Facebook Faces Calls to Further Protect User Privacy
Facebook is a company in a hurry. Since the world learned about the latest customer data controversy at Facebook,...
Amazon Shares Fall 4 Percent as Trump Renews Attack
Shares of Amazon.com Inc fell 4 percent on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump again attacked the online retailer over...
Tech Startups Add Automation, Drones to Aid Construction Industry
Having robots to do the dirty, tedious parts of the job is a dream come true in the construction business....
Exhibit Highlights Inclusive Design for People with Disabilities
More than 1 billion people around the world have some sort of disability. Rong Shi of VOA’s Mandarin service toured...
Facebook Faces Calls for Change
The fallout continues for Facebook over how it handles user data and privacy. U.S. and European lawmakers are calling for...
AP Analysis: Blacks Largely Missing From High-Salary Positions
Jonathan Garland’s fascination with architecture started early: He spent much of his childhood designing Lego houses and gazing at Boston...
These Burgers Are Better for the Planet, but You’d Never Know It
As the world’s population heads toward 10 billion by midcentury, experts are wrestling with how to feed the world without...
Traditional Pakistani Bamboo Curtains Gaining Popularity
Traditional handicrafts from Pakistan are exported to many countries around the world. One item that appears to be gaining in...
NY’s Immigrant Taxi Drivers Despair as Taxi Industry Slumps
A financially distraught yellow cab driver from Romania recently hanged himself in his New York garage, marking the fourth suicide...
Could Enemies Target Undersea Cables That Link the World?
Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be...
Facebook ‘Ugly Truth’ Memo Triggers New Firestorm Over Ethics
Was a leaked internal Facebook memo aimed at justifying the social network’s growth-at-any-cost strategy? Or simply a way to open...
South Sudan Dispute With Mobile Firm Disrupts Service
Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese remained without mobile phone service Friday, as network operator Vivacell continued a standoff with...
Amid Flood of Chinese Products, India Wants Fairness
Sampad Yadav, who sells electrical goods in a shop in the business hub of Gurugram on the outskirts of New...
Vietnam Stands to See Modest Wins if China, U.S. Start Trade War
A wider Sino-U.S. trade dispute would help export-reliant Vietnam compete against Chinese companies but put the country at risk of...
Rivers and Tides Can Provide Affordable Power
While wind turbines and solar cells generate power only when there is wind and sun, most rivers always flow and...
NY Auto Show Features Electric, Self-Driving Cars
A recent fatality involving one of Uber’s self-driving cars may have created uncertainty and doubt regarding the future of autonomous...
Tech Giants Tackle Online Wildlife Trafficking
A new coalition of tech giants and conservationists is looking to drastically reduce the amount of wild, and often endangered,...
Ads Pulled from Ingraham Show After She Mocked Parkland Survivor
At least three companies said Thursday they were pulling advertisements from a Fox News show hosted by conservative pundit Laura...
New York Offers Free Cybersecurity Tools to Public to Deter Hackers
New York City will offer free cybersecurity tools to the public as part of a new effort to improve online...
In Cuba, Vietnam Communist Party Chief Advocates Economic Reforms
The head of Vietnam’s Communist Party advocated for the importance of market-oriented economic reforms on a two-day visit to old...
Utility Plans to Close Nuclear Plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania
FirstEnergy Corp. said it will shut down three nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania within the next three years, making...
Facebook Says It’s Making Progress in Election Preparedness
Facebook says it is making progress weeding out fake accounts and fake news on its service. The moves are aimed...
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