House Intelligence Chief Presses Social Media Companies on Deepfake Policies
U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Monday pressed major social media companies on how they plan...
Pearson Goes ‘Digital First’ in US College Market
Pearson, the world’s biggest education company, will release all its titles for the United States college market in digital form...
US Treasury Chief: Facebook Currency Plan Ripe for Illicit Use
The Trump administration came out strongly Monday against Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a new digital currency, as the Treasury...
US Firms May Soon Be Allowed to Restart New Huawei Sales
The U.S. may approve licenses for companies to restart new sales to Huawei in as little as two weeks, according...
India to Launch Mission to Land on Moon
In the early hours of Monday, India is set to launch a mission to an uncharted area of the moon,...
Wood: Tomorrow’s Skyscraper Construction Material?
Tall buildings made of wood are beginning to pop up around the world, from the United States and Canada to...
Harmful Bacteria’s Worst Nightmare May Be a Microscopic Drill
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose one of the biggest threats to global health, according to the World Health Organization. Some researchers say...
Harmful Bacteria and Cancer’s Worst Nightmare May Be a Microscopic Drill
A team of researchers across three universities is working on a cell-killing machine invisible to the naked eye.“We want to...
Report: FTC Approves Roughly $5 Billion Fine for Facebook
The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street...
India Prepares to Land Rover on Moon in Global Space Race
India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world’s spacefaring...
Twitter, Facebook, Google Not Invited to Trump’s Social Media Summit
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a Social Media Summit Thursday, inviting conservative media, pundits, think tanks and social media influencers. Trump...
Skull Fragments Could Push Back Human Timeline
Anthropologists know that humans migrated to Europe out of Africa thousands of years ago. But it’s been hard to get...
A Ford-VW-Argo Alliance Could Redraw Self-Driving Sector
An expanded alliance between Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG that includes a partnership in Ford self-driving unit Argo AI...
Trump Accuses Big Tech of Bias Against Conservative Voices
President Donald Trump said Thursday that big tech companies must not be allowed to censor the voices of the American...
Twitter Back Up Partially after Worldwide Outage
Story updated July 11, 2019, 5 p.m.Twitter Inc said on Thursday its microblogging platform was back up partially after suffering...
Trump Lashes Out on Twitter Ahead of Social Media ‘Summit’
President Donald Trump is lashing out at social media companies and the press ahead of his White House “Social Media...
Amazon to Train Third of US Workforce With Technical Skills
Amazon will spend more than $700 million to provide additional training to about one-third of its U.S. workforce.Amazon, which like...
Uber’s Expansion in West Africa Faces Hurdles
Ride-hailing application Uber, after successful launches in Ghana and Nigeria, is looking to expand in West Africa to Senegal’s capital,...
Artificial Intelligence: The New Weapon To Fight Wildlife Poachers
The survival of wild animals such as elephants and tigers are at risk, and one of the main reasons is...
Solar Street Lamps Light Villages in India
After the sun went down on Balla village nestled in the Himalayan slopes in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh,...
Trump Twitter Ruling Highlights Larger Problem
A U.S. court ruling that it is unconstitutional for President Donald Trump to block critics on Twitter has reignited criticism...
Twitter Bans ‘Dehumanizing’ Posts Toward Religious Groups
Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups using dehumanizing language. The social network already bars hateful language...
