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Hoping to Raise Real Cash, Marshall Islands Creates Virtual Money

Hoping to Raise Real Cash, Marshall Islands Creates Virtual Money

The tiny Marshall Islands is creating its own digital currency in order to raise some hard cash to pay bills...

AP Fact Check: Is a Trade War ‘Easy to Win?’

AP Fact Check: Is a Trade War ‘Easy to Win?’

In agitating for a trade war, President Donald Trump may have forgotten William Tecumseh Sherman’s adage that “war is hell.”...

China Joins Chorus, Warns of ‘Huge Impact’ of Trump’s Tariff Plan 

China Joins Chorus, Warns of ‘Huge Impact’ of Trump’s Tariff Plan 

China has warned about the “huge impact” on global trading, if U.S. President Donald Trump proceeds with his plans to...

Launch of Innovative Satellite Opens New Window for Meteorologists

Launch of Innovative Satellite Opens New Window for Meteorologists

“A game-changer for weather forecasts.” That’s what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA are calling the just-launched GOES-S...

Canada, Europe, WTO React Negatively to Trump’s Threats on Steel, Aluminum Imports

Canada, Europe, WTO React Negatively to Trump’s Threats on Steel, Aluminum Imports

“Absolutely unacceptable” were the words Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he...

Questions Surround Trump’s First Border Wall Contract

Questions Surround Trump’s First Border Wall Contract

A tiny Nebraska startup awarded the first border wall construction project under President Donald Trump is the offshoot of a...

Vero a Hot Instagram Alternative, but Will It Last?

Vero a Hot Instagram Alternative, but Will It Last?

Instagram users fed up with the service becoming more and more like Facebook are flocking to a hot new app...

Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Spark Fears of Trade War, Price Hikes

Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Spark Fears of Trade War, Price Hikes

U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports sparked concerns of a trade war...

Egyptian Teen Offers Hope to Disabled With New Exoskeleton

Egyptian Teen Offers Hope to Disabled With New Exoskeleton

An Egyptian teenager has turned cables and sheets of aluminum and metal into a robotic exoskeleton that he says can...

Another Flying Car Soon to Make Its Debut

Another Flying Car Soon to Make Its Debut

Forget self-driving cars! Imagine a future filled with flying cars. The latest design comes from the Netherlands, where a company...

Refugee Women Get a Taste of Entrepreneurship    

Refugee Women Get a Taste of Entrepreneurship    

When refugees arrive in a new country, they bring little to no material possessions. But many bring something more valuable:...

Facebook Ends Six-Country Test of Two Separate News Feeds

Facebook Ends Six-Country Test of Two Separate News Feeds

Facebook Inc on Thursday put an end to a test of splitting its signature News Feed into two, an idea...

US Markets Fall on Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Announcement

US Markets Fall on Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Announcement

U.S. stocks sank in another dizzying day of trading Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump promised stiff tariffs on imported...

Trump: US Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week

Trump: US Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week

President Donald Trump announced Thursday the United States will impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Trump said tariffs...

Equifax Finds Additional 2.4 Million Impacted by 2017 Breach

Equifax Finds Additional 2.4 Million Impacted by 2017 Breach

Equifax said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year’s data breach, however these newly disclosed...

Amid NAFTA Talks, Mexico Airs Concerns Over US Steel Tariffs

Amid NAFTA Talks, Mexico Airs Concerns Over US Steel Tariffs

Mexico’s economy minister met with top U.S. trade officials on Wednesday midway through the latest push to renegotiate the NAFTA...

AI Software Differentiates Between Extremist Propaganda and News

AI Software Differentiates Between Extremist Propaganda and News

The battle to identify and remove extremist video online just got a new weapon. Video-sharing sites can now use artificial...

Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers

Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers

Facebook wants to make it easier for people to find low-skilled jobs online. After testing the new software in U.S....

Moon to Get Its Own Mobile Network

Moon to Get Its Own Mobile Network

Several high-tech companies are teaming up on a plan to put a mobile phone network on the moon next year....

ISS Astronauts Will Soon Get a Personal Assistant

ISS Astronauts Will Soon Get a Personal Assistant

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon get a personal assistant, similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, but...

Could Winning Super Bowl Play be Winning Marketing Ploy?

Could Winning Super Bowl Play be Winning Marketing Ploy?

A company’s value is often tied to the message it portrays to customers. But what happens when other companies try...

Artificial Intelligence Poses Big Threat to Society, Warn Leading Scientists

Artificial Intelligence Poses Big Threat to Society, Warn Leading Scientists

Artificial Intelligence is on the cusp of transforming our world in ways many of us can barely imagine. While there...