Cell Game: Novel Software Helps Match Up Inmates, Prisons
A university engineering department has developed what amounts to a Tinder app for criminals — a computer program that matches...
Austerity to Hit Jordan as Debt Spikes, Economy Slows
Jordan’s high and rising public debt has worried the International Monetary Fund and prompted a downgrade from Standard & Poor’s....
Twitter to Label Election Ads after US Regulatory Threat
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would add labels to election-related advertisements and say who is behind each of them,...
Source of Protective Space Shield Identified
Human-caused space pollution can range from a hammer that floats away from a space station, to a nuclear weapons test...
China Turning Pakistan Port Into Regional Giant
An unprecedented Chinese financial and construction effort is rapidly developing Pakistan’s strategically located Arabian Sea port of Gwadar into one...
US Workforce to Add 11.5 Million Jobs by 2026
The U.S. economy is expected add another 11.5 million jobs by 2026, as an aging population and longer life spans...
High Rise Buildings Can Be Earthquake-Proof
After a deadly earthquake in 1985, authorities in Mexico City decided they must start constructing houses that can withstand strong...
Facebook Tests Splitting Its News Feed Into Two
Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing the idea of dividing its News F eed in two, separating commercial...
Amazon Says It Received 238 Proposals for 2nd Headquarters
Amazon said Monday that it received 238 proposals from cities and regions in the United States, Canada and Mexico hoping...
Sierra Leone to Auction Multi-Million Dollar Diamond to Benefit Poor
Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by auctioning a huge uncut diamond, believed to be...
Low Inflation Could Slow Fed, but Fiscal Stimulus Unnecessary
The U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December and twice next year, according to a Reuters poll of...
Taiwan Steps up Asia Business to Reduce Dependence on China
Taiwan is offering visa waivers and setting up overseas investment offices across a swathe of countries to its south, the...
Pay-by-Minute Electric Cars
Electric cars are steadily gaining ground in the global auto market, but it’s a slow process. Along with their high...
Electric Vehicles Poised to Go Mainstream
The bumper sticker on the back of Scott Wilson’s car reads, “This is what the end of gasoline looks like.”...
Electric Vehicles Poised for Mainstream, Experts Say
Electric cars have been a futuristic promise for decades. And electric vehicles finally appear poised to enter the mainstream. Major...
FBI Couldn’t Access Nearly 7K Devices Because of Encryption
The FBI hasn’t been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access...
South African Bakery Slices Prices and Sees Sales Skyrocket
A bakery in a low-income area of Johannesburg slashed prices of its popular bread, with unexpected results. What started as...
Fed’s Powell, Economist Taylor, Yellen on Trump’s Federal Reserve List
President Donald Trump is considering nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor for the central...
US Warns About Attacks On Energy, Industrial Firms
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a report distributed by email late on Friday...
Turkey Bank Regulator Dismisses ‘Rumors’ After Iran Sanctions Report
Turkey’s banking regulator urged the public on Saturday to ignore rumors about financial institutions, in an apparent dismissal of a...
Era Ends: Hong Kong Stock Trading Floor to Close
Hong Kong’s last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final orders as the exchange prepares to shut its...
Kids, Screens and Parental Guilt: Time to Relax a Bit?
Parents of small children have long been hearing about the perils of “screen time.” And with more screens, and new...
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