Posts by Newsmaker

Deputy PM: Luxembourg’s Space Mining Mission Begins Tuesday

Deputy PM: Luxembourg’s Space Mining Mission Begins Tuesday

When Luxembourg’s new law governing space mining comes into force on Tuesday, the country will already be working to make...

Chemical Industry and US Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security

Chemical Industry and US Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security

Securing petrochemical plants and keeping chemicals out of the hands of terrorists were the topics of discussion at a recent...

With Uber in Turmoil, Lyft’s Ridership Surpasses All of 2016

With Uber in Turmoil, Lyft’s Ridership Surpasses All of 2016

Ride-hailing service Lyft carried more passengers through June this year than it did in all of last year as it...

Used Book Sales Boom in S. Africa as Economic Recession Bites

Used Book Sales Boom in S. Africa as Economic Recession Bites

South Africa entered an economic recession in June, and the country’s unemployment rate is fast approaching 30 percent, according to...

Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities

Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities

The crocodile industry in Australia’s Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate...

Apple Accused of Bowing to Chinese Censors

Apple Accused of Bowing to Chinese Censors

Apple, Inc. has confirmed that it is removing some applications providing virtual personal networks, or VPNs, from its China App...

Silicon Valley’s Hot Café: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

Silicon Valley’s Hot Café: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

Silicon Valley is the tech industry’s epicenter, but what is the epicenter of Silicon Valley? It might just be Coupa...

Silicon Valley’s Hot Cafe: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

Silicon Valley’s Hot Cafe: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

There’s a café in the heart of Silicon Valley where the biggest names in tech are known to take their...

Mainstream Model 3 Could Make or Break Tesla Dreams

Mainstream Model 3 Could Make or Break Tesla Dreams

For Tesla, everything is riding on the Model 3. The electric car company’s newest vehicle was delivered to its first...

Researchers: Artificial Intelligence Can Help Fight Deforestation in Congo

Researchers: Artificial Intelligence Can Help Fight Deforestation in Congo

A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the Democratic Republic...

YouTube-inspired New Toys Aim to Wow Today’s Digitally Savvy Kids

YouTube-inspired New Toys Aim to Wow Today’s Digitally Savvy Kids

For some youngsters, “unboxing” YouTube videos are all the rage. They involve a pair of hands – some small, some...

New Toys Aim to Wow Today’s Digitally Savvy Kids

New Toys Aim to Wow Today’s Digitally Savvy Kids

Kids today are practically born knowing how to use smartphones and tablets, so it makes sense that their toys contain...

US Economic Growth Accelerates, Hits 2.6 Percent

US Economic Growth Accelerates, Hits 2.6 Percent

U.S. economic growth accelerated in April, May, and June, expanding at a 2.6 percent annual rate, says a new report...

Japan Imposes Stiff Tariffs on Imported US Frozen Beef

Japan Imposes Stiff Tariffs on Imported US Frozen Beef

Japan says tariffs on U.S. imports of frozen beef will rise to 50 percent next month, from the current 38.5...

More Cyber Attacks, More Job Security for Hackers

More Cyber Attacks, More Job Security for Hackers

The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of...

Lawmakers: Ross Defers to Trump on US Steel Tariff Timing

Lawmakers: Ross Defers to Trump on US Steel Tariff Timing

U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told them he will defer to President Donald Trump on...

Google Hopes to Train 10M Africans in Online Skills, CEO Says

Google Hopes to Train 10M Africans in Online Skills, CEO Says

Alphabet’s Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an...

US Republicans Kill Border Tax, Focus on Corporate Rate Cuts

US Republicans Kill Border Tax, Focus on Corporate Rate Cuts

A proposed border tax in the House of Representatives was killed on Thursday, bringing relief to retailers and other large...

‘Terrible Crimes’ Made Putin World’s Richest Person, Financier Testifies

‘Terrible Crimes’ Made Putin World’s Richest Person, Financier Testifies

Financier Bill Browder testified Thursday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the “richest man...

World’s Richest Person? Not Bill Gates, But Jeff Bezos

World’s Richest Person? Not Bill Gates, But Jeff Bezos

The founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, has overtaken Bill Gates of Microsoft and is now the world’s richest...

As Downloaded Music Fades Away, Apple Discontinues Older iPods

As Downloaded Music Fades Away, Apple Discontinues Older iPods

Apple said Thursday that it will discontinue the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano, the last two music players in the...

Why Twitter Won’t Ban President Donald Trump

Why Twitter Won’t Ban President Donald Trump

Twitter has made it clear that it won’t ban Donald Trump from its service, whether the president follows its rules...