Researchers Attempt to Develop Smarter Prosthetic Hand
An estimated 1.7 million people in the U.S do not have a limb, according to Rice University in Houston. While...
At Global Competition, Girls Push Frontiers of Technology
A group of Cambodian girls who recently traveled to California to compete in a mobile app competition offered inspiration for...
Cambodian Girl Coders Push Frontiers for Women in Tech
A group of young Cambodian girls recently took part in a mobile app competition for girl coders in California. Traveling...
In North Korea, Rise of Consumer Culture is the Real Revolution
Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un’s father and grandfather pinned...
At NAFTA Talks, Businesses Eager to Say: Do No Harm
Steps away from this week’s NAFTA trade negotiations, business unified in hopes of sending a singular message: do no harm....
Online Companies Bar Far-right Groups
They are being booted off or locked out of their websites. Some can no longer blog. Their electronic payment systems...
Auto Groups Side with Canada, Mexico on NAFTA Origin Rules
Auto industry groups from Canada, Mexico and the United States are pushing back against the Trump administration’s demand for higher...
Algorithms Could Tie Trafficking Ads to Their Buyers
A U.S. researcher says she has developed automated ways to identify links between online sex trafficking ads and the digital...
US VP Pence: US Wants Increased Trade with Latin America
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that Washington wants more trade and investment with Latin America, pushing back...
Rural America Braces for Labor Shortages After Immigration Crackdown
At CareerLink, the state job agency in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, custodial worker and former welder Glenn Hendrickson was looking to change...
Investors Exhibit ‘More Signs of Fatigue Than Euphoria’
Here’s how much hope and expectation has been built into the stock market: Big companies are healthy and making fatter...
From Elephants Stable to Air Museum: Strategic Bombers Restored
From the sky over occupied Europe to an elephants stable in India and to its final resting place in an...
Internet Firms Flex Muscle to Exile White Supremacists
Silicon Valley joined a swelling backlash against neo-Nazi groups in the United States on Wednesday as more technology companies removed...
Pakistan Railway Revival Clashes With Shanty Towns
After many false starts, plans to resurrect a railway in Pakistan’s teeming metropolis of Karachi are moving ahead with the...
Petrobras Argentina Sale Under Scrutiny in Brazil
Brazilian prosecutors plan to investigate last year’s controversial sale of the Argentine subsidiary of Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, a...
As Rural Sri Lanka Dries Out, Young Farmers Look for Job Options
Scorched by a 10-month drought that has killed crops and reduced residents to buying trucked-in water, Adigama’s young people are...
Reverence for Robots: Japanese Workers Treasure Automation
Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped and washed, wrapped into six-packs, and boxed at dizzying speeds...
Trump Renews Twitter Criticism of Amazon
President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, and he says the company is “doing great damage...
Defector: UN Sanctions Would Play Havoc With North Korean Economy
The impact of the latest round of U.N. sanctions leveled against North Korea could be greater than the projected $1...
US, Mexico and Canada Launching NAFTA Renegotiation Talks
The United States, Mexico and Canada are opening negotiations Wednesday to reform the North American Free Trade Agreement, a 1994...
Tech Companies Ramp Up NAFTA Lobbying on Eve of Trade Talks
Technology companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems, have ramped up lobbying ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American...
High-tech US Plants Offer Jobs Even as Laid-off Struggle
Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned...
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