Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start selling U.S. vehicles that can talk to each other using short-range wireless technology in 2021, the Japanese automaker said on Monday, potentially preventing thousands…
more ...British Facial Recognition Tech Firm Secures US Border Contract
A British technology firm has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use biometric facial verification technology to improve border control, the first foreign…
more ...Russia Blocks Popular Telegram Messaging App
Russia began implementing a ban on popular instant messaging service Telegram after the app refused to provide encrypted messages to Russia’s security services. Russia’s state telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor said Monday…
more ...New AG School Teaches Secrets to Conserving Farmland
Doug Fabbioli is concerned about the future of the rural economy, as urban sprawl expands from metropolitan areas into farm fields and pastureland. The Virginia winery owner decided to be…
more ...Farmers Go High-Tech to Monitor Their Cows
Farmers in the American South are upgrading their cattle to the 21st Century. With tech tools like AI (artificial intelligence) and Wi-Fi, they are now able to monitor the herd…
more ...China Eyes Australian Donkey Exports
The Northern Territory government in Australia says it has been approached by nearly 50 Chinese companies looking to buy land to start donkey farms. Demand for donkey products, especially donkey-hide…
more ...Full Steam Ahead for Mozambique’s Rail Network
Dozens of passengers line up in single file along the platform in the dead of night, ready to gather their luggage and pile into the ageing railway carriages. At the…
more ...Pence Says NAFTA Deal Possible in Several Weeks
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday that he was leaving a summit of Latin American countries in Peru very hopeful that the United States, Mexico and Canada were close to a deal…
more ...India’s Federal Police File Case Against Former UCO Bank Chairman
India’s federal police said Saturday that they had filed a case against a former chairman of state-run UCO Bank and several business executives alleging criminal conspiracy that caused a loss of 6.21…
more ...Power Generator with Only One Moving Part
Rural communities in United States and elsewhere often use portable backup electricity generators in case of power outages. But these machines can be costly to run for longer times and…
more ...Philippines Investigating Facebook Over Data-Mining
More trouble may be ahead for Facebook as the Philippine government said it is investigating the social media giant over reports information from more than a million users in the…
more ...Zuckerberg’s Compensation Jumps to $8.9M as Security Costs Soar
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s compensation rose 53.5 percent to $8.9 million in 2017, a regulatory filing showed Friday, largely because of higher costs related to the 33-year old billionaire’s personal security.…
more ...New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds
If cancer is suspected in a patient, surgeons, in most cases, would have to cut some of the suspected tissue out and test it. Getting the results could be a…
more ...Congress Discusses New Ways to Regulate Facebook
Lawmakers in Washington peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with tough questions this week about his firm’s handling of user data and privacy. They also suggested new ways they or others…
more ...CO2-reducing XPRIZE Competition Enters Final Phase
Nonprofit international organization for public competitions XPRIZE has announced 10 finalists in its race to develop new technologies to lower carbon-dioxide emissions. Each team will get an additional incentive of…
more ...Trump Task Force to Study Postal System Finances
After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal System. In the…
more ...China Posts Rare Trade Deficit for March; Surplus with US Narrows
China’s exports growth unexpectedly fell in March, raising questions about the health of one of the economy’s key growth drivers even as trade tensions rapidly escalate with the United States.…
more ...Year-Round Sales of E15 Fuel Possible, Trump Says
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration might allow the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol year-round, which could help farmers by firing up corn demand but faces opposition from oil…
more ...Facebook to Stop Spending Against California Privacy Effort
Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data. The measure, known as the “California Consumer…
more ...Trump Hints at US Possibly Rejoining TPP
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered his top economic and trade advisers to look into rejoining the Pacific-rim trade pact with 11 other countries that he abandoned last year…
more ...Trump Wants to Rejoin Pacific Trade Pact
Japan has cautiously welcomed the news that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “If this means that President Trump is correctly evaluating the significance and effects…
more ...World Trade Body Warns US-China Tensions May Dent Business
The World Trade Organization predicts continued trade growth this year, though it warns that tensions and “tit-for-tat” retaliatory measures, notably between the U.S. and China, could compromise those projections. WTO…
more ...EU Seeks to Protect Farmers From Unfair Trade Practices
The European Union executive is seeking to protect farmers by imposing fines on retailers and supermarket chains using unfair trade practices. EU Farm Commissioner Phil Hogan said Thursday the…
more ...Another Trump Trade War, This Time with Rwanda over Clothes
The sweaty mechanic tossed aside the used jeans one by one, digging deep through the pile of secondhand clothes that are at the center of another, if little-noticed, Trump administration…
more ...Experts Explore the Way Forward after Facebook Data Leak
A data leak that enabled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access personal information from about 87 million Facebook users has generated an uproar and concerns over online privacy and…
more ...Climbing Vines Inspire New Type of Flexible Robot
The next robot you see may have more in common with climbing pea plants than people. Faith Lapidus explains how plants are inspiring a scientific team at Stanford University to…
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