Posts by Newsmaker

Red-hot Iceland Keeps Some Investors Out in the Cold

Red-hot Iceland Keeps Some Investors Out in the Cold

Iceland spent nearly a decade trying to keep foreign money in the country after a financial collapse, now it is...

A Decade Ago, Apple’s iPhone Transformed the World

A Decade Ago, Apple’s iPhone Transformed the World

In the two years leading up to June 29, 2007, when Apple’s iPhone went on sale, company co-founder Steve Jobs...

Global Cyberattack Hits Indian Port

Global Cyberattack Hits Indian Port

A global cyberattack disrupted operations Wednesday at India’s largest container port, adding to the headaches of governments and businesses affected...

Tech Innovations for Developing Countries

Tech Innovations for Developing Countries

While technological revolution is changing much of the world, there are still areas that have seen only very small benefits,...

Experts: Global Cyberattacks to Increase

Experts: Global Cyberattacks to Increase

International business in the United States and Europe, as well as Ukrainian state institutions, were among those affected by cyberattacks...

Ready or Not, Indian Businesses Brace for Biggest-ever Tax Reform

Ready or Not, Indian Businesses Brace for Biggest-ever Tax Reform

Businessman Pankaj Jain is so worried about the impending launch of a new sales tax in India that he is...

EU Hits Google With $2.7B Fine for Abusing Weaker Rivals

EU Hits Google With $2.7B Fine for Abusing Weaker Rivals

European regulators fined Google a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.72 billion) for abusing its dominance of the online search market...

Trump Hails ‘Energy Revolution’ as Exports Surge

Trump Hails ‘Energy Revolution’ as Exports Surge

President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed an energy revolution marked by surging U.S. exports of oil and natural gas. Trump...

Not Just for Gamers and Techies, HoloLens Gets Down to Business

Not Just for Gamers and Techies, HoloLens Gets Down to Business

Tech enthusiasts may be drawn to HoloLens, the head-mounted holographic computer from Microsoft, but company executives say businesses also should...

Facebook Announces It Now Has 2 Billion Users

Facebook Announces It Now Has 2 Billion Users

Facebook announced Tuesday that it now has more than 2 billion users. Facebook, which was a social website available only...

Israel’s Mossad Sets Up Fund to Acquire New Spy Techniques

Israel’s Mossad Sets Up Fund to Acquire New Spy Techniques

Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new cloak-and-dagger know-how and is offering...

Asserting ‘Dominance,’ Trump Seeks Boost for US Energy Exports

Asserting ‘Dominance,’ Trump Seeks Boost for US Energy Exports

President Donald Trump on Thursday will lay out his plan for reducing regulations to boost already-abundant U.S. production of oil,...

Move to Rename Harlem Neighborhood Sparks Outrage Over Erasing Black History

Move to Rename Harlem Neighborhood Sparks Outrage Over Erasing Black History

New York City real estate companies’ attempts to rename a Harlem neighborhood “SoHa” have enraged longtime residents of the historically...

Food Prize Laureate: Future of African Youth Lies in Agriculture, Not Europe

Food Prize Laureate: Future of African Youth Lies in Agriculture, Not Europe

Making agriculture profitable and “cool” for young people in Africa is key to lifting millions out of poverty and stemming...

Pakistani Farmers Get Tips via Text

Pakistani Farmers Get Tips via Text

The latest farm tools on the job in Pakistan are cell phones and satellites. A new program is using satellite...

Social Media Giants Join Together to Fight Terrorist Content

Social Media Giants Join Together to Fight Terrorist Content

Social media giants Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft say they are forming a working group to remove terrorist content from...

How the Federal Reserve Serves US Foreign Intelligence

How the Federal Reserve Serves US Foreign Intelligence

The Federal Reserve’s little-known role housing the assets of other central banks comes with a unique benefit to the United...

Study Shows Drone Investment Soars

Study Shows Drone Investment Soars

A study by aviation experts says the number of non-military drones will grow very quickly over the next 10 years,...

Vietnam Faces New Oil Dispute With China After Beijing Cuts Visit Short

Vietnam Faces New Oil Dispute With China After Beijing Cuts Visit Short

China and Vietnam face a stiff new test in avoiding a showdown over undersea oil drilling after Beijing cut short...

SpaceX Launches 10 Satellites

SpaceX Launches 10 Satellites

A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Sunday, two days after the company successfully launched...

Debt, Protectionism Could Drag Down Improving Global Economy

Debt, Protectionism Could Drag Down Improving Global Economy

The global economy has picked up and prospects for the next few months are the best in a long time....

Spyware to Tap Into Smartphones Puts Users’ Rights at Risk

Spyware to Tap Into Smartphones Puts Users’ Rights at Risk

Governments around the world are using surveillance software that taps into individual smartphones, taking screenshots, reading email and tracking users’...