Posts by Newsmaker

As ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote Nears, Some Brace for Long Fight

As ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote Nears, Some Brace for Long Fight

As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the...

Blockchain — The New Must-Know Word

Blockchain — The New Must-Know Word

There is a new word in the English language that all internet users should learn, because it may define the...

Microsoft Updates Bing Search to Highlight Reputable Results

Microsoft Updates Bing Search to Highlight Reputable Results

Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out new features on its Bing search engine powered by artificial intelligence, including one that summarizes...

Sweet Victory: French Candymakers Win China Legal War

Sweet Victory: French Candymakers Win China Legal War

Revenge is sweet for the makers of France’s traditional “calisson” candies, who have won a months-long legal battle with a...

Tanzania Orders Tighter Controls on Currency, Bank Crackdown as Growth Slows

Tanzania Orders Tighter Controls on Currency, Bank Crackdown as Growth Slows

Tanzanian president John Magufuli ordered the central bank on Wednesday to tighten controls on the movement of hard currency and...

Growing Levels of E-Waste Bad for Environment, Health and Economy

Growing Levels of E-Waste Bad for Environment, Health and Economy

A new report finds growing levels of E-waste pose significant risks to the environment and human health and result in...

EmTech at MIT: Where Technology’s Future First Appears

EmTech at MIT: Where Technology’s Future First Appears

Every year hundreds of the most famous names in high tech gather on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of...

Italian Laser Device Detects Potentially Dangerous Food Fraud

Italian Laser Device Detects Potentially Dangerous Food Fraud

‘Food Fraud’ costs the food and beverage industry an estimated $30 billion every year. Food fraud is the deliberate substitution...

US, EU, Japan Slam Market Distortion in Swipe at China

US, EU, Japan Slam Market Distortion in Swipe at China

The United States, European Union and Japan vowed Tuesday to work together to fight market-distorting trade practices and policies that...

Filipino Houses From Debris, Californian Fruit Pickers’ Homes Win Major Award

Filipino Houses From Debris, Californian Fruit Pickers’ Homes Win Major Award

A project in the Philippines that used debris to rebuild typhoon-ravaged houses and Californian homes providing year-round housing for migrant...

Trump Signs into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software

Trump Signs into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software

President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab within the U.S. government,...

Smaller Farms Can Cope Better With Climate Change in India, Say Analysts

Smaller Farms Can Cope Better With Climate Change in India, Say Analysts

India’s small farmers are better equipped than large landowners to deal with climate change, but need more support to find...

US Retailer Aims to Give Tech Experience to Immigrant Teens

US Retailer Aims to Give Tech Experience to Immigrant Teens

A major U.S. electronic retailer says it wants to help immigrant and underprivileged teens gain the technology skills they’ll need...

Facebook to Book Advertising Revenue Locally Amid Political Pressure

Facebook to Book Advertising Revenue Locally Amid Political Pressure

Social media giant Facebook said on Tuesday it would start booking advertising revenue locally instead of re-routing it via its...

Waiting for Congress, Mnuchin Makes 2nd Emergency Debt Move

Waiting for Congress, Mnuchin Makes 2nd Emergency Debt Move

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday he is making a second emergency move to keep the government from going above...

US High Court Turns Away Dispute Over Gay Worker Protections

US High Court Turns Away Dispute Over Gay Worker Protections

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by a Georgia security guard who said she was...

EU-Mercosur Talks Hit Snags, Announcement Could Be Delayed

EU-Mercosur Talks Hit Snags, Announcement Could Be Delayed

Free-trade talks between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur still face hurdles over beef and ethanol, and...

Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees

Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees

Khaled Turkmani fled Syria and traveled through five countries before he ended up in San Francisco. He immediately began to...

Fusion Reactor Under Construction in France Halfway Complete

Fusion Reactor Under Construction in France Halfway Complete

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, now under construction in southern France, is often called the most complicated scientific instrument...

A Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants and Refugees

A Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants and Refugees

More than a million college-educated immigrants in the U.S. are in low skilled jobs, according to estimates. But they have...

Digital World Provides Benefits and Risks for Children

Digital World Provides Benefits and Risks for Children

The U.N. Children’s Fund says the explosion of digital technology and growing internet access holds both benefits and risks for...

Traders Brace for Launch of Bitcoin Futures Market

Traders Brace for Launch of Bitcoin Futures Market

The newest way to bet on bitcoin, the cyptocurrency that has taken Wall Street by storm with its stratospheric price...