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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...

Contested Hawaiian Telescope Step Closer to Construction

Contested Hawaiian Telescope Step Closer to Construction

A construction permit should be granted for a giant telescope planned for a Hawaii mountain summit that some consider sacred,...

Friends Walk Old Paths Together to Try to Prevent Memory Loss

Friends Walk Old Paths Together to Try to Prevent Memory Loss

We know that staying active and involved with family and friends can help keep our brains healthy as we get...

US Economic Performance Hamstrung by Lack of Action on Capitol Hill

US Economic Performance Hamstrung by Lack of Action on Capitol Hill

The U.S. central bank remains upbeat about the US economy, choosing to keep interest rates unchanged at historic lows after...

US to Impose Stricter Screening for Electronics Larger than Cellphones

US to Impose Stricter Screening for Electronics Larger than Cellphones

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is boosting security measures by requiring any carry-on electronics larger than a cellphone to be...

Hacker Summit Puts New Focus on Preventing Brazen Attacks

Hacker Summit Puts New Focus on Preventing Brazen Attacks

Against a backdrop of cyberattacks that have grown into full-fledged sabotage, Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos is bringing a...

Twitter No Longer at ‘Death’s Door’ as Earnings Report Approaches

Twitter No Longer at ‘Death’s Door’ as Earnings Report Approaches

Twitter Inc heads toward its quarterly earnings report on Thursday with a stock that has risen more than 40 percent...

US Treads Water on Cyber Policy as Destructive Attacks Mount

US Treads Water on Cyber Policy as Destructive Attacks Mount

The Trump administration’s refusal to publicly accuse Russia and others in a wave of politically motivated hacking attacks is creating...