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From Cancers to Obesity, Small Implant May Replace Life-Saving Drugs

From Cancers to Obesity, Small Implant May Replace Life-Saving Drugs

Remembering to take medications can be challenging for some people. But one day an implant may replace medications that need...

US Unemployment Drops Slightly; Job Growth Slows

US Unemployment Drops Slightly; Job Growth Slows

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped slightly in July, while job gains were lower than many analysts predicted. Friday’s report from...

Pakistani Engineer Turns Straw Waste Into Fuel

Pakistani Engineer Turns Straw Waste Into Fuel

A Pakistani engineer has designed a system to help developing countries avoid fuel imports by making ethanol with the millions...

US Objects to China’s Internet Restrictions

US Objects to China’s Internet Restrictions

The U.S. “remains deeply concerned with China’s long-standing restrictions on freedom of expression online,” a State Department official said Thursday,...

Apple is 1st Public US Company to be Valued at $1 Trillion

Apple is 1st Public US Company to be Valued at $1 Trillion

Apple made history Thursday when it became the first publicly listed U.S. company to be valued at $1 trillion. The...

Alarms on Russian Meddling Sounded on Capitol Hill

Alarms on Russian Meddling Sounded on Capitol Hill

One day after Facebook shut down 32 fake social media accounts that spewed politically divisive messages, U.S. lawmakers were warned...

Congress Passes Bill Forcing Tech Companies To Disclose Foreign Software Probes

Congress Passes Bill Forcing Tech Companies To Disclose Foreign Software Probes

The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries...

British Businesses Told to Do More to Close ‘Obscene’ Gender Pay Gap

British Businesses Told to Do More to Close ‘Obscene’ Gender Pay Gap

More British businesses should be made to report the difference in how much they pay male and female staff, lawmakers...

Dispute Over 3D-Printed Guns Raises Many Legal Issues

Dispute Over 3D-Printed Guns Raises Many Legal Issues

A little-known dispute over 3D-printed guns has morphed into a national legal debate in the last week, drawing attention to...

US Confirms Plan to Raise China Import Tariff to 25 Percent

US Confirms Plan to Raise China Import Tariff to 25 Percent

U.S. President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on China for trade concessions by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on...

Fed Keeps Key Rate Unchanged While Signaling Future Hikes

Fed Keeps Key Rate Unchanged While Signaling Future Hikes

The Federal Reserve is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged while signaling further gradual rate hikes in the months ahead...

China Warns of Retaliation if US Takes More Trade Steps

China Warns of Retaliation if US Takes More Trade Steps

China’s government has warned it will retaliate if Washington imposes new trade penalties following a report the Trump administration will...

A Special Type of 3D Printing

A Special Type of 3D Printing

3D printers are being used extensively in industry, research, teaching and hobbies, printing with metal, plastic and even edible material...

Judge Blocks Plans to Post Gun Blueprints on Internet

Judge Blocks Plans to Post Gun Blueprints on Internet

A U.S. federal judge has blocked a Texas man from putting plans on the internet showing people how to make...

Saltwater Treatment Plant Brings ‘Tasty Tea’ to Indian Island

Saltwater Treatment Plant Brings ‘Tasty Tea’ to Indian Island

Each morning, Kamarunisa Poovummada sips her cup of tea while watching waves from the Arabian Sea crash around a water...

Shell, Petrobras Units Probed for Brazil Price-fixing

Shell, Petrobras Units Probed for Brazil Price-fixing

Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said on Tuesday, reigniting...

Robotic Hand Can Juggle Cube — With Lots of Training

Robotic Hand Can Juggle Cube — With Lots of Training

How long does it take a robotic hand to learn to juggle a cube? About 100 years, give or take....

Tehran: Trump Wrong to Expect Saudis to Cover Loss of Iran Oil Supply

Tehran: Trump Wrong to Expect Saudis to Cover Loss of Iran Oil Supply

Iran said on Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump was mistaken to expect Saudi Arabia and other oil producers to compensate...

From Homeless to Employment in Silicon Valley

From Homeless to Employment in Silicon Valley

As tech giants expand in San Francisco, homelessness and job displacement for locals continues to rise. Deana Mitchell explores one...

With Drones and Satellites, India Gets to Know its Slums

With Drones and Satellites, India Gets to Know its Slums

Satellites and drones are driving efforts by Indian states to map informal settlements in order to speed up the process...

50 Years on, McDonald’s and Fast-Food Evolve Around Big Mac

50 Years on, McDonald’s and Fast-Food Evolve Around Big Mac

McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn’t changing the makings of...

Accusations Fly as US Firms Seek to Avoid Trump’s Steel Tariff

Accusations Fly as US Firms Seek to Avoid Trump’s Steel Tariff

U.S. companies seeking to be exempted from President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported steel are accusing American steel manufacturers of...