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...
Judge Tosses $400 Million Verdict in Cancer, Talc Powder Case
A California judge on Friday threw out a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a...
China Set to Spend Billions on ‘One Belt One Road,’ But Some Want Focus on Poverty
Running 1,300 kilometers over the world’s highest mountain pass, the “Friendship,” or Karakoram, Highway is evidence of China’s willingness to...
Wearable Air Filter Combats Pollution
Environmental pollution, from filthy air to contaminated water, kills at least 9 million people a year, according to a new...
G-7 Backs Internet Industry Effort to Detect, Blunt Extremism
The Group of Seven industrialized nations threw their support behind a new technology industry alliance aimed at detecting and blunting...
Philippines Faces More Transit Strikes Ahead of Year-end Reform Deadline
A mass transit strike in the Philippines this week risks more disruptive collective action unless drivers and the government settle...
Political Uncertainty Slows Down Kenya’s Economic Growth
Kenya’s economy is expected to grow next year by 5 percent, down from a projected 6 percent, according to the...
High Schoolers Experience What it is Like to be Professionals
When the new school year started in September, 16-year-old Aelina Pogosian couldn’t wait to tell her friends about the most...
Mini Aquatic Robot Dives Into Nuclear Disaster Areas
An aquatic robot, small and nimble enough to fit inside the smallest of openings, is being tested in Japan ahead...
Snapchat Tops Facebook as Teens’ No. 1 Choice for Social Media
American teens have crowned a new king of social media. According to a recent poll, Snapchat is the most popular...
At G-7, Social Media Firms Pushed to Do More to Fight Terror
Technology firms have improved cooperation with the authorities in tackling online militant material but must act quicker to remove propaganda...
US Senators Seek to Block Foreign Online Ads Targeting American Voters
With U.S. midterm elections barely a year away, lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to regulate online political advertising...
Women Share Harassment Stories With #MeToo
Two weeks ago Carla Rountree of Washington, D.C., was enjoying an autumn afternoon with friends at the Maryland Renaissance Festival,...
Iridium to Rely on Used SpaceX Boosters for Next 2 Launches
Iridium Communications says its next two launches of new-generation satellites will use refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage boosters that have...
Workers at iPhone Supplier in China Protest Unpaid Bonuses
Hundreds of workers streamed through dark streets, blocking an entrance to an Apple iPhone supplier’s factory in eastern China to...
Missouri Proposes Innovation Corridor for Amazon’s 2nd Home
Missouri officials were submitting a bid Thursday for Amazon’s second headquarters that would involve an innovation corridor between Kansas City...
US Unemployment Claims Fall to 222,000, Lowest in 44 Years
The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was president. THE...
Western Influence Feeding the Streets of Iraq
In Iraq, young entrepreneurs cash-in on a food trend popularized in the West. Trucks serving American-style fast food serve meals...
Dow closes above 23,000 for first time; IBM soars
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 23,000 for the first time on Wednesday, driven by a jump in IBM...
A Lifeline for Millions in Somalia, Money Remittance Industry Seeks More Support
Every month, Fatma Ahmed sends $200 of the earnings she makes in London to her family in Somalia. “It’s for...
Teens Overwhelmingly Prefer Snapchat to Facebook, Study Finds
Teenagers are turning away from traditional social media like Facebook and increasingly turning to Snapchat to communicate with their friends,...
Twitter Vows New Crackdown on Hateful, Abusive Tweets
Twitter vowed to crack down further on hate speech and sexual harassment, days after CEO Jack Dorsey said in a...
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