Federal officials will take another look at the historic Alaska community of Nome as a possible port serving ships heading for the Arctic. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
more ...Glasses Capture 360 Video From Wearer’s Perspective
Imagine putting on a pair of glasses and immediately being able to record 360-degree video, hands free, regardless of what you are doing. It will soon be possible with glasses…
more ...Draghi: Too Early to Call Time on Money-Printing Stimulus
European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said Monday that it’s too soon to declare victory over weak inflation – indicating it would be premature to set a definite end date…
more ...Nigeria’s President Signs Order to Boost Local Production, Employment
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the local production of goods and create jobs in the west African country. Buhari, a 75-year-old former…
more ...ECB Experts: US Tax Law Could Erode Europe’s Tax Base
Economists at the European Central Bank say that the U.S. corporate tax cut should lift the world’s largest economy in the short term but warn it could erode the tax…
more ...US Regulators to Back More Oversight of Digital Currencies
Digital currencies such as bitcoin demand increased oversight and may require a new federal regulatory framework, the top U.S. markets regulators will tell lawmakers at a hotly anticipated congressional hearing…
more ...Samsung Heir Released from Prison
A South Korean appeals court suspended a jail sentence handed down to billionaire Samsung Electronics heir Lee Jae-young and ordered his immediate release from prison Monday. The Seoul Central District…
more ...Israeli Entrepreneurs Invest in Tech Startups
Five years ago, Israeli investor Jon Medved started OurCrowd, a business that lets people buy into some of the newest and most innovative tech startups in the world. Some of…
more ...Stock Sell-off Creates Market Jitters
Recent losses on global financial markets, including those in the U.S., have some investors concerned about expectations for their holdings and plans for the future. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
more ...Fixing Pollution by Fixing Your Gas Guzzler
Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show automobiles are responsible for at least 50 percent of emissions of harmful and planet-warming gases. But because cars are not going away, one…
more ...Guest Workers Leave Behind Big Houses, Ghost Neighborhoods
Over the last decades, growing economic hardships forced people in cities and villages around the world to leave their hometowns to find work in other countries. Dreaming of returning one…
more ...Tillerson Visits Argentina to Talk Conservation, Economics
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Latin American tour took him Saturday to Argentina, where he talked with officials about conservation and diplomacy. Traveling from Mexico City after meeting with…
more ...Former Utah Monument Lands Open to Claims, but No Land Rush in Sight
The window opened Friday for oil, gas, uranium and coal companies to make requests or stake claims to lands that were cut from two sprawling Utah national monuments by President…
more ...Scientists Develop Blood Test to Detect Eight Types of Cancer
Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of cancer and encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. In the area of detection, Faith Lapidus reports that…
more ...Driverless Bus Gets a Tryout in Sweden
Getting onto a bus with a driver may be a thing of the past someday. Already, a technology company in Sweden is trying out a driverless minibus in Stockholm. VOA’s…
more ...Britain Buys Into China’s ‘One Belt’ Initiative, but Washington Offers Warning
Britain has made clear its desire to be part of China’s so-called ‘One Belt One Road Initiative’ — a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s vision to boost Chinese investment and…
more ...Workers Benefiting from Tight Labor Market
Another solid month for the U.S. economy as American companies added 200,000 new workers to their payrolls last month. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent, but wages are…
more ...Federal Reserve Imposes New Penalties on Wells Fargo
The Federal Reserve announced Friday that it was imposing more penalties on Wells Fargo, freezing the bank’s growth until it can prove it has improved its internal controls. In addition,…
more ...Suspected Spam King Extradited to US
Spain has extradited to the United States a Russian citizen who is suspected of being one of the world’s most notorious spammers. Pyotr Levashov, a 37-year-old from St. Petersburg, was…
more ...US Stocks Swoon, Sending Dow Down More Than 650 Points
U.S. stocks slumped Friday, pulling down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years. Technology, banks and energy…
more ...Britain Embraces China’s ‘One Belt’ Initiative; Washington Offers Warning
Britain has made clear its desire to be part of China’s so-called “One Belt One Road” initiative — a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s vision to boost Chinese investment and…
more ...Glasses Capture 360 Video From Wearer’s Perspective
As virtual reality becomes more popular, different types of 360-degree cameras are popping up for consumers. One that stands out from the crowd for its unique look and design are…
more ...Ultrasound Prosthetics Allow Fine Motor Control
Just like every other health technology, prosthetics are now able to do things that were unimaginable a few years ago. The advances are happening with the help of machine learning,…
more ...Google’s AI Push Comes with Plenty of People Problems
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently declared that artificial intelligence fueled by powerful computers was more important to humanity than fire or electricity. And yet the search giant increasingly faces a…
more ...Apple Dealing with iPhone Jitters, Coming Off Big Quarter
Apple is making more money than ever, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough to keep everyone happy. Not with conspiracy theories swirling around Apple’s secret slowdown of older…
more ...Can a Better Electric Motor Save the Planet?
If Nikola Tesla, the legendary genius who invented the electric induction motor were alive today, he would no doubt be disappointed. That’s because the majority of electric motors we produce…
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