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Philippines Investigating Facebook Over Data-Mining

Philippines Investigating Facebook Over Data-Mining

More trouble may be ahead for Facebook as the Philippine government said it is investigating the social media giant over...

Zuckerberg’s Compensation Jumps to $8.9M as Security Costs Soar

Zuckerberg’s Compensation Jumps to $8.9M as Security Costs Soar

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s compensation rose 53.5 percent to $8.9 million in 2017, a regulatory filing showed Friday, largely because...

New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds

New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds

If cancer is suspected in a patient, surgeons, in most cases, would have to cut some of the suspected tissue...

Congress Discusses New Ways to Regulate Facebook

Congress Discusses New Ways to Regulate Facebook

Lawmakers in Washington peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with tough questions this week about his firm’s handling of user data...

Trump Task Force to Study Postal System Finances

Trump Task Force to Study Postal System Finances

After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task...

China Trade Deficit in March, Surplus with US for Quarter

China Trade Deficit in March, Surplus with US for Quarter

China’s exports growth unexpectedly fell in March, raising questions about the health of one of the economy’s key growth drivers...

Year-Round Sales of E15 Fuel Possible, Trump Says

Year-Round Sales of E15 Fuel Possible, Trump Says

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration might  allow the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol year-round, which could help...

Facebook to Stop Spending Against California Privacy Effort

Facebook to Stop Spending Against California Privacy Effort

Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control...

World Trade Body Warns US-China Tensions May Dent Business

World Trade Body Warns US-China Tensions May Dent Business

The World Trade Organization predicts continued trade growth this year, though it warns that tensions and “tit-for-tat” retaliatory measures, notably...

EU Seeks to Protect Farmers From Unfair Trade Practices

EU Seeks to Protect Farmers From Unfair Trade Practices

The European Union executive is seeking to protect farmers by imposing fines on retailers and supermarket chains using unfair trade...

Another Trump Trade War, This Time with Rwanda over Clothes

Another Trump Trade War, This Time with Rwanda over Clothes

The sweaty mechanic tossed aside the used jeans one by one, digging deep through the pile of secondhand clothes that...

Experts Explore the Way Forward after Facebook Data Leak

Experts Explore the Way Forward after Facebook Data Leak

A data leak that enabled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access personal information from about 87 million Facebook users...

Climbing Vines Inspire New Type of Flexible Robot

Climbing Vines Inspire New Type of Flexible Robot

The next robot you see may have more in common with climbing pea plants than people. Faith Lapidus explains how...

Facebook CEO Says Regulation of Internet Sector is ‘Inevitable’

Facebook CEO Says Regulation of Internet Sector is ‘Inevitable’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Wednesday the internet sector will need some form of regulation. After weathering heated questions...

Facebook CEO Says Regulation of Internet Sector ‘Inevitable’

Facebook CEO Says Regulation of Internet Sector ‘Inevitable’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers Wednesday the internet sector will need some form of regulation. After weathering heated questions...

Solar Surge Threatens Hydro Future on Mekong 

Solar Surge Threatens Hydro Future on Mekong 

Thousands of megawatts of wind and solar energy contracts in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia have been signed, seriously...

Zuckerberg Vows to Step Up Facebook Effort to Block Hate Speech in Myanmar

Zuckerberg Vows to Step Up Facebook Effort to Block Hate Speech in Myanmar

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday his company would step up efforts to block hate messages in Myanmar...

Farmers Fret Over Trump’s Trade Tactics

Farmers Fret Over Trump’s Trade Tactics

The increasing trade tensions between the United States and China has rattled farmers in the American heartland, the place where...

DC Water Utility Goes Underground to Divert Raw Sewage

DC Water Utility Goes Underground to Divert Raw Sewage

Dumping sewage into a local river is common practice in some of America’s older cities.  With the benefits of modern...

Federal Reserve Proposes New Capital Rules for Banks

Federal Reserve Proposes New Capital Rules for Banks

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed new rules that could allow some large banks to reduce the amount of capital...

Russian Retailers Warned of Price Increase After Ruble Tumbles

Russian Retailers Warned of Price Increase After Ruble Tumbles

Russian retailers warned of price increase after ruble tumbles European electronic and household goods manufacturers have warned Russian retailers of...

US Lawmakers Demand Changes of Facebook’s CEO

US Lawmakers Demand Changes of Facebook’s CEO

U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday demanded better personal data protection at Facebook, whose CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, weathered heated questions from two...