Posts by Newsmaker

Virtual Reality Tech Makes Gaming a Full Body Experience

Virtual Reality Tech Makes Gaming a Full Body Experience

There’s little doubt that virtual reality is likely to be the future of video gaming. Now, a Russian company in...

US Auto Parts Firms Urge NAFTA Compromise to Cover Engineering Work

US Auto Parts Firms Urge NAFTA Compromise to Cover Engineering Work

A trade group representing U.S. auto parts makers on Monday urged the Trump administration to adopt NAFTA automotive rules that...

China Invites Latin America to Take Part in ‘One Belt, One Road’

China Invites Latin America to Take Part in ‘One Belt, One Road’

China invited Latin American and Caribbean countries to join its “One Belt, One Road” initiative on Monday, as part of...

Social Media Has Mixed Effect on Democracies, Says Facebook

Social Media Has Mixed Effect on Democracies, Says Facebook

Facebook took a hard look in the mirror with a post Monday questioning the impact of social media on democracies...

EU Mulls New Link Between Budget, Civic Rights

EU Mulls New Link Between Budget, Civic Rights

The EU’s justice commissioner is working on a proposal that could oblige member states such as Poland, which has clashed...

Amazon Opens Store With No Cashiers, Lines or Registers

Amazon Opens Store With No Cashiers, Lines or Registers

No cashiers, no lines, no registers — this is how Amazon sees the future of in-store shopping. The online retailer...

Facebook Should Pay ‘Trusted’ News Publishers Carriage Fee: Murdoch

Facebook Should Pay ‘Trusted’ News Publishers Carriage Fee: Murdoch

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Monday called on Facebook to pay “trusted” news publishers a carriage fee, similar to the...

US Tests Nuclear Power System to Sustain Astronauts on Mars

US Tests Nuclear Power System to Sustain Astronauts on Mars

Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the...

Move Over Traditional Billboards. Make Way for 3D Holographic Ads

Move Over Traditional Billboards. Make Way for 3D Holographic Ads

Move over traditional billboards. Three-dimensional, slightly hypnotic holograms may soon replace two-dimensional signs and ads. Several companies with this technology...

Traditional Billboards Make Way for 3-D Holographic Ads

Traditional Billboards Make Way for 3-D Holographic Ads

Those two-dimensional billboards that dot the landscape of many cities around the world may soon be replaced — with 3-D...

Australia, Canada Trade Blows over Wine

Australia, Canada Trade Blows over Wine

Australia has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization that accuses Canada of placing “discriminatory” rules on the...

Iran May Try to Loosen Revolutionary Guard’s Grip on Economy

Iran May Try to Loosen Revolutionary Guard’s Grip on Economy

Iran’s supreme leader has ordered the Revolutionary Guard to loosen its hold on the economy, the country’s defense minister says,...

Saudis Urge Oil Production Cooperation Beyond 2018

Saudis Urge Oil Production Cooperation Beyond 2018

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister urged global oil producing nations on Sunday to extend their cooperation beyond 2018, but said this...

Robots in Aisle 5: Supermarket Tech for the Way We Shop

Robots in Aisle 5: Supermarket Tech for the Way We Shop

Robots, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies were all on display at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2018 trade show....

Britain Wants Comprehensive Trade Deal With EU, May Says

Britain Wants Comprehensive Trade Deal With EU, May Says

Britain wants to have a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union as well as a defense pact in place once it leaves...

Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News

Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News

Social media giant Facebook said Friday that it would begin to prioritize “trustworthy” news outlets on its site in order...

Former IBM Developer Sentenced for Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets

Former IBM Developer Sentenced for Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets

A former software engineer for IBM in China has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the source...

Bankers Association Warns of Uncertainty Tied to Government Shutdown

Bankers Association Warns of Uncertainty Tied to Government Shutdown

The largest banking trade group in the United States says shutting down the government could hurt investor and consumer confidence,...

Anti-smoking Plan May Kill Cigarettes — and Save Big Tobacco

Anti-smoking Plan May Kill Cigarettes — and Save Big Tobacco

Imagine if cigarettes were no longer addictive and smoking itself became almost obsolete; only a tiny segment of Americans still...

Time After Time: Luxury Watchmaker to Sell Pre-owned Pieces

Time After Time: Luxury Watchmaker to Sell Pre-owned Pieces

Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet said it would launch a second-hand business this year, becoming the first big brand to...

Foreign Investors Will Take Heart in Vietnam’s Anti-Graft Crackdown

Foreign Investors Will Take Heart in Vietnam’s Anti-Graft Crackdown

Foreign investors in Vietnam will welcome a fairer, more predictable set of business practices as the government pursues the heads...

Tracking Shoes Help Keep Kids Safe

Tracking Shoes Help Keep Kids Safe

The worst nightmare for parents is probably a child wandering off and getting lost. And for parents who want to...