Posts by Newsmaker

Robots Pose Big Threat to Jobs in Africa, Researchers Warn

Robots Pose Big Threat to Jobs in Africa, Researchers Warn

It could soon be cheaper to operate a factory of robots in the United States than employing manual labor in...

Israeli Company Converts Trash Into Household Items

Israeli Company Converts Trash Into Household Items

There is a saying that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. That is the idea behind a new concept...

China at a Quandary With US Tech Firms Amid Trade Dispute

China at a Quandary With US Tech Firms Amid Trade Dispute

While China and the United States seem to be negotiating in an effort to avert a trade war, Washington is...

Expert Says Brexit Campaign Used Data Mined From Facebook

Expert Says Brexit Campaign Used Data Mined From Facebook

The computer expert who sparked a global debate over electronic privacy said Tuesday that the official campaign backing Britain’s exit...

Trump’s Approval Ratings Are on the Upswing

Trump’s Approval Ratings Are on the Upswing

With a robust U.S. economy, polls show that President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are on the upswing, even as a...

Saudi Crown Prince: OPEC, Russia Consider Long-Term Oil Pact

Saudi Crown Prince: OPEC, Russia Consider Long-Term Oil Pact

OPEC and Russia are working on a long-term deal to cooperate on oil supply curbs that could extend controls over...

Affordable Chip Pinpoints Methane Leaks

Affordable Chip Pinpoints Methane Leaks

One of today’s most affordable sources of fossil-based energy is natural gas, which consists primarily of methane. Found in remote,...

What Facebook’s Privacy Policy Allows May Surprise You

What Facebook’s Privacy Policy Allows May Surprise You

To get an idea of the data Facebook collects about you, just ask for it. You’ll get a file with...

US Slams Pakistani Firms with Sanctions for Nuclear Trade

US Slams Pakistani Firms with Sanctions for Nuclear Trade

The United States is imposing sanctions on seven Pakistani companies for alleged links to the nuclear trade. The Commerce Department’s...

Mexico Private Sector Leader Sees Positive Signs on NAFTA

Mexico Private Sector Leader Sees Positive Signs on NAFTA

Talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are opening a window of opportunity that might allow the...

Company CEO: Canceling New Mexico Airport Would Cost $6.6B

Company CEO: Canceling New Mexico Airport Would Cost $6.6B

Canceling the new Mexico City airport would cost about 120 billion pesos ($6.55 billion), the head of the company in...

With New Plan, Macron Wants France to Win AI ‘Arms Race’

With New Plan, Macron Wants France to Win AI ‘Arms Race’

French President Emmanuel Macron has set his sights on artificial intelligence as the next technological frontier France cannot afford to...

Federal Trade Commission Confirms Facebook Probe

Federal Trade Commission Confirms Facebook Probe

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday it is investigating the privacy controls of social media giant Facebook in the...

Row Over Data Mining Firm Cambridge Analytica Reverberates in India

Row Over Data Mining Firm Cambridge Analytica Reverberates in India

The controversy over the British-based data mining company, Cambridge Analytica, which faces allegations of using the personal data of millions...

US Gunmaker Remington Files for Bankruptcy

US Gunmaker Remington Files for Bankruptcy

U.S. firearms and ammunition manufacturer Remington has filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize its operations and put in...

Facebook Questioned About Pulling Android Call, Text Data

Facebook Questioned About Pulling Android Call, Text Data

On the same day Facebook bought ads in U.S. and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the...

China Warns Trade War Will Set off a ‘Greater Conflict’

China Warns Trade War Will Set off a ‘Greater Conflict’

A senior Chinese official is warning that a trade war would hurt all sides and set off a “greater conflict.”...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Apologizes for ‘Breach of Trust’ in Disclosure of Users’ Data

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Apologizes for ‘Breach of Trust’ in Disclosure of Users’ Data

Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg apologized Sunday in full-page ads in nine major British and U.S. newspapers...

Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth

Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth

Scientists are monitoring a defunct Chinese space station that is expected to fall to Earth around the end of the...

Pride, Loneliness in the Deep North: Russians Who Refuse to Abandon Arctic City

Pride, Loneliness in the Deep North: Russians Who Refuse to Abandon Arctic City

In Russia’s far north, the city of Vorkuta is slowly being reclaimed by the Arctic tundra. Its population has plummeted...

A New Dating Service Uses Your DNA to Find Love

A New Dating Service Uses Your DNA to Find Love

There always seems to be another dating app popping up with promises of helping find romance — just answer this,...

Swelling Tourism Numbers Come at a Cost in Indonesia

Swelling Tourism Numbers Come at a Cost in Indonesia

Tourist numbers in Indonesia swelled last year on the back of overseas advertising and infrastructure development. President Joko Widodo has...