The head of the World Trade Organization told member states on Monday they must prevent “the fall of the first dominoes” in a trade war and warned of a real…
more ...Angola’s Isabel dos Santos Denies Allegations of Graft at Oil Firm
Isabel dos Santos, the former head of Angola’s state-owned Sonangol oil company, is denying her successor’s allegations that she engaged in questionable business dealings related to the firm. In a…
more ...Judge, Police Help Oust Trump Hotels from Panama Property
Workers pried President Donald Trump’s name from signs outside his family company’s luxury hotel in Panama on Monday, as Trump’s executives were ousted from their management offices in a business…
more ...To Engage Customers, Smart Mirrors Take Cues from Social Media
Call it the Snapchat effect. Some high-tech mirrors out there are borrowing from the social media giant, which offers face “lenses” to decorate selfies shared among its users. Instead of…
more ...AI Has a Dirty Little Secret: It’s Powered by People
There’s a dirty little secret about artificial intelligence: It’s powered by an army of real people. From makeup artists in Venezuela to women in conservative parts of India, people around…
more ...Trump: Planned Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Will Go Away if New NAFTA Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that his planned steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would only be reversed if a “new and fair” trade deal with Canada and…
more ...China Sets Ambitious Growth Target, Promises Steel Cuts
China’s top economic official set a robust growth target Monday and promised more market opening and cuts in a bloated steel industry that has inflamed trade tensions with Washington and…
more ...Applications for Facial Recognition Increase as Technology Matures
From a shopping center and an airport to a concert venue or even your own phone, these are all places facial recognition technology can now be used due to technological…
more ...Washington Braces for Possible Trump-Induced Trade War
Washington is bracing for the start of a possible trade war between the United States and its closest allies and biggest commercial partners and a radical departure from America’s trading…
more ...China Doesn’t Want Trade War, but Says It Will Respond if Necessary
China has added its voice to a growing chorus of concern about the rising threat of a trade war and tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to impose…
more ...EU Aims to Tax Internet Giants at ‘Two to Six Percent’: France
The EU will soon unveil a plan for taxing major internet companies like Amazon and Facebook by imposing a levy of two to six percent on revenues in every country…
more ...Students Build Program That Sniffs Out Twitter ‘Bots’
For months, university students Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte had been tracking about 1,500 political propaganda accounts on Twitter that appeared to have been generated by computers when they noticed…
more ...Students Create Program to Identify Fake Twitter Accounts
Social media users like to have friends and followers on various platforms. But how many accounts are real and how many are generated by computers? Two university students in California…
more ...Trump Threatens to Tax European-built Cars as Trade War Rhetoric Builds
President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to impose a tax on European cars if the European Union chooses to retaliate against his plans to place tariffs on imported steel and…
more ...Hoping to Raise Real Cash, Marshall Islands Creates Virtual Money
The tiny Marshall Islands is creating its own digital currency in order to raise some hard cash to pay bills and boost the economy. The Pacific island nation said it…
more ...AP Fact Check: Is a Trade War ‘Easy to Win?’
In agitating for a trade war, President Donald Trump may have forgotten William Tecumseh Sherman’s adage that “war is hell.” The Civil War general’s observation can be apt for trade…
more ...China Joins Chorus, Warns of ‘Huge Impact’ of Trump’s Tariff Plan
China has warned about the “huge impact” on global trading, if U.S. President Donald Trump proceeds with his plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and 10 percent…
more ...Launch of Innovative Satellite Opens New Window for Meteorologists
“A game-changer for weather forecasts.” That’s what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA are calling the just-launched GOES-S satellite. It is the second in a pair of the…
more ...‘Naked Politics’ of Punishing Delta Could Haunt Georgia
Georgia lawmakers’ decision to punish Delta Air Lines for publicly distancing itself from the National Rifle Association was an extraordinary act of political revenge. By killing a proposed tax break…
more ...Canada, Europe, WTO React Negatively to Trump’s Threats on Steel, Aluminum Imports
“Absolutely unacceptable” were the words Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and…
more ...Questions Surround Trump’s First Border Wall Contract
A tiny Nebraska startup awarded the first border wall construction project under President Donald Trump is the offshoot of a construction firm that was sued repeatedly for failing to pay…
more ...Vero a Hot Instagram Alternative, but Will It Last?
Instagram users fed up with the service becoming more and more like Facebook are flocking to a hot new app called Vero. Vero lets you share photos and video just…
more ...Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Spark Fears of Trade War, Price Hikes
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports sparked concerns of a trade war Friday, with emerging markets trading lower and some world leaders…
more ...Australia Takes Mining Giant to Court
Australia’s corporate watchdog is taking mining giant Rio Tinto and two former executives to court over the global miner’s “misleading and deceptive conduct” in reporting the coal reserves of a…
more ...Egyptian Teen Offers Hope to Disabled With New Exoskeleton
An Egyptian teenager has turned cables and sheets of aluminum and metal into a robotic exoskeleton that he says can one day help the disabled walk. Faith Lapidus reports. …
more ...Another Flying Car Soon to Make Its Debut
Forget self-driving cars! Imagine a future filled with flying cars. The latest design comes from the Netherlands, where a company plans to officially unveil the newest combination of a gyrocopter…
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