As electric-powered cars are rapidly gaining popularity, the last frontier in private transportation is also opening up to alternative, eco-friendly power. Thanks to advances in battery and electric motor technology,…
more ...GM More Than Doubles Self-Driving Car Test Fleet in California
General Motors’s self-driving unit, Cruise Automation, has more than doubled the size of its test fleet of robot cars in California during the past three months, a GM spokesman said…
more ...Drought-hit and Hungry, Sri Lankans Struggle for a Harvest — or Work
At 52 years old, with two grown children, Newton Gunathileka thought he should be working less by this point. Instead he has never worked so hard — and earned so…
more ...Archaeologists Put Greek Resort Step Closer to Reality
Greece welcomed Wednesday a decision by senior archaeologists to conditionally permit a major tourism project in Athens, saying it cleared the way for the country to turn the site into…
more ...Horses to Power Helsinki Horse Show, With Droppings
Horse manure will generate electricity for an international horse show in Finland this month in a new form of alternative energy, Finnish utility Fortum said Wednesday. It said the Helsinki…
more ...South Korea Now Open to Trade Pact Revisions
South Korea indicated Wednesday it was open to talks on revising a 2012 trade pact with the United States after initial differences that followed President Donald Trump’s threat to terminate…
more ...Yellen: Fed Committed to Easing Regulations on Smaller Banks
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the Fed is committed to making sure that the regulations it imposes on the nation’s community banks are not overly burdensome, noting…
more ...Will Your Job Be Automated? 70 Percent of Americans Say No
Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful says automation has cost them a job…
more ...Cambodian Virtual Reality Helps Train Bomb-disposal Techs
A lab in Cambodia is using cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, machine learning, swarm robotics and 3-D printing to try and revolutionize bomb disposal. The suite of…
more ...Amazon Must Pay $295 Million in Back Taxes, EU Says
Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoiding…
more ...Yahoo Says All 3 Billion Accounts Hacked in 2013 Data Theft
Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in…
more ...Study: Las Vegas Shooting Was Twitter’s Saddest Day Ever
The mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured, was the saddest day ever recorded on Twitter, according to Hedonometer,…
more ...US Automakers Bounce Back With Strong Sales in September
Toyota, Honda, Ford, General Motors, Nissan and Volkswagen all posted strong monthly U.S. sales numbers, confirming expectations that a boost in sales from hurricane-ravaged Texas would push the industry to…
more ...European Court Asked to Rule on Facebook Data Transfers
The European Court of Justice has been asked to consider whether Facebook’s Dublin-based subsidiary can legally transfer users’ personal data to its U.S. parent, after Ireland’s top court said Tuesday…
more ...EU Says Brexit Talks Still Stuck on Question of UK Exit Bill
The European Union insisted Tuesday that Brexit negotiations with Britain will not move on to the question of future relations until enough progress has been made on divorce issues, such…
more ...India’s Economy Hits Bump, Grows at Slowest Pace in 3 Years
After several years of struggling to make a living doing odd jobs in and around his village, 26-year-old Pushkar Singh came to New Delhi from the northern Uttarakhand state three…
more ...To Get Customers Back In Stores, NYC Pop-Up Shop Goes Digital
With more and more consumers shopping online, do brick-and-mortar stores stand a chance? At least for one pop-up shop in New York City, the future of retail is about embracing…
more ...Google Spikes Free-article Requirements on Publishers
Google is ending a decade-old policy that required publishers to provide some free stories to Google users — though it’s not clear how many readers will even notice, at least…
more ...GM to Offer 2 More Electric Vehicles in Next 18 Months
Even though gasoline-powered SUVs are what people are buying now, General Motors is betting that electric vehicles will be all the rage in the not-to-distant future. The Detroit automaker is…
more ...Facebook to Hire 1,000 People to Review Ads After Russian Buys
Facebook Inc plans to hire 1,000 more people to review ads and ensure they meet its terms, as part of an effort to deter Russia and other countries from using…
more ...US Manufacturing Activity Hits 13-year High
U.S. factory activity surged to a more than 13-year high in September amid strong gains in new orders and raw material prices, pointing to underlying strength in the economy even…
more ...WWW Foundation: In Africa, Offline Gender Inequalities Being Replicated Online
In most of the world, more men are connected to the internet than women. But in Africa, this gender gap has been widening, according to ITU, the U.N. agency tracking…
more ...US Supreme Court Rejects Samsung Appeal in Warranty Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a bid by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. to force customers who have filed proposed class-action lawsuits against the company to arbitrate…
more ...Facebook to Turn Over to Congress Russia-linked Ads
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to…
more ..."Let’s do polygamy": New dating app stirs debate in Indonesia
Scrolling through dating websites a year ago, Indonesian app developer Lindu Pranayama realized there were a lot of married men looking for another wife – but few online services to…
more ...Facebook to Turn Over Russia-Linked Ads
Social media giant Facebook is expected to provide Congress on Monday with more than 3,000 ads that ran around the time of the 2016 presidential election and are linked to…
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