Posts by Newsmaker

Bitcoin Plunges Below $12,000, Heads for Worst Week Since 2013

Bitcoin Plunges Below $12,000, Heads for Worst Week Since 2013

Bitcoin plunged by a quarter to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency in manic trading after its...

UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Additional North Korea Sanctions

UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Additional North Korea Sanctions

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Friday on another round of targeted sanctions aimed at further restricting North...

Papa John’s Founder Out as CEO, Weeks After NFL Comments

Papa John’s Founder Out as CEO, Weeks After NFL Comments

Papa John’s founder John Schnatter will step down as CEO next month, about two months after he publicly criticized the...

Russia’s Globex Bank Says Hackers Targeted Its SWIFT Computers

Russia’s Globex Bank Says Hackers Targeted Its SWIFT Computers

Hackers tried to steal 55 million rubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system,...

Apple Acknowledges Taking Action to Slow Down Older iPhones

Apple Acknowledges Taking Action to Slow Down Older iPhones

Apple, the American multi-national technology company, has acknowledged it has taken action that slows the performance of its older iPhones....

A Shoe James Bond Would Be Proud Of

A Shoe James Bond Would Be Proud Of

For every person who just loves James Bond, it’s the perfect gift. A very nice, stylish pair of shoes, that...

EU Court Rules Uber Should be Regulated Like Taxi Service

EU Court Rules Uber Should be Regulated Like Taxi Service

The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that ride-hailing company Uber should be regulated like a taxi service instead of...

Displaced by Mining, Peru Villagers Spurn Shiny New Town

Displaced by Mining, Peru Villagers Spurn Shiny New Town

This remote town in Peru’s southern Andes was supposed to serve as a model for how companies can help communities...

US Sees Foreign Reliance on ‘Critical’ Minerals as Security Concern

US Sees Foreign Reliance on ‘Critical’ Minerals as Security Concern

The United States needs to encourage domestic production of a handful of minerals critical for the technology and defense industries,...

Greek Lawmakers Approve 2018 Budget Featuring More Austerity

Greek Lawmakers Approve 2018 Budget Featuring More Austerity

Greece’s parliament on Tuesday approved the 2018 state budget, which includes further austerity measures beyond the official end of the...

Facebook to Notify Users When Photos of Them Are Uploaded

Facebook to Notify Users When Photos of Them Are Uploaded

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would begin using facial recognition technology to tell people on the social network when...

US Single-Family Housing Starts, Permits Hit 10-year high

US Single-Family Housing Starts, Permits Hit 10-year high

U.S. single-family homebuilding and permits surged to more than 10-year highs in November, in a hopeful sign for a housing...

US House Set to Vote on Republican Tax Bill

US House Set to Vote on Republican Tax Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on a Republican $1.5 trillion tax bill that will provide tax relief...

Meet CryptoKitties, Digital Kittens on the Blockchain

Meet CryptoKitties, Digital Kittens on the Blockchain

CryptoKitties, an online game and marketplace featuring virtual kittens, has become an entry point for curious outsiders looking to dabble...

US Blames North Korea for Global Cyber Attack

US Blames North Korea for Global Cyber Attack

The United States is publicly blaming North Korea for unleashing a cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies...

EU Governments Agree on Renewable Energy Targets for 2030   

EU Governments Agree on Renewable Energy Targets for 2030   

European Union environment and energy ministers on Monday agreed on renewable energy targets for 2030 ahead of negotiations next year...

US Bars Drones Over Nuclear Sites for Security Reasons

US Bars Drones Over Nuclear Sites for Security Reasons

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will bar drone flights over seven major U.S. nuclear sites, including Los Alamos...

Argentine Congress Tries for Pension Reform Amid Violent Protests

Argentine Congress Tries for Pension Reform Amid Violent Protests

Argentina’s Congress could pass a hotly debated pension reform measure Monday, lawmakers told reporters, as stone-throwing demonstrators gathered in the...

Egypt Begins Production on Largest Undersea Gas Field in the Mediterranean

Egypt Begins Production on Largest Undersea Gas Field in the Mediterranean

Egypt’s economic prospects are looking brighter after the long-anticipated production of undersea gas from the al Zohr gas field began...

Twitter Suspends White Nationalists Under New Rules

Twitter Suspends White Nationalists Under New Rules

Twitter suspended the accounts of well-known white nationalists Monday, moving swiftly after putting into place new rules on what it...

Internet Giants Told: Accept Cyber Curbs to Be Welcome in China

Internet Giants Told: Accept Cyber Curbs to Be Welcome in China

Google and Facebook will have to accept China’s censorship and tough online laws if they want access to its 751...

Apple’s 2017 iPhone Models Give Taiwan’s Weary Tech Sector a Reprieve

Apple’s 2017 iPhone Models Give Taiwan’s Weary Tech Sector a Reprieve

A boom in production of Apple iPhones is helping lift the economy of Taiwan, an industrial center that still relies...