Amazon Opens Store With No Cashiers, Lines or Registers
No cashiers, no lines, no registers — this is how Amazon sees the future of in-store shopping. The online retailer...
Facebook Should Pay ‘Trusted’ News Publishers Carriage Fee: Murdoch
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Monday called on Facebook to pay “trusted” news publishers a carriage fee, similar to the...
US Tests Nuclear Power System to Sustain Astronauts on Mars
Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the...
Move Over Traditional Billboards. Make Way for 3D Holographic Ads
Move over traditional billboards. Three-dimensional, slightly hypnotic holograms may soon replace two-dimensional signs and ads. Several companies with this technology...
Traditional Billboards Make Way for 3-D Holographic Ads
Those two-dimensional billboards that dot the landscape of many cities around the world may soon be replaced — with 3-D...
Australia, Canada Trade Blows over Wine
Australia has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization that accuses Canada of placing “discriminatory” rules on the...
Iran May Try to Loosen Revolutionary Guard’s Grip on Economy
Iran’s supreme leader has ordered the Revolutionary Guard to loosen its hold on the economy, the country’s defense minister says,...
Saudis Urge Oil Production Cooperation Beyond 2018
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister urged global oil producing nations on Sunday to extend their cooperation beyond 2018, but said this...
Robots in Aisle 5: Supermarket Tech for the Way We Shop
Robots, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies were all on display at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2018 trade show....
Britain Wants Comprehensive Trade Deal With EU, May Says
Britain wants to have a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union as well as a defense pact in place once it leaves...
Facebook to Prioritize ‘Trustworthy’ News
Social media giant Facebook said Friday that it would begin to prioritize “trustworthy” news outlets on its site in order...
Former IBM Developer Sentenced for Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets
A former software engineer for IBM in China has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the source...
Bankers Association Warns of Uncertainty Tied to Government Shutdown
The largest banking trade group in the United States says shutting down the government could hurt investor and consumer confidence,...
Anti-smoking Plan May Kill Cigarettes — and Save Big Tobacco
Imagine if cigarettes were no longer addictive and smoking itself became almost obsolete; only a tiny segment of Americans still...
Time After Time: Luxury Watchmaker to Sell Pre-owned Pieces
Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet said it would launch a second-hand business this year, becoming the first big brand to...
Foreign Investors Will Take Heart in Vietnam’s Anti-Graft Crackdown
Foreign investors in Vietnam will welcome a fairer, more predictable set of business practices as the government pursues the heads...
Tracking Shoes Help Keep Kids Safe
The worst nightmare for parents is probably a child wandering off and getting lost. And for parents who want to...
Social Media Companies Accelerate Removals of Online Hate Speech
Social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two...
Down to Business: Drought-hit Kenyan Women Trade Their Way Out of Poverty
Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to reinvest...
Turkey Business Lobby Calls for end to Emergency Rule
Turkey’s main business lobby on Thursday called on the government to end the state of emergency as parliament extended it...
Researchers: Hacking Campaign Linked to Lebanese Spy Agency
A major hacking operation tied to Lebanon’s main intelligence agency has been exposed after careless spies left hundreds of gigabytes...
Nigeria Moves Closer to Turning Long-awaited Oil Bill Into Law
Nigeria moved closer to turning the first part of a long-awaited oil industry bill into law after the lower house...
