Posts by Newsmaker

Seeing Microscopic Creatures from Space

Seeing Microscopic Creatures from Space

The oceans and lakes are full of life, and most of it is not visible to the naked eye. In...

Chinese Theme Park Seeks to Ride Boom in Demand for Virtual Entertainment

Chinese Theme Park Seeks to Ride Boom in Demand for Virtual Entertainment

Giant robots and futuristic cyberpunk castles rise out of lush mountain slopes on the outskirts of Guiyang, the capital of...

Russian Tech Firm Wins US Intel Prize

Russian Tech Firm Wins US Intel Prize

Amid concerns about Russian hacking and online influence, Russian technology firm NtechLab has won a prize awarded by the United...

Tech Firms Scrounging for Skilled Workers Training Their Own

Tech Firms Scrounging for Skilled Workers Training Their Own

Some information technology companies are growing so concerned about not find enough digital talent that they’re training their own.  ...

Fall of China’s Former Internet Censor Highlights Frustrations Over Controls

Fall of China’s Former Internet Censor Highlights Frustrations Over Controls

The former face of China’s “Great Firewall,” Lu Wei, has become the first “tiger” to come under the Communist Party’s...

Retailers Look to Woo Shoppers from Rivals as Amazon Grows

Retailers Look to Woo Shoppers from Rivals as Amazon Grows

Toys and TVs at J.C. Penney, Barbies at Best Buy, kitchen appliances like wine refrigerators at B.J.’s. As the holiday...

Hopes, Fears in $10 Billion Wisconsin Foxconn Deal

Hopes, Fears in $10 Billion Wisconsin Foxconn Deal

When Gonzalo Perez bought the Castlewood Restaurant last December, it was one of the few outposts among the nearby corn...

Coffee-Based Fuel to Power London Buses

Coffee-Based Fuel to Power London Buses

A startup is making fuel from waste coffee grounds to power some of London’s buses. VOA’s Steve Baragona reports. …

Facebook to Let Users See Whether They ‘Liked’ Russian Accounts

Facebook to Let Users See Whether They ‘Liked’ Russian Accounts

Facebook Inc. said Wednesday that it would build a web page to allow users to see which Russian propaganda accounts...

Hopes, Fears in $10 Billion Deal to Bring Taiwanese Manufacturer to Wisconsin

Hopes, Fears in $10 Billion Deal to Bring Taiwanese Manufacturer to Wisconsin

The $10 billion-dollar deal to bring a Taiwanese-based electronics manufacturer to Wisconsin is raising questions from critics despite the promise...

Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows

Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows

Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to...

Uber Reveals Cover-up of Hack Affecting 57M Riders, Drivers

Uber Reveals Cover-up of Hack Affecting 57M Riders, Drivers

Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57...

Kenyan Fashion Designers Struggle to Grow Business

Kenyan Fashion Designers Struggle to Grow Business

The fashion and textile industry could generate nearly half a million jobs in sub-Saharan Africa over the next decade. That’s...

Iraq, GE Sign $400 Million Deal for Power Infrastructure

Iraq, GE Sign $400 Million Deal for Power Infrastructure

Iraq and General Electric have signed a deal to develop Iraq’s power infrastructure, which would help bring much-needed electricity to...

Robotic Fingers Get a Feel for the Real World

Robotic Fingers Get a Feel for the Real World

You can reach into your pocket and tell whether you’ve grabbed coins or keys, and now researchers in California have...

Uber CEO Says Company Failed to Disclose Massive Breach in 2016

Uber CEO Says Company Failed to Disclose Massive Breach in 2016

Uber Technologies Inc failed to disclose a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million users...

Venezuela Arrests Top Citgo Executives

Venezuela Arrests Top Citgo Executives

Venezuelan authorities arrested the acting president of Citgo, the U.S. subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), along with...

US Charges Iranian National With Hacking HBO Computer Systems

US Charges Iranian National With Hacking HBO Computer Systems

U.S. prosecutors charged an Iranian with hacking into computer systems of the cable TV channel HBO earlier this year, stealing...

FCC Chairman Sets Out to Repeal ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules

FCC Chairman Sets Out to Repeal ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday followed through on his pledge to repeal 2015 regulations designed to ensure...

Defense Minister – Denmark to Ramp up Cybersecurity Efforts

Defense Minister – Denmark to Ramp up Cybersecurity Efforts

Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year,...

US Sues to Stop AT&T’s Takeover of Time Warner

US Sues to Stop AT&T’s Takeover of Time Warner

The U.S. Justice Department is suing to stop AT&T’s multi-billion dollar bid to take over another communications giant, Time Warner,...

A School of Robot Fish Is Testing the Water in Venice

A School of Robot Fish Is Testing the Water in Venice

Lily pads, fish and mussels of the electronic variety are being deployed in and around the canals of Venice. It’s...