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Madrid Asks Antitrust Watchdog to Look at Uber 

Madrid Asks Antitrust Watchdog to Look at Uber 

Authorities in Madrid asked Spain’s anti-trust watchdog on Saturday to investigate whether Uber’s new low-cost airport transfer service constitutes unfair...

India Cracks Down on Cigarette Ads, Giveaways

India Cracks Down on Cigarette Ads, Giveaways

The state government in India’s capital told Philip Morris International Inc and other tobacco companies Saturday to remove all advertisements...

Afghan Chief Executive Welcomes Home All-girl Robotics Team

Afghan Chief Executive Welcomes Home All-girl Robotics Team

Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team returned Saturday to Kabul after its successful trip to Washington for the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge,...

Australian Death May Be 18th Linked to Takata Air Bags

Australian Death May Be 18th Linked to Takata Air Bags

An Australian man who died in a Sydney car crash may be the 18th death linked to faulty Takata air...

New Satellite Network to Provide High-definition Colored Videos of Earth

New Satellite Network to Provide High-definition Colored Videos of Earth

A network of satellites that can take high-resolution photos and colored videos of earth is planned. The images could be...

Despite Trump’s Intervention, Job Security Still Elusive for Indiana Carrier Employees

Despite Trump’s Intervention, Job Security Still Elusive for Indiana Carrier Employees

The Carrier manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, owned by United Technologies Company, was in the limelight during the 2016 presidential...

Trump to Sign Order Authorizing Review of Manufacturing Sector

Trump to Sign Order Authorizing Review of Manufacturing Sector

President Donald Trump was expected to sign an executive order Friday authorizing a comprehensive review of the U.S. manufacturing sector...

Trump Properties Seek Foreign Workers for Winter Season

Trump Properties Seek Foreign Workers for Winter Season

Businesses owned by U.S. President Donald Trump have filed requests for visas with the Department of Labor to hire dozens...

Russian Parliament Bans Use of Proxy Internet Services, VPNs

Russian Parliament Bans Use of Proxy Internet Services, VPNs

Russia’s parliament passed a bill to outlaw the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, and other Internet proxy services,...

Slowdown in Energy Investment Could Come Back to Hurt Oil Producers

Slowdown in Energy Investment Could Come Back to Hurt Oil Producers

An international energy watchdog warns that the decline in global investment in the oil sector could lead to energy shortages...

Secret Catalyst Turns Simple Acid into Hydrogen Fuel

Secret Catalyst Turns Simple Acid into Hydrogen Fuel

In some parts of the world, the race is on to find the next generation of clean fuel. In the...

Peru Government Fires Special Attorney on Odebrecht Graft Probe

Peru Government Fires Special Attorney on Odebrecht Graft Probe

The government of Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Thursday that it was firing its special counsel in a...

Alexa, Turn Up My Kenmore AC; Sears Cuts Deal with Amazon

Alexa, Turn Up My Kenmore AC; Sears Cuts Deal with Amazon

Sears will begin selling its appliances on Amazon.com, including smart appliances that can be synced with Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa....

Musk Says He Gets OK to Start Work on New York-Washington ‘Hyperloop’

Musk Says He Gets OK to Start Work on New York-Washington ‘Hyperloop’

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday said he had received “verbal” approval to start building a high-speed underground transport system...

China Unveils Plan to Become a World Leader in AI by 2025

China Unveils Plan to Become a World Leader in AI by 2025

China unveiled a national artificial intelligence (AI) development plan on Thursday, laying out its ambitions to build world-leading technology amid...

CEOs at Major US Firms Earn 271 Times as Much as Employees

CEOs at Major US Firms Earn 271 Times as Much as Employees

A study by the Economic Policy Institute says the chief executive officers of America’s largest firms were paid an average...

Indian Builders Pledge ‘Green’ Homes in Race to Meet Climate Goals

Indian Builders Pledge ‘Green’ Homes in Race to Meet Climate Goals

India’s top builders have pledged to make at least a fifth of their new housing developments sustainable by 2022, as...

In China, Ford Cars Pass ‘Golden Noses’ Test Before Sale

In China, Ford Cars Pass ‘Golden Noses’ Test Before Sale

While Western drivers like the “new car smell” of a vehicle fresh off the production line, Chinese would rather their...

Robot Swims Around Fukushima Reactor to Find Melted Fuel

Robot Swims Around Fukushima Reactor to Find Melted Fuel

An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the impact...

Amazon Launches Shopping Social Network Spark for iOS

Amazon Launches Shopping Social Network Spark for iOS

Amazon.com has launched a social feature called Spark that allows members to showcase and purchase products on its platforms, the...

Asia’s Richest Man Comes Under Pressure in China

Asia’s Richest Man Comes Under Pressure in China

Asia’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, suddenly finds himself cornered. The giant Dalian Wanda Group, which he heads, is facing a...

Teen Robot Builders from 157 Countries Compete

Teen Robot Builders from 157 Countries Compete

Robots from around the world clashed in Washington, DC (this week, July 17-18). It’s part of a global competition bringing...