelers on Other Airlines

AA Aims to Avoid Putting Delayed Travelers on Other Airlines

American Airlines is telling employees to think twice before rebooking stranded customers on rival airlines, and regular economy-class passengers are...

Facebook Wants People to Invite Its Cameras into Their Homes

Facebook Wants People to Invite Its Cameras into Their Homes

Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video...

Nobel Economic Prize Awarded to 2 Americans

Nobel Economic Prize Awarded to 2 Americans

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for economics to Yale University’s William Nordhaus and...

Study Reveals First Big look at Chinese Investment in Australia

Study Reveals First Big look at Chinese Investment in Australia

For the first time, researchers have been able to track the amount of Chinese investment in Australia.  From the purchase...

Internet of Things Could Revolutionize City Planning

Internet of Things Could Revolutionize City Planning

The massive breach of Facebook and the exposure of the information of an estimated 50 million users last week has...

DHS: No Reason to Doubt Firms’ Denials of China Hack

DHS: No Reason to Doubt Firms’ Denials of China Hack

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements from companies that have...

Robotic Farm Promises Cheap Local Produce

Robotic Farm Promises Cheap Local Produce

The U.S. farm-to-table trend is definitely one of the latest. Americans are hungry for fresh, organic produce in their homes,...

Final Tweaks in North American Trade Deal Keep Lid on E-commerce

Final Tweaks in North American Trade Deal Keep Lid on E-commerce

Last-minute changes to a new North American trade deal sank U.S. hopes of making Canada and Mexico allow higher-value shipments...

US Job Growth Cools; Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.7 Percent

US Job Growth Cools; Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.7 Percent

U.S. job growth slowed sharply in September likely as Hurricane Florence depressed restaurant and retail payrolls, but the unemployment rate...

US Plans to Rewrite Rules that Impede Self-driving Cars

US Plans to Rewrite Rules that Impede Self-driving Cars

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads...

US Warns of New Hacking From China-Linked Group

US Warns of New Hacking From China-Linked Group

The U.S. government warned Wednesday that a hacking group widely known as cloudhopper, which Western cybersecurity firms have linked to...

North Korea Said to Have Stolen a Fortune in Online Bank Heists

North Korea Said to Have Stolen a Fortune in Online Bank Heists

North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the...

Meet Farmers of  Future: Robot

Meet Farmers of  Future: Robot

Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He’s heavyset, weighing in at nearly...